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the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...

and rainfall again. References to wetness and of being soaked with water seem to refer to the state of the men, that they are abou...

we see Roderigo and Iago discussing the fact that this Moor, Othello, exists and is now in a position of power within the masters ...

history itself. "As with many of his plays, Shakespeare drew on classical sources for the plot of The Comedy of Errors. The bare b...

now he is praying; And now Ill dot. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged" (Hamlet III iii). He stops, however, and truly...

the latest fashions, spending money on his friends, and also pursuing wars against Ireland and elsewhere that his realm cannot af...

both politically as well as personally. For Brutus, virtue was a trait that could never be compromised for it was synonymous with...

all thoughts of Rosaline in favor of his new love, Juliet. This rashness is further exemplified in the famous balcony scene, which...

term in their prophetic greeting of Macbeth. The first witch hails Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis," the second as "Thane of Cawdor an...

of character. He knows that, for many reasons, his actions have consequences, but his major miscalculation is in what form they w...

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

European descent of Prospero and his belief that by taking over the rule of Caliban, he can "help" the people and bring "civilizat...

her brothers wrongful imprisonment she requests an audience with Angelo. When she asks for her brothers release Angelo is so taken...

deal of support for the fact that Machiavelli always had the interests of the people at heart. Much of The Prince revolves around ...

In five pages this paper discusses the role of superstition, prophecies, and omens in the plays Julius Caesar and Macbeth by Willi...

In four pages this essay considers whether or not children who have been removed from their parents' custody should be placed eith...

reappear in the Henry plays. They change their political allegiance, and the audience is constantly being prepared for that change...

In five pages the heroic journeys presented in each of these plays by William Shakespeare are analyzed in terms of their significa...

In six pages this paper discusses character pairs and how they work within the structure of these two plays by William Shakespeare...

In five pages this essay compares the social violence that is evident in these plays by William Shakespeare. Two sources are cite...

In eight pages this paper examines the process of marital selection that is featured in these 2 plays by William Shakespeare. Fiv...

of a doting type of love. His feeling for Silvia, however, is quite lustful, with sexual passion almost completely numbing all re...

In five pages this play by William Shakespeare is analyzed in terms of the predominant loyalty theme. There are no other sources ...

close. Certainly the setting Shakespeare has created for the play is much like the fairy-tale world of As You Like It; it purports...

legitimately rules the island by some sort of manifest destiny. But the ensuing scenes with Ariel and Caliban make it clear that C...

possibility that Desdemona is cheating on him, and in domino fashion this suspicion turns to jealousy, hurt, anger, rage, and even...

He plots to have the Bohemian king poisoned, but Polixenes manages to flee Sicilia unharmed and return to the safety of his homela...

since he was seven. All he knows is "broils and battles," but he has traveled extensively in mysterious regions, met with "cannib...

sensibilities: "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else oerleap, / For in my way it lies. S...

fact that her opposition to her father by eloping with the much-older Othello reveals her internal strength, which is comparable t...