Which characters of Hamlet and 1984 have the same experiences? Please explain.

Whileof  is certainly no Hamlet, and the genres of these two works
are so disparate, perhaps the reader can, at least, find in the two protagonists some
commonality in their conflicts of Self vs. Society.

• Both Hamlet
  and Winston feel a certain malaise in their worlds.

In his first
, the deep melancholy of Hamlet is evident as he expresses his disappointment in his
world,

How wear, stale, flat, and
unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world!....
....Things rank and
gross in nature
Possess it merely (1.2.133-136)

This disappointment is, perhaps, not so directly stated by Winston Smith in theof
1984; however, it becomes apparent that he is quite unhappy with his life
in Oceania. For, life is a pretense; he must set his face in 

an expression of quiet optimism which was advisable to wear when facing the
telescreen.

Winston dreams of his childhood, a vague
memory in which he is not certain what has happened to his mother, but he remembers love.
His...