Thesis

For my paper, I would like to compare and contrast the Grand Inquisitor scene in the Brothers K to Act III Scene I of Hamlet (which includes the famous "to be or not to be" line). Both Ivan and Hamlet express their doubt of life's meaning. Each character teeters on the edge of suicide and have seemed to have lost all trust and faith in the world. However, I'll elaborate on how they don't fully lose it. They still have made a decision; it's just not obvious at first.