Woman and man are two fundamental sectors of humanity. Anima and animus are how psychologist Carl Jung described the feminine and masculine halves of the personality. Much like the ambiguity of sexual orientation, anima and animus coexist within individuals in the world's population. The blurred boundary between these subdivisions implements the need for research. In Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Ellison's Invisible Man, the protagonists' feminine traits are cited as the cause of their failures, supporting the idea that the inner battle between masculinity and femininity exists as the characters develop. closer to their identity. It is generally believed that men are different from women 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 aforementioned beliefs stem from misleading and repetitive statistics that men are the dominant sex. However, the audience of "Hamlet" encounters the similar idea of ​​incompetent womanhood through Hamlet's struggle to accept his indecision, which delays his father's vengeance, an action in which he has "a cause, a will, strength and means. / Not to do. Gross examples as the earth exhorts” (Hoy 1992). In the famous soliloquy “To be or not to be,” Hamlet explicitly names his excessive thinking as the seed of his inaction: Thus conscience makes cowards of us all; of thought, and undertakings of great height and moment. In this regard, their currents go wrong and lose the name of action. (1992) Eve...... middle of paper ... as he turned his head to scream, tearing both cheeks, and saw the crowd's surprised pause as Ras struggled with the spear blocking his jaws. .” (1953 p. 560) Ultimately, Invisible Man's masculinity manifests itself and evokes an awakening, where the narrator stops seeking justifications for his existence and crawls into a black hole. It can be said that Invisible Man is the reincarnation of Hamlet without the dramatic cries and intensity of emotions. Hamlet and his love of thought parallels Invisible Man and his love of rationality. However, their stimulated consciousnesses are like the abysses of wells; the deeper they are,Works CitedShakespeare, William. Literature “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”: an introduction to reading and writing. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts. 9th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2009. Print