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Film Versions of The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

pairing of Burton and Taylor in the lead roles was certain to result in a box office success for virtually any movie. Add Shakespe...

12th Night by William Shakespeare and Romantic Love

is no reason to doubt his sincerity of emotion. He is willing to go to any lengths to convince the fair lady to accept his propos...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Conflicts

and will stop at nothing to satisfy his ambition, even if it means killing his brother: "A murtherer and a villain! / A slave that...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Character of Gertrude

essence, this is seen as "feminine and shrewd" (Rusche). From this description we can begin to understand that Gertrude may wel...

King Lear Acting a Fool in the Tragedy by William Shakespeare

appropriate, her husband will have "half" her "care and duty" (I.i.104). Her response enrages Lear and he sees her reasoned respon...

Analysis of Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

variety of perspectives on Cleopatra, which serve to inform the audiences comprehension of her as a decadent foreign woman. When ...

Othello by William Shakespeare and Enduring Love

the only thing they share: "Othello reveals a more detailed acknowledgment of Desdemonas sexual appeal. As he discusses her death ...

Feminist Reading of King Lear by William Shakespeare

a man who is looking to the future. He looks to the future through his three daughters, imagining that his favorite, the youngest,...

Religious and Individual Tensions in Othello by William Shakespeare and Antigone by Sophocles

classic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in the Christian biblical tradition. The society of ancient Greece was ...

The Character of Angelo in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

the sinners. We must not make a scar-crow of the Law, Setting it vp to feare the Birds of prey,...

Juliet's Images in Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

the second quatrain and then the third, on her own (Downing 126). In so doing, she overturns the Petrarchan convention wherein th...

How Identity is Mistaken in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

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...

Feste the Fool Characterization in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

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

Comparing John Dryden's 'All for Love with 'Antony and Cleopatra' by William Shakespeare

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

Funcitons of Characters Desdemona, Othello, and Iago in Othello by William Shakespeare

heart. His insecurities are compounded by the dark color of his skin, which makes him a social outsider. Therefore, when he meet...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the Antagonist Iago

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...

Othello and Richard III by William Shakespeare

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

Critically Assessing Presentation of Christians and Jews in 'The Merchant of Venice' by William Shakespeare

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, /...

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, King Lear by William Shakespeare, and Sacrifice

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...

Power, Ranks, and Henry V by William Shakespeare

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

Hostess Character in Henry the Fifth by William Shakespeare

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

Bolingbroke's Actions in Richard II by William Shakespeare

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

Othello by William Shakespeare and the Character Emilia

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...

Character Sketch of Iago in Othello by William Shakespeare

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...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare Critically Analyzed

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...

Irony, Tone, and Style of Othello by William Shakespeare

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...

Comedy and Tragedy of William Shakespeare

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...

Force and William Carlos Williams' 'The Use of Force'

of nature and the unveiling of secrets; a theme which is well illustrated in The Use of Force. As Johnson (2004) notes, the narrat...

Prospero Character Analysis in The Tempest by William Shakespeare

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

Desdemona's Murder in Othello by William Shakespeare

really be proven wrong, and the only thing that Othello has to go on is really the word of his wife who he ultimately disbelieves....