Without conflict a story will have nothing to make the story have more depth. The conflict gives characters more depth as it usually reveals a hidden, troubling past that a character has suppressed so that no one would know. What makes a story more interesting is how the new information or problem is dealt with. How the story builds up suspense and then watch as the problem is finally resolved. This is the case in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet and Robert Frost’s Out, Out. With Shakespeare’s play being a hidden piece of information that arises that causes problems for nearly all the characters involved. In the case of Robert Frost’s poem, a boy is doing a man’s job and something from that job causes the boy a huge problem that is resolved almost …show more content…
So the basis of the story that goes with this poem starts out on a farm, life on a farm is rough and work never stops. If the work stops than there is no way to provide for the family. Now the poem starts out with a boy doing a man’s job, most likely his father’s job, which is cutting wood with a buzz saw. The first line in the poem starts off with, “The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard” (Frost 1). The first thing that pops into mind is a wild animal, namely a wolf, which is being territorial about its land. In this case, the buzz saw seems to be against the child doing a job not fit for him and is demanding its original owner. This is where the problem subtly presents itself because the buzz saw is acting like a wild animal being territorial about who uses it. Of course the child does not realize the problem but he will soon. But when his sister comes out to let him know supper is ready everything goes wrong, “His sister stood behind him in her apron / To tell them ‘supper.’ At the word, the saw, / As if to prove saws knew what supper meant, / Leaped out at the boy’s hand, or seemed to leap” (Frost 13-16). Right here the saw “leapt” at the boy at the word “supper”, the result is the boy’s hand being cut off. This goes back to the boy doing a man’s job and the saw “feeling” that there is an intruder in its territory, so the saw …show more content…
Of course Hamlet is appalled and now has a hunger to avenge his father’s death. This is how the problem is set for the play, Hamlet now has to gather evidence that his uncle did murder his father and then get his revenge. But through all his planning he begins to make mistakes, like accidently murdering Polonius “How now? A rat! Dead for a ducat, dead.” (Shakespeare 190). Hamlet here was planning on having his uncle listen in to his conversation with his mother and attack when he heard a noise. He heard a noise but it was Polonius who was caught in the crossfire of Hamlet’s plan for vengeance. With Polonius’ death on Hamlet’s hands he now has to flee the country for a time due to his mistake. This just adds to the struggle of Hamlet trying so desperately to help avenge his father for his murder. In the end, Hamlet comes face to face with Laertes and they duel each other, “It is here, Hamlet. Hamlet thou art slain. No medicine in the world can do thee good…The King-the King’s to blame.” (Shakespeare 304). What happened is that Hamlet had slain Laertes, but Laertes poisoned his blade and struck Hamlet. Hamlet now knows this and in his last moments of life decides to strike at the King and end his life too. Hamlet succeeded in his