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this counsel. When Lady Macbeth hears of he prophecy, she immediately begins to plot and plan. This scene if chilling in its ima...

term in their prophetic greeting of Macbeth. The first witch hails Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis," the second as "Thane of Cawdor an...

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

we see Roderigo and Iago discussing the fact that this Moor, Othello, exists and is now in a position of power within the masters ...

now he is praying; And now Ill dot. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged" (Hamlet III iii). He stops, however, and truly...

the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...

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...

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

Verona, Italy, where a feud has broken out between the families of the Montegues and the Capulets. The servants of both houses ope...

Angelo. However, in his efforts to restore law and order, Angelo resurrects an old law that punishes any man who lives with a wom...

na?ve Desdemona, he marries her without hesitation or reservation because he believes he has finally found someone with whom he ca...

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

In seven pages this paper examines the literary interpretations of young love featured in The Hero and Leander by Christopher Marl...

In eleven pages Queen Margaret in William Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Lady Percy in Shakespeare's historical play Henry IV...

In three pages this paper compares these two men of considerable power and wealth in terms of their similarities and differences. ...

Born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus served as the first...

both politically as well as personally. For Brutus, virtue was a trait that could never be compromised for it was synonymous with...

was up."3 As Shakespeare tells the tale, there were warnings everywhere, from a lion running through the streets to a soothsayer ...

good man, whom he has treated unjustly. Desdemona has, of course, been persuaded by Iago to defend Cassio, as he knows that this w...

me to run from this Jew my master. The fiend is at mine elbow and tempts me saying to me Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good Launcelot, o...

his carefully crafted public persona. For an ambitious couple like Lord and Lady Macbeth, in a monarchy like Scotland, there was ...

The ways in which authority has been justified in literature is examined in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' William ...

love of Othello for Desdemona, while it seemed to hold such optimistic promise in the beginning, was so excessive, it blinded him ...

In five pages the tragic characteristics these plays' feature in terms of such conflicts as male and female, good person or monarc...

In ten pages this paper examines the tragedy and comedy elements that each exist in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespea...

In five pages this paper analyzes the play's tragic elements and then applies them to the experience of the contemporary world....

slain kings brother, Claudius. In shock and disbelief, Hamlet imagines that his fathers ghost comes to visit him and proclaims, "...

In five pages this paper examines how irony heightens the tragedy in William Shakespeare's Othello. There are no other sources li...

the hero receives the call to adventure, which he initially rejects before crossing the threshold into adventure. Next comes initi...

poems "by several well-known theatrical poets. One of these poems (untitled in the volume, but now known as "The Phoenix and the T...