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is symbolic of life. Man hopefully lives a long, full life full of many experiences that culminate to form the "autumn" of the in...

violence unless he is propelled by the heat of passion. From the beginning of the play, Hamlet has doubts concerning the morali...

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

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

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...

thinks she is ignorant because she is unsure and innocent. He feels that she is an idiot to even begin to believe the words or aff...

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

central conflict involves Claudio, who had been living out of wedlock with his lover, Juliet, prior to her marriage and she subseq...

his foul and most unnatural murther" (I.v.29). Hamlet will need all of his inner resources to successfully meet this crisis, for ...

verbal appearance and actual reality that Othello addresses throughout the play, wavering back and forth as a means by which to es...

agrees that this scene is enlightening on Hamlets background and character. In fact, Bloom argues that loosing Yorick, who died in...

but she keeps her emotions in check so that she can carry off her masquerade as a man. When Rosalind confronts the Dukes accusat...

subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...

in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III....

say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...

power was not necessarily through the might of his military, but from the popularity of a kings subjects. In Henry V, ther...

Likewise, Beatrice vows that she will never marry. However, the audience can see from the beginning that there is an attraction be...

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...

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

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...

appears to be Lucentio, but should he be unable to produce his father (which would verify his lineage and financial status), then ...

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...

they are in committing to marriage. The imagery evoked by "violet in the youth of primy nature" implies that Hamlet is interested...

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

an extremely abbreviated version of the play. Well over half the dialogue of the original play has been condensed or eliminated i...

with the real conflict that is taking place between the two, but more to do with the fact that Hamlet likely feels killing Claudiu...