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surprising that there is evidence in a number of Shakespeares plays that a female characters who is "self-aware" and "skillful" is...
not he possesses the courage to commit murder. His fear and susceptibility to depression often paralyze his movements to a point ...
flies. Though that his joy be joy, / Yet throw such changes of vexation ont / As it may lose some color" (I.i.69-75). When Senato...
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...
from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...
a take on the play that is patterned after the screwball comedies of the 1930s, as "Beatrice and Benedick are surely the prototype...
seriously challenged until later in the twentieth century (Powell 14)" (Owen, 2002). If a woman had any kind of physical condition...
agrees that this scene is enlightening on Hamlets background and character. In fact, Bloom argues that loosing Yorick, who died in...
but she keeps her emotions in check so that she can carry off her masquerade as a man. When Rosalind confronts the Dukes accusat...
his foul and most unnatural murther" (I.v.29). Hamlet will need all of his inner resources to successfully meet this crisis, for ...
verbal appearance and actual reality that Othello addresses throughout the play, wavering back and forth as a means by which to es...
in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III....
subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...
discussed, or not discussed during the time period, abortions were available to those who knew where to look. But, it was a danger...
actions, in terms of black and white, good and bad. It is axiomatic that people wish to see those they regard as "good" as incapab...
shall my purpose work on him" (Shakespeare I iii). From there on out we begin to realize that we, as the audience, are the only on...
appears to be Lucentio, but should he be unable to produce his father (which would verify his lineage and financial status), then ...
especially apparent when critically examining Shakespeares historical play, Richard III and his final work, the dark comedy, The T...
life, consuming him. It is this rage that eventually drives him to madness and murder. It seems ironic that Claudius, Laertes, a...
say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...
power was not necessarily through the might of his military, but from the popularity of a kings subjects. In Henry V, ther...
Likewise, Beatrice vows that she will never marry. However, the audience can see from the beginning that there is an attraction be...
Id is associated with the immediate gratification of the unconscious. In other words this level is the most primal and does not co...
true circumstances of her first husbands death, and the exact nature of her guilt. There does not appear to be much in the play th...
for the rest of the world, There will never, never be another Laurence Olivier" (69). The article goes on to report that at the "s...
central conflict involves Claudio, who had been living out of wedlock with his lover, Juliet, prior to her marriage and she subseq...
a whole has revolted against. The primary perpetrator of this situation in Mary Shellys "Frankenstein" could be identified as Dr....
is symbolic of life. Man hopefully lives a long, full life full of many experiences that culminate to form the "autumn" of the in...
violence unless he is propelled by the heat of passion. From the beginning of the play, Hamlet has doubts concerning the morali...
thinks she is ignorant because she is unsure and innocent. He feels that she is an idiot to even begin to believe the words or aff...