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A 6 page paper which examines the search for truth in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” and Willa Cather’s “The Professor’s House.” No additional sources cited.
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life. It is a very powerful aspect of the condition of humanity, and as such becomes a very powerful theme in many different literary works, old and new. Three such
stories, stories which offer many different themes and morals, but yet also offer up characters searching for truth, are Hamlet by Shakespeare, "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison, and "The
Professors House" by Willa Cather. The following paper examines how all three of these stories have examples of people searching for truth of one kind or another. Hamlet
Hamlets story is one wherein a young man is seeking truth as it relates to the death, or murder, of his father. He is told by the supposed ghost of
his father that Hamlets new stepfather is responsible for his murder. This sets Hamlet on a journey of discovery as he seeks the truth and revenge. Interestingly enough, while
in the beginning, when Hamlet first interacts with the ghost and discovers that his father was killed, he is incredibly determined to seek out vengeance on his stepfather, as the
story develops Hamlet begins to seek his own truth. He believes the ghost, in that his father was killed, but he is also a man who is seeking truth in
relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and killing him. But, as the story progresses we
watch him develop, feign perhaps insanity, in order to find the truth and the best way to deal with it. One of the most powerful scenes in Hamlet which indicates
his change of mind and his journey towards his own sense of truth and righteousness is when he finds his stepfather praying alone. Hamlet speaks the following words to himself:
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