YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Ophelia in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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tongue slow to respond is more than fear, it is also rage (line 3). This rage is so intense that it weakens his heart, that is, hi...
he received from those closest to him, emphasizing his own over-inflated sense of importance and intellect. His overbearing natur...
"Id plan and work revenge with her" (line 102). With the gods approval, Electra and Orestes set out to avenge their fathers murde...
line indicates how Iago begins to chip away Othellos confidence in his lieutenant and his wife, as Iago insinuates there is someth...
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now / Does unmake you. I have given suck and know / How tender tis to love the ...
between Richard and the audience so as to establish an immediate intimacy. He "remains in direct contact with the spectators thro...
took the time to teach him a "proper" language, and not the "gabble" that he spoke when she and her father first arrived. Caliba...
romantic experience and worldly sophistication, he easily falls victim to his insecurities. He is a proud man and anything that t...
worst" (Shakespeare II ii). As such she is highly berated by all that know her, save her sister perhaps. She is ridiculed and seen...
demesne" (Keats PG). It is here that religion first crops up in Keats explanation. Further, the entire work is about discovery, op...
famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy, followed by a talk with Ophelia. In the same act Ophelia says "My lord, I have remembrances...
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...
if there is no hope at the end. Several other similarities exist between Antony and Cleopatra and other Shakespeare plays. Bits ...
the play, and enable him to comment on the actions and feelings of his fellow characters with some distance. He is not fully inte...
the church, so most scholars put his birthday as the 23rd of April, 1564 (Hanna - Life). John Shakespeare was a "prominent and pro...
of nature and the unveiling of secrets; a theme which is well illustrated in The Use of Force. As Johnson (2004) notes, the narrat...
heart. His insecurities are compounded by the dark color of his skin, which makes him a social outsider. Therefore, when he meet...
tragic deaths of Lear and Cordelia. Therefore, many modern readers and critics regard the plays conclusion as being devoid of red...
focused on Shakespeares perspectives on innocence and its consequences. As envisioned by Shakespeare according to his stage direc...
from them - / As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine -- / Why, by the verities on thee made good, / May they not be my oracle...
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...
he is out of the country when Bolingbroke returns with an invading army. In Act II, scene 3, Bolingbroke and York, his uncle, di...
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...
that sounds like ritualistic chanting: FIRST WITCH. When shall we three meet again? / In thunder, lightning, or in rain? SECOND ...
leave his new bride to wage war in Cyprus. The departure, though bittersweet, returns Othello to familiar territory that renews h...
a manner that Cleopatra bears his children. At one point Antonys wife dies and for the audience this would offer the option of ...
he would have to address. This information provides him with a foundational understanding of the various kingdoms and allows him t...
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...
a purpose that is perhaps very subtle. In the beginning of this play we know that there is great tension between England and Fr...
idle pleasures of these days. / Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous" (Shakespeare I i). In Othello Iago tells us, "And whats h...