#3

Setting is the foundation for both authors writing to coincide with plot, characters, and conflict. Austen and Shakespeare implement setting to underlay tone for each story, as well as mood. The darkness of caves and castles coincide with the plot and theme of Hamlet to portray the tonal setting. Elizabeth is subjected to formal and uptight expectation involving her future family life. This is done through the setting of British countryside, and sophisticated balls and parties in manors. Both authors use setting to supplement external pressure and intimidation upon the protagonist. This successfully leads to the same overall mood and tone presented later during the climax in which the main characters try and overcome. In a sense they are not only overcoming their conflicts but the settings they coincide with.