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Essays 661 - 690
Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...
in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III....
good man, whom he has treated unjustly. Desdemona has, of course, been persuaded by Iago to defend Cassio, as he knows that this w...
When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...
fall upon my life" (Shakespeare I iii). In this he is leaving it all up to his wife and her father, nobly demonstrating that he do...
shall my purpose work on him" (Shakespeare I iii). From there on out we begin to realize that we, as the audience, are the only on...
subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...
who stood in his path to the English throne, was so memorable that his work of fiction has become accepted as historical fact. Ho...
actions, in terms of black and white, good and bad. It is axiomatic that people wish to see those they regard as "good" as incapab...
power was not necessarily through the might of his military, but from the popularity of a kings subjects. In Henry V, ther...
for the rest of the world, There will never, never be another Laurence Olivier" (69). The article goes on to report that at the "s...
say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...
appears to be Lucentio, but should he be unable to produce his father (which would verify his lineage and financial status), then ...
especially apparent when critically examining Shakespeares historical play, Richard III and his final work, the dark comedy, The T...
life, consuming him. It is this rage that eventually drives him to madness and murder. It seems ironic that Claudius, Laertes, a...
be condemned if he were killed at prayer. This speaks not only to the strength of religious belief at the time, but to the depth o...
equal pound / Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken / In what part of your body pleaseth me" (I, iii, 148-150). Antonio agre...
a sort of revenge, is quite humorous as the two individuals are seemingly confused and wary. There is humor in the fact that Calib...
the characters and how they all go about trying to define the night and day while engaged in various activities. In the...
Macbeth says only "We will speak further" (I, v, 71). The next time we see Macbeth he has a long soliloquy in which he enumerates...
lines of the opening curtain, Roderigo says "Thou toldst me thou didst hold him in thy hate" (I, i, 7), to which Iago replies, "De...
where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...
supernatural. Even before the humans enter the forest, and Oberon and Titania become involved in playing tricks on the humans thro...
brought his version of the play forward 500 years into the 1930s. Both McKellen and director Richard Loncraine felt that Richard ...
story of Agamemnon we are presented with a man who sacrifices his daughter, at the request or command, of the gods, in order that ...
"too short" (Shakespeare I i). She tells him "I am alone felicitate/ In your dear highness love" (Shakespeare I i). In this we see...
surely not do anything to hurry it along, stating, "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir" (Shaks...
humble thanks: but that I will have a recheat winded in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an invisible baldrick, all women shall pa...
indicates, Lady Macbeth provides the necessary motivation for the initial murder. She tells Macbeth that if she had sworn an oath ...
as he did during the fateful dinner when the guest at the Brabantio table was the victorious General Othello, his treasure could n...