Examples Of Heroism In A Thousand Splendid Suns

Explore the theme of gallantry and honor (think heroism) as evidenced in any of the characters from Hamlet and A Thousand Splendid Suns. You may also explore this theme in earlier readings in order to compare or contrast. The only essential goals for your character choices are to use at least one character from Hamlet and one character from ATTS and to use a minimum of three characters.
How does this theme connect with the concept of “The Literary Hero: A Quest for Bravery”? You need to use QUOTATIONS from both of the work to solidify your ideas. Try to avoid the obvious. Saying that Rasheed is not a hero is probably unnecessary.
You will need to use ample quotations from both Hamlet and A Thousand Splendid Suns to support your proposals
Throughout her lifetime, she goes through a lot of difficult situations, with one main being her family. In the beginning of the novel Mariam runs away to go see her father only to be rejected by him and return home to her mother hanging from a tree. “All she could hear was Nana saying, ‘I’ll die if you go. I’ll just die.’ All she could do was cry and cry and let her tears falls on the spotted, paper-thin skin of Mullah Faizullah’s hands” (Hosseini 38). Mariam kept blaming herself for this but eventually she toughened up and overcame it. When she was married to Rasheed and he took Laila as a second wife, Mariam once again overcame a difficult situation, this time proving her self.
“Rasheed didn’t notice her coming back into the room. He was still on top of Laila, his eyes wide and crazy, his hands wrapped around her neck. Laila’s face was turning blue now, and her eyes had rolled back. Mariam saw that she was no longer struggling. He’s going to kill her, she thought. He really means to. And Mariam could not, would not, allow that to happen.” (Hosseini
He knows now that he must kill Claudius in order to free his father. At one point, Hamlet has the chance to kill Claudius while he is praying, but then realizes such an act would send him to heaven not hell. Throughout the play Hamlet acts all crazy and distraught, worrying everyone around him. While Hamlet is talking to his mother Gertrude, he hears someone behind the mirror and shoots. It turns out that the person behind the mirror was not Claudius, but Polonius. This causes Ophelia to turn crazy and ultimately kill herself In the river. With Laertes seeking revenge, him and Claudius come up with a plan to kill Hamlet. Their plan is to challenge Hamlet to a fencing match, and poison the drink in which Hamlet will drink of. Laertes, for back up, puts poison on the tip of a sword so that if he was to land any hit on Hamlet, he would die. However, the plan goes wrong and Gertrude drinks the poison. Then Laertes gets stabbed with the poisoned sword, along with Claudius. Hamlet also makes Claudius drink of the poison then says, “Heaven make thee free of it! I follow thee” (1724). Hamlet goes on to drink the poison. In the end Hamlet sacrificed his life in order to save his fathers life from hell and give Claudius what he had coming to