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

Shakespeares "Big Four" tragedies (King Lear and Othello are the others, since you ask) and they both involve the most horrific of...

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...

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

an end to Tobys activities. Even Maria has warned Toby that the Lady Olivia is growing impatient with him: "Your cousin, my lady, ...

relates to issues of magic and creation, and the identity of Prospero/Shakespeare. In examining this perspective the opinions and...

in seconds. He continues this catalog of things she is not by comparing the color of her lips to coral (coral is redder); compari...

we see him. At a military camp of King Duncans, a soldier is brought in who tells of the battle in which he was injured, and in wh...

slightly surreal way, youthful innocence. Juliets bedroom, for instance, is full of images of the Virgin Mary: an interesting vari...

mere lust, but sacred and precious. Therefore, he constructed a poetic dialogue that would "provide this decisive encounter with ...

at Shakespeare in a vacuum. That is, Kastan looks at Shakespeare in its own right but negates the political and social influences ...

tells Hamlet that "So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear" (I, v). Hamlet is confused and surprised, and he then learns that...

one author, his "role in this Illyrian comedy is significant because Illyria is a country permeated with the spirit of the Feast o...

of Hamlets famous soliloquies, except for the ones which heightened dramatic impact, such as "To Be or Not to Be." He shrewdly ch...

of the common viewpoints regarding interpersonal interactions inherent in Elizabethan literature. The relationship between Hermia...

her. She vows, "The devil a Puritan that he is, or anything constantly but a / time-pleaser; an affectiond ass that cons state wi...

In five pages this paper examines Shakespeare's tragic protagonist in terms of the resentment he felt towards his father and how t...

the borders on the grotesque, emphasizing the ugliness of oppression and graphically depicts the "natural" struggle between predat...

quite obvious, if one probes them more deeply, these characters reveal striking similarities worthy of analysis. Charlie Marlow i...

This paper compares and contrasts Shakespeare's original play with Roman Polanski's 1971 film version of Macbeth. This seven page...

brother Laertes. She is deeply in love with Hamlet, and when he treats her with disdain, she becomes confused and depressed. Ham...

she wants to be as close to the seat of power as possible and will do anything to keep her power as queen" and this sets him on a ...

creature in the vessel" (Shakespeare I ii). This indicates that he set the storm in motion and ensured no one was hurt in the proc...

impose magic and enchantment to seek his revenge. But, in the end he forgives those who put him on the island and he suffers a sea...

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

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...

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 ...