BLOG #2 CHARACTER

Despite the fact that the fiction Hamlet is different from the drama Pride & Prejudice, the main characters in each work are quite similar.  First, in P&P, Elizabeth is undergoes an internal problem out through the play, just like Hamlet does in Shakespeare's play.  This problem for Elizabeth, is whether or not to conform to the societal norms around her, and once she receives the proposal from Darcy, her problem become even for immense.  First of all, as the novel progressed, the reader was able to identify with Elizabeth, and also had the ability to watch her personality grow.  At the beginning, Lizzy's hate for Darcy was a mere facade of what was to come, true love.  Similarly to Hamlet, there is also character growth, and tough decision making.  In Hamlet, we watch the young man grow and gain responsibility and self-reliance.  More importantly, however, is Hamlet's tough decision's that he has to make; similar to Lizzy's predicament.  First of all, Hamlet has to decide whether or not to kill Claudius immediately or wait and be patient, as tough as it may be.  Subsequently, another and even more challenging decision that Hamlet encounters several times through out the play is whether or not to take his own life, suicide.  Hamlet, especially when talking to the skull really contemplates living, and the value of life.  These tough predicaments that both characters have to face in the play are crucial to character development, and tie both Lizzy and Hamlet together.