The Spy Who Loved Me

respected by these male figures. Hamlet and her brother fight on her grave, making their love for her a competition instead of mourning their loved one. Gertrude’s death raises a lot of questions because Shakespeare is never absolutely clear in his plays. She takes the poison and when Claudius tells her not to drink it she says "I will, my lord; I pray you, pardon me" (V.ii.318) This may be showing an independence and bravery to save her son, but this independence is what kills her in the…

and I do doubt the hatch and the disclose will be some danger,” (III, I, 178-181), Claudius believes Hamlet’s sorrow has a deeper meaning behind it. To discover Hamlet’s intensions he uses Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Gertrude and Polonius to spy on Hamlet. His fear of Hamlet’s intensions increase so much that he continuously needs information from others regarding Hamlet. Once Claudius finds out Hamlet’s dangerous side, his paranoia causes him to make very rapid risky decisions…

wide open as she listened, occasionally putting her hand through her red hair. ‘So you’d be a spy, Antonio. And you’d be away from Madrid. You’d be spying and reporting back to the regidor what you’d discovered. You’d have the protection of a spy, a pistol concealed about you, loaded and primed. If anyone suspected that you were spying on them they’d kill you. Dead!’ ‘He never mentioned the word “spy” but, yes, I…I suppose you could be right. It’s the element of danger that makes it…

1998 is not part of the series though many of the characters in the series make an appearance in the novel. The series of novels is set in the Distinguished Academy of Governesses where young women pursue a career of being governesses. The women who make it out of the academy are ones that overcome all challenges and odds to win the man of their dreams, status, wealth, and the best sex ever. The first novel in the series introduces The Distinguished Academy of Governesses and its rules for…

Townsend’s offer she says to herself, “Did I not constantly chide myself about my unfilled to avenge my brother’s death? Yet what had I done? Nothing.” (142) This vow and loyalty to her brother’s cause is the reason why she accepts Mr. Townsend’s to be a spy. Molly Pitcher was always loyal to her family, “after her husband collapsed during battle, she stepped into his place and began loading cannons. She continued manning the cannon even after an enemy cannon ball passed through her legs”. She…

possibility that monsters could create more monsters, making their own race. He begins to think of all the horrible things that could happen to the people if he created another monster. He stops the procedure and he destroys his creation. “ the wretch saw me destroy the creature on whose future existence he depended for happiness” (156). The monster saw the destruction of his only source of happiness and he becomes angry. So angry that he kills Dr. Frankenstein’s father and cousin and then…

forced into these Red Centers and reject these ideas. Although Offred remembers and misses her previous life that she took for granted, she finds herself agreeing with some of the beliefs she has been forced upon. Offred says “My nakedness is strange to me already. My body seems outdated. Did I really wear bathing suits, at the beach? I did, without thought, among men, without caring that my legs, my arms, my thighs and back were on display, could be seen. Shameful, immodest.” (Atwood, 78). By…

was a death because of his regret or his love. On the other hand, Hamlet is more hypocritical as when he sees Laertes jumping in Ophelia’s grave, he claims, “I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers / Could not, with all their quantity of love, / Make up my sum. What wilt thou do for her? . . . Dost thou come here to whine? / To outface me with leaping in her grave? / Be buried quick with her, and so will I” (5.1, 259–64). It was only after her death that Hamlet is finally professing his love…

Vietnamese after the war. Women show a different side of the post-Vietnam war plots enhancing it greatly. The plot of the novel is told through the eyes of the narrator who is a communist spy. The story is a flashback and is a confession by the narrator due to imprisonment. He is the son of a young Vietnamese mother and French father, who was a priest. The narrator faces many self-identity issues throughout his life due to his mixed heritage. Due to his bloodline He feels…

Hisham Matar articulates the story of a young man Suleiman who was growing up in Libya under the regime of Colonel Qaddafi. Suleiman, nine-year-old, is the only son in the family and his father does international business. Suleiman is a friend to Kareem whose father is their neighbor accused of being a traitor. Trouble starts when Suleiman’s father Faraj is accused of secretly being a leader in a movement that is rebelling against the government. In this novel, boundaries are drawn between good…