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A 3 page paper which examines various stories and pieces of literature as they all seem to illustrate the search for identity, an identity that is perhaps unique and misunderstood at times. The stories/poems examined are Hamlet by Shakespeare, August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot, “The Stranger” by Albert Camus, “The Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, “Dhowli” by Mahasweta Devi, and “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman. No sources cited.
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this human condition in their work. The following paper examines some literature/poetry and discusses how all of the stories discussed, though very different, present the reader with the search for
identity, and identity that is more often than not different from the norm and thus often misunderstood. The stories/poems examined are Hamlet by Shakespeare, August Wilsons "Ma Raineys Black Bottom,"
"Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot, "The Stranger" by Albert Camus, "The Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, "Dhowli" by Mahasweta Devi, and "To an Athlete Dying Young"
by A.E. Housman. Searching for Identity The search for identity in Shakespeares Hamlet is an identity that at first relates to nothing more than making right a wrong done
to Hamlets father. In the beginning he is only doing what he is expected to do. But as the story unfolds he begins to see that he must engage in
vengeance and righteousness in a manner that is right for him, not for others. He is seen as crazy, which perhaps he is, and eventually comes to an end that
is noble and courageous rather than merely vindictive and vengeful. Interestingly enough, the story of Hamlet has some similar identity issues to the poem "To an Athlete Dying Young" by
A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would seem. Actually it is perhaps that they have
achieved their identity, their greatness, at a young age and their life is therefore ended once their true identity and purpose has been achieved. In August Wilsons story of
Ma Rainey we are presented with African American people who have been, and are, oppressed in such a way that their creativity grows, but yet their identity is constantly challenged.
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