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"To Thine Own Self Be True": Existentialism in Hamlet and The Blind Owl
2015
International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies
unpublished
This article aims at exploring the key concepts of Existential thought in two masterpieces of the world literature, namely, William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sadeq Hedayat's The Blind Owl (Buf-e Kur). Freedom, free will, authenticity, self-realization, self-becoming, and awareness of death are among the main concerns of both writers. Shakespeare depicts authenticity in the character of Hamlet, and it is in contrast to him that the reader finds many instances of inauthenticity. The Danish prince
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