Both Hamlet and Oedipus are victims of fate, yet Claudius kills Hamlet's father while Oedipus, although unintentionally, kills his own father.
Between Prince Hamlet and King Oedipus, there are several parallels and contrasts. Both Hamlet and Oedipus are victims of fate, yet Claudius kills Hamlet's father while Oedipus, albeit unintentionally, kills his own father. Both Oedipus and Hamlet have a chance to escape their fate, but each of them thinks that they are the only ones capable of making things right.
The declining conditions in Denmark and Thebes, respectively, worry both Hamlet and Oedipus. The ghost of Hamlet's deceased father appears to him and tells him that his uncle Claudius killed him before getting married to Hamlet's mother, Queen Gertrude. Even though he does not particularly enjoy the endeavor, Hamlet sees it as his duty as the son and former prince of Denmark to make things right. Oedipus thinks it is his responsibility as king of Thebes, a plague-stricken city in chaos and ruin, to find his father's killer and bring Thebes back to order.
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