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a rare and precious gem. Ferdinand does fall in love with Miranda, as was Prosperos plan all along, and is willing to stay with th...

viewing this painting this particular writer feels and thinks many things. There is a powerful boldness to the strokes, which are ...

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

He plots to have the Bohemian king poisoned, but Polixenes manages to flee Sicilia unharmed and return to the safety of his homela...

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

out with flowers and shod with dainty little slippers? (Aristophanes). As this indicates, women, at least the upper class women,...

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

will be. And, as a ruler he has obligations. Ophelia is likely not ignorant of such conditions considering she has grown up in a h...

rescue her from her loneliness. With Jessica the first hint of desire or romance comes when she asks Launcelot to give Lorenzo a n...

enter the hovel, stating that he will pray and then sleep. Lear then prays for all the people who do not have shelter on this nigh...

to be entertained as well. They began putting out what were known as mystery plays, passion plays, morality plays and miracle play...

and one in blood establishd; One that made means to come by what he hath, And slaughterd those that were the means to help him; Ab...

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

deal of support for the fact that Machiavelli always had the interests of the people at heart. Much of The Prince revolves around ...

Unburdend crawl toward death", states King Lear in the opening act. Having decided to step down from the throne, King Lear has pos...

Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand For many poets the overall purpose of the poem has...

European descent of Prospero and his belief that by taking over the rule of Caliban, he can "help" the people and bring "civilizat...

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...

her brothers wrongful imprisonment she requests an audience with Angelo. When she asks for her brothers release Angelo is so taken...

poisoned herself at the end is of little consequence to Claudius. But of notable significance is the continued interaction b...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

her own backbone and eventually would have left Torvald. Krogstad does not purposely cause the marital strife, some would argue, b...

death of Hamlets father. Hamlet then starts to speculate about how much his mother was involved in this plot. Because of this p...

composing sonnets was considered a necessary endeavor when courting someone (Goldenberg). For example, a man of any position would...

relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...

And dig deep trenches in thy beautys field, Thy youths proud livery so gazed on now, Will be a totterd...

Story from Historical, Social, Cultural, Political and Religious Perspectives Surprisingly, the original idea for West Side Stor...

Iago as evil, but what is Iagos true motivation? It could in fact be that he is envious of Othello. Yet, he seems to be somewhat p...

will never get a husband if she behaves in such a way. This offers us a very powerful image of how the patriarchal system of Sh...