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idle pleasures of these days. / Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous" (Shakespeare I i). In Othello Iago tells us, "And whats h...

a time and oft / In the Rialto you have rated me / About my moneys and my usances; / Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, /...

he would have to address. This information provides him with a foundational understanding of the various kingdoms and allows him t...

for himself - with a kiss. Her husband retorts, "Sir, would she give you so much of her lips / As of her tongue she oft bestows o...

a purpose that is perhaps very subtle. In the beginning of this play we know that there is great tension between England and Fr...

he is out of the country when Bolingbroke returns with an invading army. In Act II, scene 3, Bolingbroke and York, his uncle, di...

do him wrong. She is all but banished and ends up marrying into wealth and power in another region of the continent. Still she sid...

Iago and others are not around, we know that Iago is a liar. Our first true indication of how Iago plans to use Othellos love a...

efforts to civilize his behavior. Prosperos ultimately tragic physical and metaphorical journey had been traveled by others befor...

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

banished to the forests outside of Mantua. In the meantime, Julia decides she cannot be apart from Proteus and disguises herself a...

cistern of my lust, and my desire / all continent impediments would oerbear...better Macbeth/ Than such an one to reign" (lines 62...

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

soldier, eight-and-twenty years of age, who had seen a good deal of service and had a high reputation for courage. Of his origin w...

her husband in their youthful days. She loves Polixenes as a brother because he is the best and oldest friend of her husband. In t...

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...

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

secondary characters and subthemes actually deliver Shakespeares real message. The fairies in the play are of particular interest...

fears he shall be poor" (Shakespeare III iii). In this we can see that "The word content is used to represent Othello s current si...

if there is no hope at the end. Several other similarities exist between Antony and Cleopatra and other Shakespeare plays. Bits ...

makes constitutes the "others" uniqueness. "The Other" inFilm The existence of "the other" has figured prominently throughout the...

he was also a man who was corrupt from the beginning due to weaknesses. In essence, he was a brave and honorable man when he was n...

Ill follow thee and make a heaven of hell,/ to die upon the hand I love so well" (Shakespeare, Act 2, Scene 1, lines 241-244). W...

have been called to his ship. Happily reunited with his daughter, Pericles is exhausted and sleeps. In his sleep Diana instructs ...

will be more familiar with the work than audiences of today. It is said by most critics that Cymbeline is one of William...

readily recognized as nothing more than lies. In the story Measure for Measure, Shakespeare employs the use of spying/eav...

romantic experience and worldly sophistication, he easily falls victim to his insecurities. He is a proud man and anything that t...

the play, and enable him to comment on the actions and feelings of his fellow characters with some distance. He is not fully inte...

identity. It is interesting to note that as he pulls on his "cloak of madness" that his true intellect becomes completely clouded ...

worst" (Shakespeare II ii). As such she is highly berated by all that know her, save her sister perhaps. She is ridiculed and seen...