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might be King Lear, but if there were no Fool, there would be - in his opinion - no play. In Shakespearean Tragedy, Bradley procl...

things rank and gross in nature / Possess it merely. That it should come to this! / But two months dead! Nay, not so much, not two...

with a trio of witch siblings (described in the text as the weird sisters), who issue this prediction to the Thane: THIRD WITCH. A...

Prince. Despite his antic disposition or pretending to be mad as another ploy to ensnare Claudius in his revenge trap, maybe Haml...

meant he was not "someone to take seriously" as a threat to his power (Derrick 14; McMurtry 41). Others seriously underestimate A...

were old With which she followed my poor fathers body Like Niobe, all tears;-why she, even she,- O God! a beast that wants discour...

strong man to dominate his wife. There were few constraints placed upon male behavior whereas for women it was quite the opposite...

his lovers eyes he is saying, "When I look in your eyes/ There I see/ What all that a love should really be" (Vandross 24-26). He ...

supposedly goes insane and they think that he has no power, no part in all else that takes place within the kingdom. Hamlet has pu...

book itself is symbolic, it has to be thought, of Prosperos secret desire to remove himself from reality and the world all togethe...

coming to the island, as well as the history of the island prior to European intrusion. Before Prospero came, the island was ruled...

staged "fights" in movies and plays, these actions are real and therefore telegraph real emotion to the audience. When Katherina s...

as being spoiled and self-centered. Furthermore, the directors decision to turn a number of Hamlets soliloquies into interior mono...

(I.iii.118). Banquo replies with a warning. He tells Macbeth that "instruments of darkness" frequently tell the truth in order to ...

with what is purported to be the ghost of his father. It is this ghostly confrontation that also serves as the plays trigger scen...

of as gold, silver and slate. Gold is the level where there is a situation for a man where the girl loves him wholeheartedly. He...

reinforced by the companion article by William Raspberry called, Its Not Easy Being White. His satirical outlook on being white do...

his speech has often included long pauses with "ummm" or "well" or some other phrases to fill the void, the actual speech between ...

air. Banquos reaction to Macbeth taking their pronouncements seriously is one of mocking disbelief, as if to say, "you believe tha...

is murdered, his mother Queen Gertrude remarries Hamlet Sr.s brother Claudius only three months after her husbands slaying, and Ha...

the birth of twins Judith and Hamnet, who died during infancy. Shakespeare enjoyed a very close relationship with Susanna, althou...

of his day to day life that he would never be able to keep his plans from her. So, he has decided that he must pretend to sever th...

It also sets the stage for the viewer/reader to know the foundations of history concerning the families when Romeo and Juliet firs...

that Hermia wants to marry Lysander but that he has forbidden it and told her she must marry Demetrius (Shakespeare). Theseus unde...

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

blood. The Fool ironically exhibits more sense than Lear, and reprimands his master for what can only be described as a foolhardy...

Hutchinson never protests the against the injustice of human sacrifice, but rather that the selection her family was not fair. A....

Castle that Gertrude has hastily remarried a mere three months after her husbands death, to her husbands brother Claudius no less....

man, a brave men, but still a relatively simple man who is not consumed with the desire to be more. He may be curious, even tempte...

their histories are defined and how their interactions take place. The play also enhanced my understanding of how physical elemen...