Hesitation

The Glass Menagerie, The

Great Gatsby, Hamlet
Hesitation:
DEFINITION: THE ACTION OF PAUSING OR HESITATING BEFORE SAYING OR
DOING SOMETHING; A DELAY DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF MIND OR FEAR

CHARACTERS:

THE GLASS MENAGERIE: TOM WINGFIELD

THE GREAT GATSBY: JAY GATSBY, DAISY BUCHANAN

HAMLET: HAMLET
The Glass Menagerie
TOM WINGFIELD:

UNABLE TO LEAVE HIS FAMILY IN ST. LOUIS

BLAMES HIS MOTHER FOR HIS INABILITY TO GO

USES HIS SISTER AS AN EXCUSE TO STAY

AFRAID OF THE UNKNOWN

DOESNT WANT TO LOSE FAMILIARITY

FORCED INTO LEAVING AFTER LOSING HIS JOB

The Great Gatsby
JAY GATSBY:

AFRAID TO REUNITE WITH HIS LOVE

UNSURE OF HOW SHELL FEEL ABOUT HIM

SCARED SHE WONT LOVE HIM ANYMORE

FORCED TO SEE HER BY NICK

The Great Gatsby
DAISY BUCHANAN:

AFRAID TO LEAVE HER HUSBAND

RENDEZVOUS WITH GATSBY IN SECRET

REFUSES TO LABEL HER RELATIONSHIP WITH JAY

REFUSES TO GIVE EITHER ONE UP

WANTS GATSBY/NEEDS TOM

FORCED TO CHOOSE AFTER COMMITTING MURDER/MANSLAUGHTER

Hamlet
HAMLET:

REFUSES TO KILL HIS UNCLE BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCE

UNSURE HE IS DOING THE RIGHT THING

SECOND GUESSES HIS ABILITY TO AVENGE HIS FATHER

KEEPS FINDING REASONS TO PLACATE ACTING OUT HIS REVENGE

FORCED TO KILL HIS UNCLE BY THE FACT THAT HES DYING

Final Analysis
EVERY CHARACTER WAS FORCED TO ACT OR MAKE A DECISION BY AN
OUTSIDE PARTY

TOM WAS FORCED TO LEAVE BY GETTING FIRED FROM HIS JOB

JAY WAS FORCED TO REUNITE WITH DAISY BY NICK

DAISY WAS FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN JAY AND TOM AFTER KILLING
MYRTLE IN A HIT AND RUN

HAMLET WAS FORCED TO KILL THE KING BEFORE HE DIED

NONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE ACTED ON THEIR OWN