Similarities Between Hamlet And Michael Brown

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Hamlet and the Ferguson event have many connections between them, but there are also details in each story that make them unique from each other. Hamlet is this vulnerable character because his father just died, this “spirit” comes to him and tells him he is his father and that he was murdered by Hamlet’s uncle/new father. Ferguson had this huge audience of people following the Michael Brown case. If you put everyone that was following this case together and identify them as one individual, we basically have Hamlet. The Ferguson “individual” was vulnerable due to the emotions that the Michael Brown case brought up. It made them more prone to act out when a verdict was made that was not in their favor. Both scenarios include a vulnerable character