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wicked wit, and gifts that have the power, So to seduce!--won to his shameful lust, The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen" (A...

be condemned if he were killed at prayer. This speaks not only to the strength of religious belief at the time, but to the depth o...

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...

will be. And, as a ruler he has obligations. Ophelia is likely not ignorant of such conditions considering she has grown up in a h...

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...

the water by someone. As such her death is not an obvious murder. But, do we consider it murder if she was so distraught by the cr...

possibility that Desdemona is cheating on him, and in domino fashion this suspicion turns to jealousy, hurt, anger, rage, and even...

the witch may well have been incredibly deceptive and conniving in her involvement with the knight, and in this we can see the pre...

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

have a woman who does not necessarily understand what is going on with Hamlet. Both of them are deeply concerned with Hamlets ment...

involve whether or not his new step father was responsible for killing his father, but doubts about how vengeance was best played ...

poisoned herself at the end is of little consequence to Claudius. But of notable significance is the continued interaction b...

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

(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...

life, consuming him. It is this rage that eventually drives him to madness and murder. It seems ironic that Claudius, Laertes, a...

When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...

where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...

that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

In six pages William Shakespeare's protagonist is analyzed in terms of his emotional extremes, which collectively represent his tr...

This paper analyzes the bisexual implications of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 20. There are no other sources listed...

In eight pages this paper analyzes William Shakespeare's most famous protagonist before his father's ghost's appearance and afterw...

William Shakespeare's comedy is analyzed in terms of how the relationships of Olivia and Orsino, Cesario/Viola and Orsino, and Ces...

In seven pages this paper analyzes the character of Prospero featured in William Shakespeare's final play and how this protagonist...

of as gold, silver and slate. Gold is the level where there is a situation for a man where the girl loves him wholeheartedly. He...

(I.iii.118). Banquo replies with a warning. He tells Macbeth that "instruments of darkness" frequently tell the truth in order to ...

very easy to do so because she has been a kind and loving daughter. In truth, he had hoped that she would have married someone lik...

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

that he has mercy as well as wisdom. None of this his father sees. King Henry IV tells his son in scene ii, Act III, that familia...

In seven pages this paper analyzes William Shakespeare's protagonist Othello in a sociological and psychological defense of his wi...