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In five pages this paper examines how the social patriarchy victimizes Othello and his bride Desdemona in an analysis of Othello b...

addition, (and not atypical of the Bard) Hamlet has more than one focus. For example, unquestionably the Prince of Denmark is one...

in the famous "closet scene," in which he accuses his mother of being a sexual predator, declaring, "In the rank sweat of an ensea...

anti-semitism. Religious: The Christian church of the period inherited all the accumulated "demonization", which had occurred ar...

harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, / Thy knotted and combined ...

has to credit the famous bard for organizing the tale in to a form that has lasted and continue to inspire throughout the ages. O...

of him, his semblable is his mirror; and who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more" (Shakespeare 202). Hamlet is resigne...

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

is perhaps the worst mistake he could have made. He was not a man of murder, or a man who lusted after power. But, his wife was bo...

soliloquy, to be or not to be. Even as early as this, there is a good argument for Hamlets strategy unfolding. His motivation for ...

hopes he may have of retaining and gaining the throne, Hamlet with obsessive focus, directs his attention to the matter at hand: c...

In short, then, Othello has it all, and in Iagos eyes, he has nothing. It is apparent that Iago has worked for many years in the s...

maximum benefit, and his practical reaction is immediate action (Cahn 146). As Victor L. Cahn noted in his consideration of Edmun...

position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...

Hamlets touch with reality begin to influence him very strongly. This is first seen through Ophelias words of her encounter with h...

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...

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...

When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...

that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...

the best Shakespeare company in the world so perhaps the director might want to consider a minimalist production. The focus of th...

there, she might have added a dose of common sense to the proceedings, and pointed out to her husband that dividing the kingdom am...

with Macbeth as Malcolm states, "Come, go we to the king; our power is ready;/ Our lack is nothing but our leave; Macbeth/ Is ripe...

(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...

have a woman who does not necessarily understand what is going on with Hamlet. Both of them are deeply concerned with Hamlets ment...

involve whether or not his new step father was responsible for killing his father, but doubts about how vengeance was best played ...

good enough for her. Another issue that Bianicas situation brings up is the sign of the times. These days, wed scratch our...

sent from God, and in return, the monarch was expected to keep their best interests at heart and to protect them. Not only h...

the person seeking power truly does see how things can be improved if people listen to them. For example, in the simple of situati...

In five pages the representation of dramatic irony in these plays are compared in terms of their similarities. There are no other...

This paper addresses Faulkner's various literary techniques, such as setting, theme, and characterization, in his short story, Bar...