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death of Hamlets father. Hamlet then starts to speculate about how much his mother was involved in this plot. Because of this p...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

And dig deep trenches in thy beautys field, Thy youths proud livery so gazed on now, Will be a totterd...

Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand For many poets the overall purpose of the poem has...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

composing sonnets was considered a necessary endeavor when courting someone (Goldenberg). For example, a man of any position would...

relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...

her own backbone and eventually would have left Torvald. Krogstad does not purposely cause the marital strife, some would argue, b...

poisoned herself at the end is of little consequence to Claudius. But of notable significance is the continued interaction b...

Unburdend crawl toward death", states King Lear in the opening act. Having decided to step down from the throne, King Lear has pos...

deal of support for the fact that Machiavelli always had the interests of the people at heart. Much of The Prince revolves around ...

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...

add the final brushstrokes to Hamlets character (or lack thereof). It is shown that Fortinbras, Prince of Norway, is a man of deci...

Macbeth was elected King in preference to Duncans own son, who was considered...

all thoughts of Rosaline in favor of his new love, Juliet. This rashness is further exemplified in the famous balcony scene, which...

Iago as evil, but what is Iagos true motivation? It could in fact be that he is envious of Othello. Yet, he seems to be somewhat p...

discussing Othello, Roderigo blatantly refers to Othello in derogatory terms by calling him "the thick lips" which directly single...

of character. He knows that, for many reasons, his actions have consequences, but his major miscalculation is in what form they w...

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

/ Is an unlessond girl, unschoold, unpractisd; / Happy in this, she is not yet so old / But she may learn; happier than this, / Sh...

of the aristocrats. Although Cathy took to Heathcliff immediately, her brother Hindley was not nearly so receptive, and had taken...

will never get a husband if she behaves in such a way. This offers us a very powerful image of how the patriarchal system of Sh...

indicates that "The theme of loves difficulty is often explored through the motif of love out of balance-that is, romantic situati...

since he was seven. All he knows is "broils and battles," but he has traveled extensively in mysterious regions, met with "cannib...

will be. And, as a ruler he has obligations. Ophelia is likely not ignorant of such conditions considering she has grown up in a h...

to be entertained as well. They began putting out what were known as mystery plays, passion plays, morality plays and miracle play...

enter the hovel, stating that he will pray and then sleep. Lear then prays for all the people who do not have shelter on this nigh...

He plots to have the Bohemian king poisoned, but Polixenes manages to flee Sicilia unharmed and return to the safety of his homela...

particular woman but does not possess her. Another may clearly see that the woman he describes is his. Regardless, however, of whe...