This document compares the characters of Hamlet from Shakespeare's play and Haider from the film with the same name. Both protagonists are princes - Hamlet of Denmark and Haider of Islamabad - whose fathers were killed by their uncles. They seek revenge for their fathers' deaths but struggle with uncertainty and the complex moral implications of their plans for revenge. Both characters experience the loss of their loves - Ophelia for Hamlet and Arshia for Haider - and are shocked to see their beloveds die.