Out of context
Ok, I read the other entries and I know I'm probably supposed to take this seriously, but as I write now, I don't think I'm going to do that.
So first, I've never read Hamlet and will most definitely never will (I'm not close minded, I just don't like Shakespeare. Okay, maybe I AM close minded OR I just have the taste of my generation. Who knows?)
Anyway, I saw the prompt and the first thing that came to my mind at seeing handsaw and hawk side by side was the tool and the bird. ANYONE would be able to tell those apart. So I thought, okay, it's probably not the tool. Philosophical questions can be uhmm...what should I call them? Annoyingly far-fetched but maybe not that much?
Long story short, I discovered the Heronsaw aka handsaw. This is the part where I should probably mention that philosophy in general is a no go area for me. Maybe philosophy with science (e.g Zhuangzi and the butterfly=Schrodinger's cat. Was that your prompt too batmaninwuhan?) But this is philosophy in literature so I will approach it the way I know, by mentioning all the ways bird vs bird is still far-fetched.
1. The Heronsaw has a much longer beak than the hawk.
2. The Heronsaw has a much longer neck than the hawk.
3. I think the wings are even different but my eyes hurt and I'm tired from the day I've had so I couldn't look into the details.
4. There are many more differences. Just get two pictures, a Heronsaw and a hawk, put them side by side, and you will see why I just don't get this.
Out of context, is it depth to ask whether a person could tell a hawk from a handsaw? The only way anyone wouldn't is if:
1. they are generally illiterate when it comes to other living organisms that are not humans, and so don't know the difference between the two birds.
2. they don't have access to Google. I certainly do.
3. they haven't read Hamlet and so are not familiar with these words.
4. the wind is north-north-west or northerly, and the sun is a beast in their eyes, which then makes this question a whole lot more sensible. (This, you won't also understand if you are a victim/culprit of number 3.)
Context, people, it's all about context.
That's it. I quit.