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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 ...

and Achiles reenact the way in which Hamlet believes his father was killed by Claudius and how revenge will be exacted on the guil...

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...

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

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, / ...

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

the tale of Icarus. We do know that Auden visited the sixteenth century painting by Peter Breughel when it was displayed in the M...

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

is mocking our hopes, and at the same time the teasing promise of Spring is false. With the coming of this Spring we can also envi...

directors. Because of the intimacy between stage performers and the audience, Shakespeares prose is able to serve as a feature pe...

her standards and lie to her father. She is seen, therefor, as the evil daughter, not the righteous daughter she truly is: "Lears ...

he means a state of equality, in which no one person possesses authority over another, and all people are free to live as they ple...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

faced the slave, / Which neer shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, / Till he unseamd him from the nave to the chaps, / And fixd ...

whatever virtue she may still retain intact. Ophelia is naturally shocked and confused by Hamlets peculiar behavior and struggles...

from a popular Icelandic tale in which the lead character by the name of "Amleth" experienced similar events throughout his lifeti...

of shallowness in schemings clothing, while rejecting the honest and heartfelt response of Cordelia, the only daughter who truly d...

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

opens by referred to her distant husband not by his titular name, but by his holdings and titles of lordship: "Glamis thou art", s...

focused on Shakespeares perspectives on innocence and its consequences. As envisioned by Shakespeare according to his stage direc...

his darkest. It is concerned with power, ambition, and the exercise of pure evil. This paper examines the characters, setting, plo...

from them - / As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine -- / Why, by the verities on thee made good, / May they not be my oracle...