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makes men the center of her life. In fact, Beatrice makes it clear that she has no wish to marry, and thinks very little of most ...

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...

the black slaves was indeed Gods will as retribution for some evil which they had committed (Slavery). Many of the slaves who c...

to why Iago hates Othello to such a degree. Presumably, Iago is angry over being passed over for promotion in favor of Cassio. The...

physically and psychologically. However, there generally enters into the storyline a guide of some sort which is the archetype of ...

see that vengeance is in order. That is another classic theme in humanity. If someone were to have killed one of our parents we wo...

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

important character, the daughter eventually falls by the wayside. His daughter is of concern until we find out that the man she...

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

most notably, but not really missed, were Queen Margaret, and Edward IV. Some of the lengthy dialogue was taken out without detrac...

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...

we see that the boys have perhaps just been initiated into the real world of men. They have bridged the gap between boyhood and ma...

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...

feels that he is protecting Ophelia by feigning insanity, or by being insane, he finds that he has merely turned her away. His you...

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...

Athens and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Although the setting is Athens, Shakespeare originally staged the production at the Globe ...

or a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into sinful acts. Furthermore, there is a third option, w...

a man who is perhaps willing to sit back and let prophecy go its own course, without intervention from him. This is evidenced when...

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...

Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...

be able to control the otherwise innocent Macbeths actions, or if he is entirely responsible for his own demise" (Riedel Witches.h...

they are in committing to marriage. The imagery evoked by "violet in the youth of primy nature" implies that Hamlet is interested...

of the heart, an unredeemed dreariness"( Seelye, 101). The reader is told that Roderick Usher is the last in a long line of an Ar...

been described as "hands across the color line" (Quarles 146), or a belie that, "In all things that are purely social we can be as...

her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...

William Blake writes somberly: O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has foun...

make him a man, he must forego running in the fields and playing in the meadows. "How can the bird that is born for joy/Sit in a c...

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

is perhaps the worst mistake he could have made. He was not a man of murder, or a man who lusted after power. But, his wife was bo...

strife. The folklore of the country became an important vehicle for recording that turmoil and strife and Yeats was a critical pl...