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tragedy; there may be without character" (Aristotle Poetics Part VI). At this point Aristotle indicates that more often than not p...

marriage, and to decline / Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor / To those of mine! / But virtue, as it never will be movd,...

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

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...

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

and Achiles reenact the way in which Hamlet believes his father was killed by Claudius and how revenge will be exacted on the guil...

relationships. We often think we know someone only to realize when tragedy strikes that we dont really know them at all. Such wa...

Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. / But this eternal blazon must not be / To ears of flesh and blood. List, list, O, list! ...

Had they employed reason by waiting for the light of day, perhaps they would not have rushed into love, marriage, and ultimately, ...

see that vengeance is in order. That is another classic theme in humanity. If someone were to have killed one of our parents we wo...

In five pages this report analyzes how power is featured in these respective works and how they influence the featured characters ...

who informs him that he was murdered, that we note a change in Hamlet that begins to involve serious acting. In this simple exa...

feels that he is protecting Ophelia by feigning insanity, or by being insane, he finds that he has merely turned her away. His you...

to those who have never read the play or viewed a theatrical production. It is the story of a young Danish prince, a Wittenberg U...

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares how women's roles are depicted in these two classic works of literature. Five so...

and the tales of this one mans adventure. The man is Odysseus and his adventures are legendary. He is not a man searching for the ...

In five pages the dramatic structures and themes are compared in this examination of a trio of William Shakespeare's plays. Two s...

should take place in the nineteenth century, a time characterized by scandalous behavior, which he believed would make 400-year-ol...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the vengeance and madness of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Melville's Captain Ahab. Sev...

In four pages this essay analyzes the character of Queen Gertrude and argues that her state of denial is responsible for her actio...

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of Shakespeare's innovative portrayal of the tragic protagonist. There is t...

In six pages this paper analyzes the importance of Claudius to this William Shakespeare tragedy and also considers how his charact...

In five pages this character analysis of Claudius focuses on ethical values with a contrast and comparison between Prince Hamlet a...

In five pages this paper analyzes the character of Ophelia and the role she plays in this tragedy in terms of how other characters...

In ten pages this paper discusses Ophelia's deteriorating mental condition as she slowly inches towards madness. There is the inc...

In five pages this paper discusses the play's second scene in Act II and the first scene in Act III in a consideration of the func...

five-act pattern. The setup creates the plays "world", introduces us to the characters, and lays the groundwork for some of the c...

Ophelia in the process. The burden of these struggles is more than the emotionally fragile prince can bear, and when he utters th...

In four pages this review includes discussion of character and plot development, staging, and considers how they support the actio...

In ten pages this paper examines how within The Last Leaf the artist is portrayed by author O. Henry. Five sources are cited in t...