Through their development of relationships, their search for identity and the dilemma of action vs inaction, Hamlet and the Life of Pi share a few similarities and differences. In Hamlet, after his father’s death almost all of Hamlet’s relationships go through a drastic change. For example, after discovering about his father’s death Hamlet feels betrayed by his mother as she is not grieving his death and she also married his brother. Furthermore, Hamlet’s relationship with his childhood friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. In their younger ages Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were Hamlet’s best friends but after Hamlet discovered that they were instructed by Claudius and Gertrude to spy on Hamlet he felt deeply betrayed. “I will tell you why. So shall my anticipation …show more content…
Also, Pi develops a relationship with Satish Kumar a Muslim mystic who has a deep belief in the God of Islam and Pi enjoys praying with him. The devotion of this Mr. Kumar inspires Pi to pursue religious studies. In terms of their respective searches for identity Hamlet and Pi are quite similar. For example, when Pi is on the boat with Richard Parker, Pi's search for identity intensified. He found purpose in his spiritual beliefs, drawing inspiration from his Hindu, Christian, and Muslim research and upbringing. Pi embraced each religion, seeing the value and beauty in all of them. "I couldn’t deny my own nature. To what a degree had I been warped and ruined by violence and neglect? In protecting myself from the virulent Cape of Good Hope, had I become the ferocious Bengal tiger with which I struggled?" In trying to determine whether one religion can actually define him, his quest for himself becomes entwined with his investigation of faith. Similarly, in Hamlet, Hamlet's journey of self-discovery begins when he learns about his father's untimely death and his mother's hasty marriage to his uncle,