The Formation Of Patterns In Hamlet By William Shakespeare

1413 Words6 Pages

The father of cybernetics, Norbert Wiener, stated that “one of the most interesting aspects of the world is that it can be considered to be made up of patterns” (Toussaint, et al. 293). Wherever you go, you are always surrounded by patterns, even if you do not notice it at first. The striped shirt you are wearing is consisted of a pattern and the fact that you always wake up at eight o’clock in the morning is also a pattern. The word “pattern” seems to be an obvious term that needs no explanation, but it can have different meanings for different people. For me, a pattern is a visible repetition of shapes and colors. I consider it the opposite of chaos, hence a pattern must display order. In this essay, I will attempt to demonstrate how patterns …show more content…

Every work of art has a personal aspect to it which originates from its creator, hence the patterns that exist in any piece of art will never be able to be recreated again (Van De Lagemaat 466). If you look at Shakespeare's “Hamlet,” nobody will be able to duplicate his manuscript because Shakespeare has used patterns and has reinterpreted them with the perspective from his mind in order to write the book. There is this sense of personality and originality in art that does not exist in mathematics where mathematical equations and formulas follow rules, and in most cases lead to the same answer (Van De Lagemaat …show more content…

This is called illusory pattern perception. The human brain is in constant search for coherence and order, hence if there is chaos in space, the human brain will use sense perception to search for a pattern to restore peace and structure regardless of whether these patterns are real or not (Beitman 256). Sense perception is clearly used in both mathematics and arts, where mathematicians use their perceptions to observe patterns and artists use theirs to explore new patterns (Van De Lagemaat