Feminine and masculine are two fundamental sectors of humanity. Anima and animus are how psychologist Carl Jung describes the feminine and masculine halves of the personality. Much like the ambiguity of gender orientation, anima and animus coexist in individuals across the global population. The labile boundary between these subdivisions implements the need to search. In Shakespeare's “Hamlet” and Ellison's Invisible Man, the protagonists' feminine character traits are alluded to as the cause of their failures, which supports the idea that the internal battle between masculinity and femininity exists as the characters grow closer to their identity.” It is generally believed that males are opposites to females physically, intellectually and emotionally. Man is supposed to be strong, courageous, rational and sexually aggressive; while the woman is weak, shy, emotional and sexually passive." (Guo 2009) The above beliefs arise from the deceptively repetitive statistics that male is the dominant gender. However, the audience of “Hamlet” encounters the similar idea of ​​inept femininity through Hamlet's struggle to accept his indecision, which causes the delay of his father's revenge, an action in which he has “cause, will, strength and means, / To do it. Crude examples as exhortation of the earth” (Hoy 1992). In the famous “to be or not to be” soliloquy, Hamlet explicitly designated his overthinking as the seed of his inertia: Thus conscience makes cowards of us all; of thought, and undertakings of great pace and moment. In this respect their currents deviate and lose the name of action. (1992) Eva… middle of paper… as she turned her head to scream, slashing both cheeks, and saw the surprised pause from the crowd as Ras struggled with the spear blocking his jaws.” (1953 p. 560) Eventually, the Invisible Man's masculinity manifests itself and evokes an awakening, in which the narrator stops seeking justifications for his existence and crawls into a black hole. It can be argued that the Invisible Man is the reincarnation of Hamlet without the dramatic shouts and emotional tone. Hamlet and his love of thought parallel the Invisible Man and his love of rationality. However, their stimulated consciences are like well pits; the deeper they are, Works Cited Shakespeare, William. Literature "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark": an introduction to reading and writing. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts. 9th edition. New York: Pearson Longman, 2009. Print