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decision for Olivier to choose to embark on this project. At the age of forty, Olivier thought he was too old to play the Danish p...

been utilized in the protection of public interest, especially when issues of safety can be impacted by widespread public response...

often "little more than a litany of abuse echoing and amplifying the indictments men level against her" (Corum 183). She is accus...

Cordelia do? Love, and be silent" (Shakespeare I i). She is completely dismissed by her father, yet she still succeeds in becoming...

deal of support for the fact that Machiavelli always had the interests of the people at heart. Much of The Prince revolves around ...

Shylock loses. He loses, however, perhaps because he was unable to truly and adequately argue his case, and because he was a Jew, ...

as opposed to being naturally inherited. This poem typifies the poems that are included in Blakes, Songs of Innocence, in...

both politically as well as personally. For Brutus, virtue was a trait that could never be compromised for it was synonymous with...

term in their prophetic greeting of Macbeth. The first witch hails Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis," the second as "Thane of Cawdor an...

- a group ironically consisting of the very men who had conspired against Prospero - Antonio, the King, the Kings brother Sebastia...

all thoughts of Rosaline in favor of his new love, Juliet. This rashness is further exemplified in the famous balcony scene, which...

sent from God, and in return, the monarch was expected to keep their best interests at heart and to protect them. Not only h...

the person seeking power truly does see how things can be improved if people listen to them. For example, in the simple of situati...

European descent of Prospero and his belief that by taking over the rule of Caliban, he can "help" the people and bring "civilizat...

her brothers wrongful imprisonment she requests an audience with Angelo. When she asks for her brothers release Angelo is so taken...

begins to see things. Macbeth imagines that he sees a bloody dagger floating before him. This serves to show the state of mi...

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity ...

as it seems. Is Hamlets revenge motivated by a desire to avenge his fathers murder or is it sparked by the betrayal he feels over...

of our known world esteemd him." As we note, Horatio had a great deal of respect for Hamlet, and later illustrated how Hamlet had ...

seek vengeance for the father. Hamlet goes through many different changes because of the realities he has been told, and becaus...

Verona, Italy, where a feud has broken out between the families of the Montegues and the Capulets. The servants of both houses ope...

Angelo. However, in his efforts to restore law and order, Angelo resurrects an old law that punishes any man who lives with a wom...

na?ve Desdemona, he marries her without hesitation or reservation because he believes he has finally found someone with whom he ca...

power, but also begins to lose his friends as well. "As his Roman allies, even the ever-faithful Enobarbus, abandon him, Antony fe...

plays we start with "Henry IV" part I. The first mention of "tavern" is in scene II where Falstaff is joking, presumably, with Hen...

factor into the equation, though it would seem that love was possible eventually. Given that Petruchio considers Katherine his p...

should take precedence over civic and social responsibilities (Goodlad). Most of the plays conflict and considerable violence is ...

case, claiming that she has done no wrong to her husband. But, it is to say that she is constantly doing as her husband orders, ev...