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indicates, Lady Macbeth provides the necessary motivation for the initial murder. She tells Macbeth that if she had sworn an oath ...

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...

especially apparent when critically examining Shakespeares historical play, Richard III and his final work, the dark comedy, The T...

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...

would, therefore, perhaps be useful to look at three of Shakespeares play from the point of view of specific political angles, and...

city, broadening his knowledge, which, in turn, improves his skill as a ruler. While there is a logical explanation for his knowle...

a squadron in the field" (I.i.9-22). According to Iago, Othello has passed him over for the position of lieutenant (or second in ...

that is perverted by the subterfuge and overt evil of Iago. Examining the character of Iago is enlightening to anyone who has ever...

all of his lessons come into play and culminate to create a powerful epiphany. We note some of this in the following excerpt: "Spi...

to share Iagos disgust and refers to Desdemonas acceptance of Othello as her "gross revolt" (I.i.134) and Roderigo shows his dista...

"What, will you not suffer me? Nay, now I see / She is your treasure, she must have a husband; / I must dance bare-foot on her we...

interacting systems, the id, the ego, and the superego. The id is, according to Freud, the original system of the personality up...

In Sonnet 72, it becomes evident that the initial sexual flush is still very much in evidence, but the references to the distant h...

connection between Iagos perception of race and the cultural perception that "black" equates with "evil." This perception of race ...

speech associates her with a shrine, a religious object, and then offers up his lips as pilgrims. Pilgrims often made journeys to ...

husbands duty to lead his wife toward proper behavior. Inherent in the relationship between God and humanity, which the marriage ...

traditions carried down through the generations (Ruark, 2003). Dr. Ronald K. Barrett has spent many years studying how African Am...

persecuted and killed for their faith. We also note that throughout the play Lear slowly develops into a man who understands hi...

forthright and courageous. Coupled with these admirable characteristics, Desdemona also harbors a significant moral sensitivity a...

humble thanks: but that I will have a recheat winded in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an invisible baldrick, all women shall pa...

regarded as the "polite" or "formal" form of the second person (Garvey 12). The familiar use of "thou" is best illustrated throu...

men pitted against one another. As a reader, and as an audience member, one does not have any sort of emotional attachment to any ...

onto that of an innocent man. This cleverly conceived plot is Iagos manner of psychologically fooling the one he is also deceivin...

In three pages this essay analyzes Othello in a consideration of jealousy's featured role in the characterizations of the protagon...

box office. Welles was a product of his time and though he had tremendous creativity when it came to camera angles and budgets,...

of the couple. As Shakespeare juxtaposes their feelings of love, we find that they have not even met. Ferdinand is awakened by the...

Lamb, Mary Ellen. "Tracing a Heterosexual Erotics of Service in Twelfth Night and the Autobiographical Writings of Thomas Whythor...

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

a majority of the time, demonstrating and reinforcing the concept that father/male involvement with their children isnt important....

poets position in this family situation -- my mothers hand opens in early grave and i hold it out like a good daughter." This imag...