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an illusion. Playing it that way would needlessly complicate things and make Hamlet truly mad, so its probably best to assume that...

achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...

which is at the "heart of this piece, cannot stand such a strong dose of reality" (Brode 98). There is artificiality in abundanc...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

has to credit the famous bard for organizing the tale in to a form that has lasted and continue to inspire throughout the ages. O...

eye"(Shakespeare Act 1, sc. 1, line 140). Thus, this first criteria and/or convention has been met. Hermia wants Lysander, bu...

is perhaps the worst mistake he could have made. He was not a man of murder, or a man who lusted after power. But, his wife was bo...

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

be able to control the otherwise innocent Macbeths actions, or if he is entirely responsible for his own demise" (Riedel Witches.h...

prophetic apparitions make appearances(Shakespeare & Supernatural). One of the most climactic scenes in the play is the banquet ...

most notably, but not really missed, were Queen Margaret, and Edward IV. Some of the lengthy dialogue was taken out without detrac...

Two beings created for each other feel mutual love at the first glance; every consideration disappears before the irresistible imp...

one day become king of Scotland is music to the warriors ears. He is a respected figure in his homeland, but he (and his ever-per...

a man who is perhaps willing to sit back and let prophecy go its own course, without intervention from him. This is evidenced when...

to why Iago hates Othello to such a degree. Presumably, Iago is angry over being passed over for promotion in favor of Cassio. The...

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

Athens and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Although the setting is Athens, Shakespeare originally staged the production at the Globe ...

The overall story of "The Two Noble Kinsmen" follows fairly well its primary source that is Chaucers "The Knights Tale" from his c...

makes men the center of her life. In fact, Beatrice makes it clear that she has no wish to marry, and thinks very little of most ...

position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...

Rather Dionysus, Falstaff is his "Silenus, the fat, old drunken companion...(who) lends humor to Dionysian celebration" (367). Acc...

In short, then, Othello has it all, and in Iagos eyes, he has nothing. It is apparent that Iago has worked for many years in the s...

good enough for her. Another issue that Bianicas situation brings up is the sign of the times. These days, wed scratch our...

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