YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Essays 361 - 390
who stood in his path to the English throne, was so memorable that his work of fiction has become accepted as historical fact. Ho...
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....
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...
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...
Likewise, Beatrice vows that she will never marry. However, the audience can see from the beginning that there is an attraction be...
power was not necessarily through the might of his military, but from the popularity of a kings subjects. In Henry V, ther...
appears to be Lucentio, but should he be unable to produce his father (which would verify his lineage and financial status), then ...
especially apparent when critically examining Shakespeares historical play, Richard III and his final work, the dark comedy, The T...
life, consuming him. It is this rage that eventually drives him to madness and murder. It seems ironic that Claudius, Laertes, a...
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...
for the rest of the world, There will never, never be another Laurence Olivier" (69). The article goes on to report that at the "s...
say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...
homoerotic desire" (114). Olivia and Maria embody this type of alliance. Maria is serving Olivia, literally and figuratively spe...
me in the day of success, and I have learned by the perfectest report they have more in them than mortal knowledge. When I burned ...
sensibilities: "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else oerleap, / For in my way it lies. S...
While he adhered to Petrarchs use of fourteen lines, Shakespeare constructed sonnets containing three quatrains and a couplet. Hi...
be condemned if he were killed at prayer. This speaks not only to the strength of religious belief at the time, but to the depth o...
finally restored by God to his previous state of good fortune when he realizes that, as a human being, he is insignificant next to...
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...
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...
that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...
the best Shakespeare company in the world so perhaps the director might want to consider a minimalist production. The focus of th...
Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...
When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...
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...
equal pound / Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken / In what part of your body pleaseth me" (I, iii, 148-150). Antonio agre...
Oberon and make him smile/ When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile,/ Neighing in likeness of a filly foal:/ And sometime lurk I in...
"too short" (Shakespeare I i). She tells him "I am alone felicitate/ In your dear highness love" (Shakespeare I i). In this we see...