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

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

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

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

In five pages this report analyzes how power is featured in these respective works and how they influence the featured characters ...

they are also alike in that there are ties of friendship and devotion between the various characters that threaten the pairings as...

lovers and Shakespeare is more sympathetic to their plight, considering the rebelliousness to being relevant to the lovers need to...

will be more familiar with the work than audiences of today. It is said by most critics that Cymbeline is one of William...

he was also a man who was corrupt from the beginning due to weaknesses. In essence, he was a brave and honorable man when he was n...

tragedy; there may be without character" (Aristotle Poetics Part VI). At this point Aristotle indicates that more often than not p...

was, most likely, rejected for being "too young and untried" (92). When he is first introduced to the plays action, in Act I, Sce...

trained to the arts of war and government, and not toward the finer sensibilities . Therefore, Theseus supports Egeus in forcing h...

in with her family and in order for them not to feel inferior or uncomfortable around her(Mellix 315). However, when Mellix found ...

Claudio has officially erred, he truly loves Juliet and fully intends to marry her. His sin of fornication clearly does not warran...

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

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

speech which reflects his nature as a cunning, ambitious and intelligent character in the play. Brutus is who is considered...

the play, and enable him to comment on the actions and feelings of his fellow characters with some distance. He is not fully inte...

identity. It is interesting to note that as he pulls on his "cloak of madness" that his true intellect becomes completely clouded ...

took the time to teach him a "proper" language, and not the "gabble" that he spoke when she and her father first arrived. Caliba...

worst" (Shakespeare II ii). As such she is highly berated by all that know her, save her sister perhaps. She is ridiculed and seen...

a man who is looking to the future. He looks to the future through his three daughters, imagining that his favorite, the youngest,...

variety of perspectives on Cleopatra, which serve to inform the audiences comprehension of her as a decadent foreign woman. When ...

Ill follow thee and make a heaven of hell,/ to die upon the hand I love so well" (Shakespeare, Act 2, Scene 1, lines 241-244). W...

if there is no hope at the end. Several other similarities exist between Antony and Cleopatra and other Shakespeare plays. Bits ...

rich gift. O Ferdinand, Do not smile at me that I boast her off, For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise And make it halt...

She loved not the savour of tar nor of pitch, Yet a tailor might scratch her whereer she did itch: Then to sea, boys, and let her ...

pairing of Burton and Taylor in the lead roles was certain to result in a box office success for virtually any movie. Add Shakespe...

is no reason to doubt his sincerity of emotion. He is willing to go to any lengths to convince the fair lady to accept his propos...

and will stop at nothing to satisfy his ambition, even if it means killing his brother: "A murtherer and a villain! / A slave that...