Depression In Hamlet And Catcher In The Rye

Many deal with some sort of problem throughout their life.The play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, shows the life and struggles of Hamlet, who deals with depression after finding out his father had been killed. The book Catcher in the Rye, written by JD Salinger, is a first person story told by the main character, Holden, who drops out of school and is now roaming around New York City looking for someone to accompany him as he struggles to find hope.For Hamlet and Holden, their problem was depression and throughout both novels readers see how they deal with it. Both Hamlet and Catcher in the Rye deal with depression but they do so in different ways. Hamlet and Catcher in the Rye both express how the main characters deal with depression and their

Although these two characters go through the same things , they deal with them differently. Throughout the story we see Hamlet portray some of these symptoms with his thoughts, actions, and how he handles different situations. The article Depression Basics from the National Association of Mental Illness, discusses the different types of symptoms that someone with depression might have. The symptoms include, “Difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decision” (Depression basics). In Hamlet, readers see Hamlet showing signs of depression by contemplating getting revenge on his uncle, who is also his father's murderer. In the story, he contemplates murdering Claudius while he prays but ends up not doing it as he wants him to suffer in hell. Hamlet thinks to himself saying, “ Now might I do it pat, now he is praying,And now I'll do 't. And so he goes to heaven, And so am I revenged. That would be scanned: A villain kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To