common motif include Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and Danticat’s “The Book of the Dead”. In Hamlet, memory is a linguistic gesture rooted in the foundation of complex communication. As a result of watching Claudius gloss over the memory of his dead father, Hamlet loses his sanity to the pursuit of resolving his past. In Danticat’s “The Book of the Dead”, Danticat attempts to illustrate how memory is not a reliable tool to use to anchor ourselves to reality. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and Danticat’s
Claudius. Hamlet often fears the consequences of taking responsibility for killing his uncle, which define a profound sense of morbidity and procrastination. These factors define the overtly philosophical mindset of Hamlet’s character that dictate a lack of real time action in his overtly gloomy analysis of Claudius and his misinformed attempts to kill his enemy. In essence, Hamlet’s philosophical and religious behavioral cause him to act decisively against Claudius, which, in turn,
race. In The Bell Jar, Save Me the Waltz, and Wide Sargasso Sea, Esther Greenwood, Alabama Beggs, and Antoinette are all main characters who are mostly privileged and insane female figures in society. However, in Frankenstein, Edgar Huntly, and Hamlet, the main characters are all men who are driven insane by inside and outside factors. However, minor characters such as Clithero, Ophelia, Frankensetin, and Annette, are also considered insane. For the most part, women are labeled more insane
conduct themselves and how their actions are viewed by the rest of society. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald depict the socioeconomic elite acting with indiscretion and out of self indulgence. Both pieces