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Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the 'Pawn' Queen Gertrude

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

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and the Cultues of Feuds and Dueling

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

Characters of Bolingbroke and Richard II Revealed in the Play by William Shakespeare

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

Issue of Race in Othello by William Shakespeare

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

Othello by William Shakespeare and Themes of Corruption and Jealousy

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

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the Themes of Free Will and Fate

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

Revenge and Jealousy Featured in Othello by William Shakespeare

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

Colonization and The Tempest by William Shakespeare

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

Richard the Third by William Shakespeare and Lady Anne's Wooing

must reach unto" (Shakespeare I, i). When the two meet in the next scene we note that Lady Anne has absolutely no feelings for ...

The Supernatural and Social Disruption in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

secondary characters and subthemes actually deliver Shakespeares real message. The fairies in the play are of particular interest...

Acting Concept and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

who informs him that he was murdered, that we note a change in Hamlet that begins to involve serious acting. In this simple exa...

As You Like It by William Shakespeare and the Forest of Arden

observer, the forest is depicted as a pastoral or golden world not unlike the biblical garden of Eden in two particular scenes, in...

Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare Analyzed

/ And every fair from fair sometimes declines, / By chance, or natures changing course untrimmd; / But thy eternal summer shall no...

Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare and the Concepts of Politics, Honor, and Chivalry

to a degree, is honorable and chivalrous in his understanding of the couples love. All the while that the two are falling in lov...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare Critically Analyzed

to those who have never read the play or viewed a theatrical production. It is the story of a young Danish prince, a Wittenberg U...

Irony, Tone, and Style of Othello by William Shakespeare

fears he shall be poor" (Shakespeare III iii). In this we can see that "The word content is used to represent Othello s current si...

Character Sketch of Iago in Othello by William Shakespeare

soldier, eight-and-twenty years of age, who had seen a good deal of service and had a high reputation for courage. Of his origin w...

Culpability and Motive in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

of Lady Macbeth. Some have termed her cold and calculating, others have said that she was mad, and terribly ambitious. It would ap...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Characterizations of Ophelia and Queen Gertrude

the throne of Denmark. This is why Hamlet frequently verbally attacks his mother. Gertrudes role was expected to be that of wife...

Pandosto by Robert Greene and The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

the ability to turn something that would be described today as "mass market" or "pulp" fiction into a story that has been able to ...

Experience of The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare

in ego-stroking, and Lears youngest daughter, Cordelia, will have none of it. She tells her father quite simply, "I love your Maj...

Character Greatness in the Tragedies of William Shakespeare

that I have longed long to re-deliver. I pray you, now receive them" (Shakespeare 145). He replies: "No, no; I never gave you augh...

Good and Evil as Depicted in Othello by William Shakespeare

speaks so eloquently that the Duke comments that Othellos tale would "win my daughter too" (Act I, Scene 3, line 171). Furthermore...

Opposites and Conflict in The Tempest by William Shakespeare

daughter, Miranda; his faithful fairy, Ariel; and his loyal Councilor (advisor), Gonzalo. But also living there is a lifelong nat...

Act I and Act II Analysis of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

inasmuch as social interaction implies interacting with other persons; thus, the meaning of that interaction is always to be a joi...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the Staging of the Witches' Scenes

the scenes involving the witches are accompanied by loud claps of thunder. Staging Macbeth outdoors gave Shakespeare natural soun...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the Character Emilia

or weak, good or evil, redeemed or condemned, honorable or chicken-hearted? The climate of the human condition is what spurs on m...

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

and how it reflected the changes in Russian society and government around the end of the nineteenth century. However, before addr...

Act III, Scene 2 of Henry IV, Part One by William Shakespeare

Hal will give his full allegiance (Grossman 170). While the audience undoubtedly realizes, since the plot is drawn from English h...

Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and the Significance of Money

not lost./ He would the sea were held at any cost/ Across from Middleburgh to Orwell town./ At money-changing he could make a crow...