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and now Prospero sees the opportunity to obtain justice. He charms Miranda into a deep sleep and summons the sprite Ariel, who is ...

father, as he speculates that the specter could have been a devil that assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into s...

realistic representations of his daughters love for him. Eldest daughter Goneril begins this love fest, pledging, "Sir, I love y...

Shakespeares characters that the audience (or the reader) immediately understands will not have an easy time of it. The story of "...

from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...

and nothing to do with the prank that Oberon is playing through Puck. They happen to enter into the midst of the chaos however, an...

be a relative of Geoffrey Chaucer. The poem features as its protagonist Sir Gawain, a nephew of King Arthur, who is revered by hi...

most famous lovers. The "merry war" referred to in the title is that which is waged by this pair; as Leonato says, "There is a kin...

first case, the uniform will become old and tattered; if its the second meaning, then Shakespeare is commenting on the fact that a...

and "too full of... kindness" (I.ii.77, I.v.18). Once Macbeth steps outside the bonds of the social order by killing Duncan, howev...

described as an "identity crisis" (Mulrooney 227). They are both seeking solitary solace in nature as they grapple with professio...

central conflict involves Claudio, who had been living out of wedlock with his lover, Juliet, prior to her marriage and she subseq...

Id is associated with the immediate gratification of the unconscious. In other words this level is the most primal and does not co...

a wound. / But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill...

thrown into chaos. The roles of Gertrude and Ophelia within the plays construct were painstakingly designed by the Bard to reflec...

memory of past events. He explains that he will not be a narrator, "I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion t...

and makes his way to her dressing room. He knocks, but then quickly enters the room, knowing that she is expecting him. The dan...

Mississippi and later St. Louis Williams was teased about his deep southern accent and changed his name to Tennessee. Because of f...

the additional mouth to feed will put the family into jeopardy. The audience knows that she is considering abortion. To end all of...

decides rather early on that each of them would be better off without the other to feed, fuel and nurture the dysfunction of their...

number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...

path to happiness. When Jim comes over for dinner on that fateful evening, he is in several instances cold and behaves selfishly....

"Faith, hard won, has taught me how to value the gains, losses, stand-offs and victories in my life" (ix)...

we look at the content of the play and how it may be staged we have a better idea of how to interpret the work. It is after lookin...

wall, "deserted his wife and children sixteen years earlier" (Koprince and Bloom). Tom describes him as a "a telephone man who fel...

Within these tragedies, the unfortunate fate of the hero or heroine is usually determined by some type of sexual desire. The them...

In many ways the social failure of America as a whole at this time in history is symbolized by the personal failure experienced...

Brian Williams, NBC news anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, was one of the most trusted journalists in mass media. Ev...

her sister to save her marriage. Yet throughout the brutal violence and stereotypes, "Streetcar" is also a long story of s...

at home. He has to find some way to escape without destroying his family the way his father had sixteen years ago. It is for this ...