Hamlet, Beowulf

            Shakespeares use of language plays an important role in Hamlet. It connects the readers to not just whats going on, but to the thoughts of the characters in the play itself. As an audience we get to experience first hand the "Self-Overhearing" of shakespeares character Hamlet. The language in Hamlet has to be very carefully analyzed by its audience to be fully understood. For instance, to give a base to the play itself Hamlet makes a promise to himself to revenge his father. Hamlets thoughts are the most important things spoken in the play. We see that his thoughts sometimes cause procrastination, which is brilliance in shakespeares part it adds suspence and confusion. Unlike Beowulf, Hamlet is vastly unpredictable. 
              Hamlet's use of language and self-overhearing makes him very different from epic heros like Beowulf. When reading through Beowulf, most readers can predict the upcoming events. Hamlet is the exact opposite of this situation. Hamlet comes off to an audience as a little crazy, some have classified him as even "emo" because of his thoughts on suicide. They were wrong to even consider those terms. After completely overlooking the simple language in Hamlet, and understanding what he really means Hamlet turns out to be ridiculously intelligent. Hamlet during his primary depression in the beggining of the novel plans on killing his uncle in revenge, but even in the perfect spot Hamlet (after having a little Self-overhearing) decides not to kill his uncle while he was praying. Most people would take that oppurtunity and kill him right there. It is here we realize Hamlets true intelligence, he knew he couldve ended right there, but he didnt want his uncle to have any chance of ascending to heaven so he decided to wait on it.
                The difference between Hamlet and Beowulf is that when reading Hamlet you must sit and figure things out as they are happening. While when reading Beowulf you might as well skip ahead because you know what is going to happen. What makes Hamlet a little confusing is the fact that Hamlet tends to over analyze his thoughts. Making him not be able to turn them into actions at the time space given to him to do so . Then there is the fact that Hamlet at times changes his mind. We can see a perfect example of this in the "To be or not to be"  soliloqy. When i first read the soliloqy i came to the conclusion that Hamlet was so tired of dealing with his adversities he was actually ready to commit suicide, but then after analyzing really what i was reading I began to understand that it wasnt really even a consideration just a thought after reading "To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death; And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of?".
               The language in Hamlet, besides the fact that its from the shakespearean era, is significantly hard to understand at first glance. The language is very advanced and comes with many meaningfull purposes to support the story. It also is very unpredictable, the plot twists shakespeare uses are truly a work of art. It makes the literary elements found in  Beowulf look novice. Though both stories are from a different era of time, the language in Hamlet is significantly different than the language in an epic through its plot twist, self-overhearing, diction and syntax.