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essence, this is seen as "feminine and shrewd" (Rusche). From this description we can begin to understand that Gertrude may wel...

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

A lioness hath whelped in the streets; / And graves have yawnd, and yielded up their dead; / Fierce fiery warriors fight upon the ...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

assassination not as a betrayal of his friend and leader, but as "a chivalric defender of national honor" (Bloom 123). He perceiv...

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

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

condition, maintaining his extended metaphor. "My reason, the physician to my love,/ Angry that his prescriptions are not kept, / ...

for himself - with a kiss. Her husband retorts, "Sir, would she give you so much of her lips / As of her tongue she oft bestows o...

a manner that Cleopatra bears his children. At one point Antonys wife dies and for the audience this would offer the option of ...

idle pleasures of these days. / Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous" (Shakespeare I i). In Othello Iago tells us, "And whats h...

a time and oft / In the Rialto you have rated me / About my moneys and my usances; / Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, /...

do him wrong. She is all but banished and ends up marrying into wealth and power in another region of the continent. Still she sid...

he would have to address. This information provides him with a foundational understanding of the various kingdoms and allows him t...

a purpose that is perhaps very subtle. In the beginning of this play we know that there is great tension between England and Fr...

Iago and others are not around, we know that Iago is a liar. Our first true indication of how Iago plans to use Othellos love a...

he is out of the country when Bolingbroke returns with an invading army. In Act II, scene 3, Bolingbroke and York, his uncle, di...

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

perception and myth, was a place characterized by both barbarianism and exoticism, inhabited by wild beasts and by people with env...

be the corrupt individual that he is. That said we move on with a discussion of Othellos jealousy. Othello is convinced, through...

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

as an under-current that influences all other actions. Shakespeare pulls his audiences into the experience of such dichotomy throu...

varied character base to symbolize these developments. Prosperos relationship with his two servants, Ariel and Caliban, is partic...