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decision to transform a personal tale of forbidden love into a social commentary on increasing teen violence and decreasing morali...

his mother Queen Gertrude announces she eloped with Claudius, her brother-in-law who will now succeed Hamlet Sr. as King. The Pri...

grows older, his hatred will also continue to grow until he hates all mankind, not just the Athenians. The fact that Timon seems...

(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...

who are unfamiliar with it; then if the instructor has any sense he or she will run the Kenneth Branagh uncut version the followin...

of this woman. Enobarbus continues his description of her and her progress through town and her meeting with Antony, whom she invi...

my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe. Cen...

for fear Creep into acorn-cups and hide them there" (Shakespeare II i). This is a very magical surreal image, but also a very fun ...

him, he will show "great mercy" (II.ii.50). Henry then turns the discussion around to the real point of the scene. He asks the me...

under his own roof. One of the oldest of all human social laws is that a person cannot harm his guest. Its never been written down...

without being overly garish and they appear to be relatively true to the historical time period. These elements, which are related...

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...

one of his most vexing. This paper discusses him in detail. Discussion Iago is a fascinating study in evil; he sets out to destro...

Western society, which envisions women as nurturing mothers and helpmates. Rather than being solely concerned with the domestic sp...

in the Aristotelian sense of the word: it shows us a great man doomed by a tragic flaw, in this case ambition. This paper discusse...

and suggests that he does not deserve his place in English letters. He quotes a number of other critics to support his view. This ...

This essay discusses the similarities and differences that characterize Macbeth and Banquo in Act I. The writer argues that their ...

Bards most impressive works, and for many, the archetypal ideal of a narrative "tragedy". The reason behind Othellos reputation is...

he also gave them flaws so that they would be even more interesting. This paper considers three of his troubled women, Lady Macbet...

play: he asks the audience to use their imaginations to understand whats going to happen. The Prologue noted that the "wooden O" c...

the church, so most scholars put his birthday as the 23rd of April, 1564 (Hanna - Life). John Shakespeare was a "prominent and pro...

sign of love for the two, likely having been together for a long time, demonstrate that love is by no means unchanging and without...

but at a very high cost. He requires a pound of flesh for debts not paid and this is literally what it sounds like, for a pound of...

Cassius proposed that they assassinate Antony also, Brutus opposed it. He argued that the assassination of another man would make ...

in the play. This is clear when Claudius refers to Hamlet as son and Hamlet, aside, notes, "A little more than kin, and less than ...

keep him out of their clutches: "Because I would not see thy cruel nails / Pluck out his poor old eyes, nor they fierce sister / I...

heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...

or question, is that this is his castle, and it is a fitting backdrop for his awful crime. In addition, the fact that the castle ...