f good news. Yet in Hamlet the courtyard is a dark and gloomy showing immediate sign of sadness.In Hamlet, act five scene two, the setting is of a two men fencing until their deaths. Hamlet and Osrics battle was a very dramatic fight held within the palace with spectators. As You Like It begins with, in act one scene two, Charles and Orlando wrestling in the courtyard. Both settings had spectators watching these fighting events. They were both on palace grounds but one was inside the palace and the other was outside. In Hamlet the event was very horrifying and deadly. Whereas, Charles and Orlandos wrestling match was funny, humorous, and entertaining.The ending of the two plays is completely contrasting. The last setting and scene in Hamlet is full of death and disparity, with a tragic ending. This resulted in the collapsing of the kingdom of Denmark. As You Like Its final scene is of love, marriage, and happiness. The end result is of a reunion of the families.From comparing and contrasting the settings in Hamlet and As You Like It many ideas come to mind. Most of the comparisons are derived from the simple fact that the author is the same. Also, many of the scenes are set in similar surroundings because of the lack of scenery. Shakespeare was able to overcome this hardship by differentiating the moods of the plays even though the settings were extremely comparable....
