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differently in different periods of time, but the man as a writer stays very much the same. The homogeneity of his works is remark...

The steward is immediately threatened by anyone who is perceived as funnier or more intelligent than he. Olivia is the only perso...

my cold blood, I am of your humour for that. I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me" (Much Ado About...

alienate himself from his mother, uncle, fianc?e Ophelia and his old school chums, Rosencrantz and Guilderstern. The lone confide...

Moor, and his looks and primitive demeanor are woefully out of place in civilized Venice. He may have married the esteemed Senato...

over his military service. Shortly after the wedding, he was dispatched to Famagosta, the capital of Cyprus, to battle Turkish fo...

In five pages this paper discusses the treachery of Shakespeare's protagonist in an analysis of his characterization, images, abdi...

and will stop at nothing to satisfy his ambition, even if it means killing his brother: "A murtherer and a villain! / A slave that...

essence, this is seen as "feminine and shrewd" (Rusche). From this description we can begin to understand that Gertrude may wel...

offer some different scenes, though ultimately only about one quarter of Shakespeares Richard III is actually presented in the fil...

pairing of Burton and Taylor in the lead roles was certain to result in a box office success for virtually any movie. Add Shakespe...

rich gift. O Ferdinand, Do not smile at me that I boast her off, For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise And make it halt...

She loved not the savour of tar nor of pitch, Yet a tailor might scratch her whereer she did itch: Then to sea, boys, and let her ...

and Achiles reenact the way in which Hamlet believes his father was killed by Claudius and how revenge will be exacted on the guil...

A lioness hath whelped in the streets; / And graves have yawnd, and yielded up their dead; / Fierce fiery warriors fight upon the ...

directors. Because of the intimacy between stage performers and the audience, Shakespeares prose is able to serve as a feature pe...

me to run from this Jew my master. The fiend is at mine elbow and tempts me saying to me Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good Launcelot, o...

of shallowness in schemings clothing, while rejecting the honest and heartfelt response of Cordelia, the only daughter who truly d...

Claudio has officially erred, he truly loves Juliet and fully intends to marry her. His sin of fornication clearly does not warran...

from a popular Icelandic tale in which the lead character by the name of "Amleth" experienced similar events throughout his lifeti...

marriage, and to decline / Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor / To those of mine! / But virtue, as it never will be movd,...

assassination not as a betrayal of his friend and leader, but as "a chivalric defender of national honor" (Bloom 123). He perceiv...

the titled gentleman who had lots of time on his hands, dueling for the sake of principle was a favorite pastime. According to Vi...

be the corrupt individual that he is. That said we move on with a discussion of Othellos jealousy. Othello is convinced, through...

powers of destiny, great ministers of fate. They had determined the past; they not only foresaw the future, but decreed it" (Cours...

as an under-current that influences all other actions. Shakespeare pulls his audiences into the experience of such dichotomy throu...

varied character base to symbolize these developments. Prosperos relationship with his two servants, Ariel and Caliban, is partic...

the treacherous feet" (III.2.14-16). Rather than action, Richard offers poetic interpretations of his situation. The tone and imag...

perception and myth, was a place characterized by both barbarianism and exoticism, inhabited by wild beasts and by people with env...

In six pages this paper considers King Lear's relationship with his two older daughters Goneril and Regan and his favorite, younge...