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powers of destiny, great ministers of fate. They had determined the past; they not only foresaw the future, but decreed it" (Cours...

marriage, and to decline / Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor / To those of mine! / But virtue, as it never will be movd,...

In five pages this paper discusses the way in which each generation's audiences has responded to King Lear, relating it to their o...

In six pages this paper discusses how Caesar's own ego and refusal to listen to cautionary voices that resulted in his murder. Th...

In six pages this paper considers King Lear's relationship with his two older daughters Goneril and Regan and his favorite, younge...

In nine pages this research paper considers various interpretations of Shakespeare's comedy. Eleven sources are cited in the bibl...

In six pages this essay analyzes the infamous 'banquet scene' in Act III, Scene iv of Hamlet in terms of what it reveals about Mac...

The presentation of the woods in the play and their meaning are considered in this paper that consists of five pages. There are n...

In five pages this paper discusses these servants within the context of Queen Elizabeth I's 'poor laws.' Three other sources are ...

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

price because, as author Isaac Asimov observed in his consideration of Shakespeares works, "To kill a king... was to commit the hi...

they marry or not, for there have been no grandiose expectations placed upon them to act a certain way. Benedick remarks, "That a...

of Lady Macbeth. Some have termed her cold and calculating, others have said that she was mad, and terribly ambitious. It would ap...

the result of the action he has taken and that such "psychic" revenge is having a far more powerful impact on him than any possibl...

again. This time, however, Bassanio urges Antonio to loan it one more time while Bassanio will bring the latter hazard back again...

the throne of Denmark. This is why Hamlet frequently verbally attacks his mother. Gertrudes role was expected to be that of wife...

the ability to turn something that would be described today as "mass market" or "pulp" fiction into a story that has been able to ...

in ego-stroking, and Lears youngest daughter, Cordelia, will have none of it. She tells her father quite simply, "I love your Maj...

the still city, which is bathed in ethereal morning light, the city is shrouded in fog. This is also symbolic, in that its white s...

provide an excuse for allotting the largest share of his kingdom to Cordelia, his favorite. Lear states that the test is so that "...

The steward is immediately threatened by anyone who is perceived as funnier or more intelligent than he. Olivia is the only perso...

alienate himself from his mother, uncle, fianc?e Ophelia and his old school chums, Rosencrantz and Guilderstern. The lone confide...

In four pages the plot of the story The Tempest and perceptions of it are analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

In five pages this paper examines the customs of moneylending that existed during Elizabethan times in this consideration of a let...

In five pages this paper examines how Shakespeare portrays the love and marriage customs of his Elizabethan era within the context...

In five pages this paper analyzes the tragedy of disorder and moral darkness that characterizes the play and considers the roles L...

In ten and a half pages the themes of fate and choice as they impacted upon the deaths of the young lovers are analyzed. Three so...

In seven pages Elizabethan style fencing as it is featured in Shakespeare's romantic tragedy is considered. Six sources are cited...

see the beauty of love, for at their tender ages, they have yet to become cynical, although the volatile Romeo is depressed by his...

In five pages the quatrains and couplets that were so popular during the Elizabethan period are considered as Shakespeare masterfu...