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In Pride and Prejudice, the main plot operaters are characters acting out of social compulsion and being rejected by Elizabeth's strongly willed personality. In Hamlet, the plot is driven by apprehension and political maneuvering. These are two completely different plots where the similarities are more complex than simply what happens. The exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement are all irreconcilably different for both stories, but the motivations behind the major plot changes are similar. The personalities of individual characters are the primary plot driving devices of both stories. Hamlet's apprehension as a character trait is the motivation for the major plot points such as the performance of a play within the play Hamlet similar to Elizabeth's shallowness as a personality trait in her judgment of Wickham and postponement of her reconciling with Mr. Darcy. The two plots are different in substance, but similar with respect to what drives them.