research- Posted by Lauren

I was researching plays when I stumbled across William Shakespeare's twelfth night. This play could be particularly relevant as it deals with transvestites and identity changing. "Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s so-called transvestite comedies, a category that also includes As You Like It and The Merchant of Venice. These plays feature female protagonists who, for one reason or another, have to disguise themselves as young men. It is important to remember that in Shakespeare’s day, all of the parts were played by men, so Viola would actually have been a male pretending to be a female pretending to be a male. Contemporary critics have found a great deal of interest in the homoerotic implications of these plays."-  taken from http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/twelfthnight/context.html

other research: Beyond the basic need for a sense of control, we are deeply driven by our sense of identity, of who we are. We are in the middle of our individual world, where we place central importance on our sense of individual self. As Descartes said, ‘I think, therefore I am.’ Many social theories are to do with creating or preserving our sense of identity.

Identity and needs

Psychologist Abraham Maslow defined a hierarchy of needs, with the particular revelation that when lower level needs are not met, then higher-level needs will be abandoned in favor  of shoring up the deeper needs.
Take a look at the needs:

 

What can be clearly seen here is that the upper three levels are about the person and their sense of self. This is in contrast to the bottom two levels, which are about control.

 

 

 

Books: Who Do You Think You Are?: Finding Your True Identity in Christ  by Mark Driscoll.         

WHO ARE YOU?

WHAT DEFINES YOU?

WHAT IS YOUR IDENTITY?

How you answer those questions affects every aspect of your life: personal, public, and spiritual. So it’s vital to get the answer right.

Pastor and best-selling author Mark Driscoll believes false identity is at the heart of many struggles—and that you can overcome them by having your true identity in Christ

             This book has a strong sense of relevance as it refers to finding yourself within Christ. In Our play in the sad Montage scene Sophie (aka: Hiratio) goes to a church to seek help from god to help find herself however it doesn't seem to work.