Essays 31 - 60
good man, whom he has treated unjustly. Desdemona has, of course, been persuaded by Iago to defend Cassio, as he knows that this w...
were old With which she followed my poor fathers body Like Niobe, all tears;-why she, even she,- O God! a beast that wants discour...
rest of the play. Major images in the play (clothes, light/darkness, sleep) Clothes: There are several instances throughout the ...
by King Claudius reveal him to be conniving, shrewd and lustful. Unlike Hamlet, who is preoccupied with questions concerning ethic...
heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...
Cassius proposed that they assassinate Antony also, Brutus opposed it. He argued that the assassination of another man would make ...
in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...
well as a "Barbary horse" (I.i.111). As this indicates, the two men are particularly repulsed at the thought of Othello and Desd...
Clare within the historical context of the work of Mary Ward, who established her "own missionary order, the Institute of Mary, in...
volatile for no apparent reason. The conflict, in other words, has no real foundation but it is tradition. The lovers marr...
"teach" him "how to think and speak" (3.2.35) and "create" him new" (3.2.41), which is a reversal of the Elizabethan gender stereo...
"cannibals" and the "Anthropophagi." Captured by enemies, he endured slavery, it is clear that Othello suffered and accomplished ...
This paper examines various forms of feminism seen in two works by Shakespeare's, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Aristophanes', Lys...
In eleven pages Queen Margaret in William Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Lady Percy in Shakespeare's historical play Henry IV...
In nine pages which also includes an outline of one page this essay describes the Forums of ancient Rome and then offers a critica...
consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...
In five pages this essay presents William Shakespeare's protagonist as a defendant in a contemporary inquest trial in which prosec...
In five pages this essay examines what tensions led to the disintegration of the Macbeth marriage within the context of William Sh...
that is perverted by the subterfuge and overt evil of Iago. Examining the character of Iago is enlightening to anyone who has ever...
he appears sincere and supportive, such as when Richard asks what one has said of him, and Buckingham replies "Nothing that I resp...
thunders crack or lightning flash; Advanced above pale envys threatening reach...Then, Aaron, arm thy heart, and fit thy thoughts....
then Ill tell her plain She sings as sweetly as the nightingale: Say that she frown: Ill say she looks as clear As morning roses ...
of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...
of Venice is highly revealing of his character. This characterization is vital to the internal logic of the play because the trag...
thoughts terrify him. The fact that Macbeth is thought of as a loyal and noble person at the beginning of the play is made eviden...
of perspective came about. Though various ploys were attempted to regain old sorts of power, in the end, there was a rise in the m...
to share Iagos disgust and refers to Desdemonas acceptance of Othello as her "gross revolt" (I.i.134) and Roderigo shows his dista...
(I.iii.118). Banquo replies with a warning. He tells Macbeth that "instruments of darkness" frequently tell the truth in order to ...
coming to the island, as well as the history of the island prior to European intrusion. Before Prospero came, the island was ruled...
staged "fights" in movies and plays, these actions are real and therefore telegraph real emotion to the audience. When Katherina s...