Blog #1

Austen and Shakespeare both employ the use of following two major characters through their journeys. In Pride and Prejudice, Austen has Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bingley be the two lovers that go through a love journey to finally end up in love. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet goes through a journey to obtain revenge. Mr. Darcy starts out by showing no interest in being with Elizabeth; however, as the story goes on he becomes infatuated by Elizabeth and falls in love with her. Elizabeth is not quite sure if she is even into Mr. Darcy because he insulted her in the beginning. Hamlet is very torn because he is very indecisive and he needs to kill King Claudius. Hamlet is not able to kill King Claudius until the end because he can not make up his mind. Elizabeth and Hamlet both need to make decisions, the former about love and the later regarding revenge. Both Elizabeth and Hamlet take the whole book and a full venture to make up their minds for Elizabeth to finally elope with Mr. Darcy and Hamlet to finally kill his uncle. The difference in both novels is the type of journey both characters take but the similarities is that both major characters need to make a life altering decision. Although both very unable to pick, they both end up doing what they wanted.