Kill Hamlet What Kill Bill and Hamlet Teach Us About Revenge

â€Å"Revenge is a dish best served cold.† The Sicilian proverb used as Kill Bill Vol. 2s tagline perfectly points out a tragic flaw shared by Shakespeares Hamlet and Quentin Tarentinos modern hero: Bill (from Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2). In Kill Bill Beatrice is a killer belonging to a team of assassins lead by a man by the name of Bill. Beatrice and her master fall in love and one night while she is on a job, she discovers she is pregnant. She realizes the world of assassins is no place for a mother and makes the decision to leave the team and leave Bill. When Beatrice does not return to him, Bill searches everywhere for her, not willing to accept she may have been killed on the job. He finally finds her only to learn that she†¦show more content†¦Bill walks in himself and shoots Beatrice in the head. Obviously this cruelty is nothing like the madness Hamlet experienced after finding out the truth behind his fathers death. His became more of a depressed m ind. He would sulk around day after day saying outlandish things to people who tried to comfort him. It seemed that suicide was not far from his thoughts. Another thing his madness led him to do was to force himself upon the one he thought he loved: Ophelia. This flaw in Bill and Hamlets characters affected them in very different ways. However this is not surprising, for they were certainly very different people. The point is, these two men let these unfortunate happenings make them both forget their minds for a time. However rash these two men might be under the right circumstances, it is more in their nature to procrastinate. It just so happens that even with that direct shot to the head, Beatrice did not die. Bill has one of his assassins sneak into her hospital room, fully prepared to finish the job. However when the assassin informs him of his former lovers condition, he tells her to abort, saying, â€Å"Yall beat the hell out of that woman, but you didnt kill her. And I put a bullet in her head, but her heart just kept on beating. Weve done a lot of things to this lady. And if she ever wakes up, well do a whole lot more. But one thing we wont do, is sneak into her room in the night like a filthyShow MoreRelatedModern-Day Adaptations of Shakespearian Plays3263 Words   |  14 Pagesstory, it is saying new things. Two Shakespearian plays that have been adapted many times are A Midsummer Nights Dream and Hamlet. Both plays deal with the difference between reality and the semblance of reality and the madness that can occur if we confuse the two. While A Midsummer Nights Dream deals with the reality-distorting drug known as love, Hamlet is about accepting artifice for reality. Two interesting adaptations of A Midsummer Nights Dream are the 1999 film directed by MichaelRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pagessolution for courses in Principles of Management, Human Resources, Strategy, and Organizational Behavior that helps you actively study and prepare material for class. Chapter-by-chapter activities, including built-in pretests and posttests, focus on what you need to learn and to review in order to succeed. Visit www.mymanagementlab.com to learn more. DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT SKILLS EIGHTH EDITION David A. Whetten BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Kim S. Cameron UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PrenticeRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesISBN-10: 0-13-283487-1 1. Organizational behavior. I. Judge, Tim. II. Title. HD58.7.R62 2012 658.3—dc23 2011038674 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 10: 0-13-283487-1 ISBN 13: 978-0-13-283487-2 Brief Contents Preface xxii 1 2 Introduction 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? 3 The Individual 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Diversity in Organizations 39 Attitudes and Job Satisfaction 69 Emotions and Moods 97 Personality and Values 131 Perception and Individual Decision Making 165 Motivation Concepts 201 Motivation: