Hamlet+Final

Absolute Shakespeare seems to think death is absolute. He clearly shows that it cannot be cheated and that everyone will experience it. Death plays a huge role in this story and Shakespeare clearly shows through the contemplation of death by Hamlet and the constant death by other characters such as Polonius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Laertes, and others, that death is imminent and the only thing a person cannot avoid. Hamlet cheats his fate on the way to England, Claudius cheats his past by killing his brother and then receiving the thrown, but no one cheats death. Final Although there is a ghost in the play, Shakespeare seems to see death as final. With all the emphasis he puts on murder and culpability, it is clear death is a very large and prominent idea to him, making it seem more final. Also once a character dies, other than the king, he or she practically falls out of the play. Ophelia is mentioned once more after her death, Polonius is mentioned a few times, but nothing changes in the statements. Laertes is always very upset and vengeful. Liminal Shakespeare seems to think sanity is liminal, due to the number of cases he has of people (Hamlet and Ophelia) being insane and then either dying or returning to sanity.

Middlesex I think middlesex will be about a person who is half male and half female and how he/she lives her/his life, the difficulties and prejudices she/he encounters on a daily basis and the identity crisis that will most likely come with a lack of self definition.