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of the couple. As Shakespeare juxtaposes their feelings of love, we find that they have not even met. Ferdinand is awakened by the...
term in their prophetic greeting of Macbeth. The first witch hails Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis," the second as "Thane of Cawdor an...
hopes he may have of retaining and gaining the throne, Hamlet with obsessive focus, directs his attention to the matter at hand: c...
and nothing to do with the prank that Oberon is playing through Puck. They happen to enter into the midst of the chaos however, an...
(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...
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...
European descent of Prospero and his belief that by taking over the rule of Caliban, he can "help" the people and bring "civilizat...
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...
flies. Though that his joy be joy, / Yet throw such changes of vexation ont / As it may lose some color" (I.i.69-75). When Senato...
not he possesses the courage to commit murder. His fear and susceptibility to depression often paralyze his movements to a point ...
surprising that there is evidence in a number of Shakespeares plays that a female characters who is "self-aware" and "skillful" is...
from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...
humble thanks: but that I will have a recheat winded in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an invisible baldrick, all women shall pa...
the witch may well have been incredibly deceptive and conniving in her involvement with the knight, and in this we can see the pre...
pining away because of his unrequited love for Olivia, who also has a potential suitor in Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Olivia wants no m...
indicates, Lady Macbeth provides the necessary motivation for the initial murder. She tells Macbeth that if she had sworn an oath ...
Id is associated with the immediate gratification of the unconscious. In other words this level is the most primal and does not co...
forthright and courageous. Coupled with these admirable characteristics, Desdemona also harbors a significant moral sensitivity a...
in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III....
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...
agrees that this scene is enlightening on Hamlets background and character. In fact, Bloom argues that loosing Yorick, who died in...
but she keeps her emotions in check so that she can carry off her masquerade as a man. When Rosalind confronts the Dukes accusat...
his foul and most unnatural murther" (I.v.29). Hamlet will need all of his inner resources to successfully meet this crisis, for ...
verbal appearance and actual reality that Othello addresses throughout the play, wavering back and forth as a means by which to es...
subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...
for the rest of the world, There will never, never be another Laurence Olivier" (69). The article goes on to report that at the "s...
true circumstances of her first husbands death, and the exact nature of her guilt. There does not appear to be much in the play th...
Likewise, Beatrice vows that she will never marry. However, the audience can see from the beginning that there is an attraction be...
power was not necessarily through the might of his military, but from the popularity of a kings subjects. In Henry V, ther...
say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...