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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...

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

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...

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

conflict, whereas Gertrude and Ophelia are blatantly constructed to subordinate and to submit to all of the whims and desires of t...

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

condition, maintaining his extended metaphor. "My reason, the physician to my love,/ Angry that his prescriptions are not kept, / ...

cistern of my lust, and my desire / all continent impediments would oerbear...better Macbeth/ Than such an one to reign" (lines 62...

smooth stone/ That overlays the pile; and, from a bag/ All white with flour, the dole of village dames,/ He drew his scraps and fr...

Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. / But this eternal blazon must not be / To ears of flesh and blood. List, list, O, list! ...

Rome itself is portrayed as moving from a society dominated by heroes, such as Julius Caesar and Pompey, to one which is more frag...

et al, 1996, p. 1251). Robert Burns Robert Burns was the eldest of seven children, the son of a hard-working farmer (Anonymous, ...

her husband in their youthful days. She loves Polixenes as a brother because he is the best and oldest friend of her husband. In t...

efforts to civilize his behavior. Prosperos ultimately tragic physical and metaphorical journey had been traveled by others befor...

banished to the forests outside of Mantua. In the meantime, Julia decides she cannot be apart from Proteus and disguises herself a...

character of Laura is very illustrative of this, and she is somewhat reminiscent of such women as Ophelia, from Shakespeares Hamle...

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

have been called to his ship. Happily reunited with his daughter, Pericles is exhausted and sleeps. In his sleep Diana instructs ...

biological mother and father. On leaving the Oracle at Delphi, having heard the dire prophecy that he would murder his father and ...

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

Ned Williams It becomes quite obvious in looking at the story of Ned Williams that he was searching for nothing of value in his ...

(Aristotle). According to Aristotle, comedy involves the imitation of men who are less than average. Furthermore, Aristotle indica...

express themselves in ways that the majority could not. The poets role in part appears to be to get one to think outside of the bo...

but on their bonds with other men who guarantee their honor and reputation" (Bloom 89). This is demonstrated through the characte...

were specifically constructed to entertain royalty, it was the impassioned actions of his characters that leave little doubt that ...