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lines of the opening curtain, Roderigo says "Thou toldst me thou didst hold him in thy hate" (I, i, 7), to which Iago replies, "De...

where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...

the characters and how they all go about trying to define the night and day while engaged in various activities. In the...

surely not do anything to hurry it along, stating, "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir" (Shaks...

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...

position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...

involve whether or not his new step father was responsible for killing his father, but doubts about how vengeance was best played ...

(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...

ultimate sleep that all people must experience. In this scene he is talking to Ophelia and perhaps, in a roundabout way, telling h...

hopes he may have of retaining and gaining the throne, Hamlet with obsessive focus, directs his attention to the matter at hand: c...

In short, then, Othello has it all, and in Iagos eyes, he has nothing. It is apparent that Iago has worked for many years in the s...

Hamlets touch with reality begin to influence him very strongly. This is first seen through Ophelias words of her encounter with h...

maximum benefit, and his practical reaction is immediate action (Cahn 146). As Victor L. Cahn noted in his consideration of Edmun...

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...

good enough for her. Another issue that Bianicas situation brings up is the sign of the times. These days, wed scratch our...

sent from God, and in return, the monarch was expected to keep their best interests at heart and to protect them. Not only h...

onto that of an innocent man. This cleverly conceived plot is Iagos manner of psychologically fooling the one he is also deceivin...

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

In three pages this essay analyzes Othello in a consideration of jealousy's featured role in the characterizations of the protagon...

men pitted against one another. As a reader, and as an audience member, one does not have any sort of emotional attachment to any ...

soliloquy, to be or not to be. Even as early as this, there is a good argument for Hamlets strategy unfolding. His motivation for ...

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

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

to do so throughout the play as he plots his revenge. "The spirit that I have seen May be the devil; and the devil hath power To...

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

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...

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...

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...