There is an interesting part in the book Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides in the chapter "The Obscure Object" towards the end when Callie meets a red-headed girl who is from the Charm Bracelets. In the book, Callie classifies her as the "Object" or the "The Obscure Object" and towards the end of the chapter she gets closer and closer to her both emotionally and physically. They get closer and closer due to a project play called Antigone Mr. Da Silva assigns the whole class to present to the school. "The obscure object" plays the part of Antigone and Callie plays the part of Tiresias. During the opening night there was a shocking incident that occurred during the play, "It wasn't stage fright. An aneurysm had burst in Maxine Grossinger's brain... But Maxine's mother, knowing exactly what pain looked like on her child's face, shot up out of her seat. 'No,' she cried. 'No!' (338). The reactions from her mother along with the red headed girl reminded me of the known Shakespeare play called Hamlet. It reminded me of the scene when there was a play within a play. Hamlet created a play for his stepfather, King Claudius to reveal the truth about the death about his father. The purpose of the play was to observe King Claudius's reactions to the play, Hamlet was specifically looking for guilt in his face to prove to the audience especially his mother about how he killed his father. After King Claudius watches the play he says, "Excellent, i’ faith; of the chameleon’s dish: I eat the air, promise-crammed" (III.ii.84–86).
The reactions between Maxine's mother and King Claudius are really similar they are both shocked due to the death that is shown during the play; King Hamlet and Maxine. Both their reactions seem really dramatic and shows total emotion throughout the characters. It also touches and effects the audience due to the word choices and the tone the characters present it.
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