Similarities Between Hamlet And Star Wars

William Shakespeare’s play called Hamlet and George Lucas’ movie Star Wars may seem like two different stories and unrelated at first glance. Although the two have their differences, they are much alike because of their story’s common theme of revenge. The protagonist in each story, Luke Skywalker and Hamlet both have a journey they face in which complications arise and their characteristics are tested. But in the end both Hamlet and Luke have a very different outcome, showing how their characteristics differ throughout their journey. Throughout their journeys both Hamlet and Luke have many similarities and differences because of their journeys, their help from the super natural, and their approach to revenge. Luke Sky Walker and Hamlet both have a similar journey in which they faced the death

While in Hamlet he also learns more about his father deaths when the ghost of his father talks to him , “A serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark, Is by a forged process of my death ,Rankly abused: but know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life,. Now wears his crown, O my prophetic soul! My uncle.”(Act 1, Scene IV) Both characters learn their family members are murdered leading them to the need to avenge their family. In Star Wars, Luke realizes there is nothing left for him on Tatooine and decides to pursue the opportunity to become a Jedi Knight. While Hamlet chooses to purse the path to kill the murderer of his father. Throughout the story the characteristics between Luke and Hamlet start to stand out, even though they have the similarities of avenging their loved ones. Luke in the beginning of his journey is naïve and immature. He wants to do something different then his everyday life of repairing droids. But when his family died, the character grows and learns patience from the force. Throughout his complications, Luke matures and becomes a true hero because he turns his attitude