William Shakespeare's Hamlet centers on the internal struggle of the Prince of
Denmark. Cherrie Moraga's Shadow of a Man centers on the Rodriguez family during
1969 in Los Angeles, California. Most readers are focused on the words and the actions
of these two stories only. Often overlooked and unappreciated are the stories females
characters such as Queen Gertrude of Denmark, Ophelia both of Hamlet and Hortensia,
Rosario, Lupe and Leticia from Shadow of a man. As one author states, "Thanks to
feminist criticism, gender is not indissolvably fixed in Shakespeare. Male characters can
profi…
