TB or not TB? A comparison of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and House, M.D.

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,7, University of Cologne, language: English, abstract: I.Introduction On first sight, to compare these two works might seem awkward, as they are so different in many obvious ways: a long-lasting TV-series checked against a written drama of some pages? Old-fashioned, mouldy language against fast-moving, expert and vulgar tongue? There are far more points of criticism you could give. But I tried to dig deeper into the linguistic and theoretical structure of both works to find possible similarities that might make the two comparable. First, I will give a detailed description of the TV-series House, M.D. Then, I am going to examine how the topic 'Lying and deception' is dealt with in both creations. After that, I will try to check whether Hamlet's interior monologues are a pre-psychological treatment for himself or not. Ultimately, the ways of acting, behaving and speaking are my aim. How much are they alike? What is different?