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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...
Athens and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Although the setting is Athens, Shakespeare originally staged the production at the Globe ...
maximum benefit, and his practical reaction is immediate action (Cahn 146). As Victor L. Cahn noted in his consideration of Edmun...
there, she might have added a dose of common sense to the proceedings, and pointed out to her husband that dividing the kingdom am...
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...
with Macbeth as Malcolm states, "Come, go we to the king; our power is ready;/ Our lack is nothing but our leave; Macbeth/ Is ripe...
power was not necessarily through the might of his military, but from the popularity of a kings subjects. In Henry V, ther...
say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...
a black man was not suitable to be a ruler. In clever fashion, he sets about to accomplish his goal. In fact, when Iago and Roder...
appears to be Lucentio, but should he be unable to produce his father (which would verify his lineage and financial status), then ...
forthright and courageous. Coupled with these admirable characteristics, Desdemona also harbors a significant moral sensitivity a...
as he did during the fateful dinner when the guest at the Brabantio table was the victorious General Othello, his treasure could n...
pining away because of his unrequited love for Olivia, who also has a potential suitor in Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Olivia wants no m...
indicates, Lady Macbeth provides the necessary motivation for the initial murder. She tells Macbeth that if she had sworn an oath ...
in a dialogue with what he believes to be the ghost of his dead father. The ghost supposedly tells Hamlet that his ambitious brot...
fall upon my life" (Shakespeare I iii). In this he is leaving it all up to his wife and her father, nobly demonstrating that he do...
the best Shakespeare company in the world so perhaps the director might want to consider a minimalist production. The focus of th...
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...
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...
brought his version of the play forward 500 years into the 1930s. Both McKellen and director Richard Loncraine felt that Richard ...
lines of the opening curtain, Roderigo says "Thou toldst me thou didst hold him in thy hate" (I, i, 7), to which Iago replies, "De...
story of Agamemnon we are presented with a man who sacrifices his daughter, at the request or command, of the gods, in order that ...
good man, whom he has treated unjustly. Desdemona has, of course, been persuaded by Iago to defend Cassio, as he knows that this w...
supernatural. Even before the humans enter the forest, and Oberon and Titania become involved in playing tricks on the humans thro...
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...
The overall story of "The Two Noble Kinsmen" follows fairly well its primary source that is Chaucers "The Knights Tale" from his c...