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(Foakes 23). Until this time, many directors seem to see the play as a literal fairy tale for children and staged it as such; Broo...
were old With which she followed my poor fathers body Like Niobe, all tears;-why she, even she,- O God! a beast that wants discour...
Shakespeares "Big Four" tragedies (King Lear and Othello are the others, since you ask) and they both involve the most horrific of...
one of his most vexing. This paper discusses him in detail. Discussion Iago is a fascinating study in evil; he sets out to destro...
strong man to dominate his wife. There were few constraints placed upon male behavior whereas for women it was quite the opposite...
lost her mother at an early age, was brought up in a very sheltered environment, with her father Polonius - one of Claudius best f...
House shocked audiences when it first appeared with its depiction of a woman who refused to live by societys "rules." This paper d...
his darkest. It is concerned with power, ambition, and the exercise of pure evil. This paper examines the characters, setting, plo...
the social acceptance that has been denied him because of his skin color. When Othello selects the relatively inexperienced Micha...
doubt that a great deal of good came from the congress, and it is interesting to note there was a condemnation of the slave trade....
opens by referred to her distant husband not by his titular name, but by his holdings and titles of lordship: "Glamis thou art", s...
people who were refugees and/or who were seeking asylum to leave an environment of persecution. On the other hand, refugees are ma...
first case, the uniform will become old and tattered; if its the second meaning, then Shakespeare is commenting on the fact that a...
how his takeover of the island oppressed the liberties of the natives. Prosperos character (whose name is Italian for "to prosper...
surprising that there is evidence in a number of Shakespeares plays that a female characters who is "self-aware" and "skillful" is...
flies. Though that his joy be joy, / Yet throw such changes of vexation ont / As it may lose some color" (I.i.69-75). When Senato...
not he possesses the courage to commit murder. His fear and susceptibility to depression often paralyze his movements to a point ...
from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...
most famous lovers. The "merry war" referred to in the title is that which is waged by this pair; as Leonato says, "There is a kin...
of Cassio. Cassio was given the position, by Othello, that Iago wanted and so Iago employs the usefulness of Cassio, pretending to...
and now Prospero sees the opportunity to obtain justice. He charms Miranda into a deep sleep and summons the sprite Ariel, who is ...
surely not do anything to hurry it along, stating, "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir" (Shaks...
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...
sensibilities: "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else oerleap, / For in my way it lies. S...
a sort of revenge, is quite humorous as the two individuals are seemingly confused and wary. There is humor in the fact that Calib...
me in the day of success, and I have learned by the perfectest report they have more in them than mortal knowledge. When I burned ...
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...
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...
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...