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that he has mercy as well as wisdom. None of this his father sees. King Henry IV tells his son in scene ii, Act III, that familia...

prior to and following the death of Elizabeth I (Kelly and Kelly 677). Through certain key scenes in Hamlet, Greenblatt contends ...

Greek and read the Roman dramatists" (Anonymous William Shakespeare 47123316). However, in all honesty, "Very little is known abou...

of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...

an outsider, a theme which is emphasized in most critical analyses of the play, Othellos identity as the Moor in Venice was "not a...

a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by ththroat the circumcis?d do And smote him thus" (Act V. ii. 334 - 352)...

with the civilized manner of a Venetian court, he is clearly out of his element. "If stirred to indignation, as "in Aleppo once"...

A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would see...

1949. The first soliloquy provides ample opportunity to witness the impact this has upon Hamlet, inasmuch as he simply cannot com...

own terms, as an interpretation for a modern mass audience of a compelling story that gives shape to some of the deepest-rooted hu...

immediately to fetch the handkerchief. Emilia, Desdemonas maid and Iagos wife, comments: 4. "Is not this man jealous?" (III.4.99)....

We can see that he is panicking because he has killed a man and there is blood on him that he cannot wash off. Even though his wif...

before he sees the Ghost and receives his deadly mission. When the Ghost appears to him, Hamlet voices his apprehension as to th...

condition involves the paradoxical feeling on the part of the spectator that what has happened could not have happened otherwise, ...

of fairness, arguing that because Macbeth suffers the most he is paying for his sins, it does not make sense because Lady Macbeth ...

has come forth with a version that wholly eclipses the standard. What can easily be argued is the fact that Branaghs film version...

Clare within the historical context of the work of Mary Ward, who established her "own missionary order, the Institute of Mary, in...

so heavily reliant on the patriarchal system. She is passive and obedient, indicating that she easily goes along with the society,...

his true intellect becomes completely clouded over and his ability to understand who and what he is becomes an even more distant p...

him completely off-guard, Othello is completely unprepared for the "depth and intensity" (Vanita 341) of his love. Just as his pu...

audience would see this dark scene as entrancing and somewhat frightening. We can envision this when we hear the first witch ask, ...

we see the same, though we know differently. Lady Macbeth, Lennox, Ross, the ladies and lords, and the attendants are not really i...

father speaking to him, or a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into sinful acts. Furthermore, th...

remind the audience that because of his noble status, he must avenge his fathers murder not only for himself but also for the Dani...

resulted from the Spartan takeover of Athenian silver mines; therefore, the need for the minting of replacement, silver-plated bro...

him become worried at this change of character and personality. Everyone offers their opinion, but the Queen decides that she will...

Back in the old country, the Sicilian Catholics had placed great significance upon supernatural messages and prophecies. When Mac...

is murdered, his mother Queen Gertrude remarries Hamlet Sr.s brother Claudius only three months after her husbands slaying, and Ha...

as being spoiled and self-centered. Furthermore, the directors decision to turn a number of Hamlets soliloquies into interior mono...

staged "fights" in movies and plays, these actions are real and therefore telegraph real emotion to the audience. When Katherina s...