Obsession In Shakespeare's All About Eve

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All About Eve tells the story of an aging starlet and the mysterious young girl who takes advantage of her in order to rise to the top of the theatre world. Beneath the surface of the plot and of Eve’s obsession with Margo Channing lies serious queer undertones. For Eve, there is a thin line between wanting to be Margo and wanting to be in a relationship with Margo. Eve takes care of every aspect of Margo’s life, eventually escalating her behavior to trying to seduce Bill, Margo’s lover, and taking Margo’s role in her upcoming Broadway play. The meaning subtly underlying Eve’s meticulous takeover Margo's life is that if Eve cannot have Margo, she will become her. Eve’s behavior is queer in this way, and in the very same breath is wholly unjustifiable,

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