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finally restored by God to his previous state of good fortune when he realizes that, as a human being, he is insignificant next to...
that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...
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 ...
say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...
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...
power was not necessarily through the might of his military, but from the popularity of a kings subjects. In Henry V, ther...
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...
the witch may well have been incredibly deceptive and conniving in her involvement with the knight, and in this we can see the pre...
story of Agamemnon we are presented with a man who sacrifices his daughter, at the request or command, of the gods, in order that ...
When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...
the best Shakespeare company in the world so perhaps the director might want to consider a minimalist production. The focus of th...
Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...
supernatural. Even before the humans enter the forest, and Oberon and Titania become involved in playing tricks on the humans thro...
where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...
Macbeth says only "We will speak further" (I, v, 71). The next time we see Macbeth he has a long soliloquy in which he enumerates...
soldier, but hes also immediately associated in our minds with the spilling of blood. But blood also means the blood connection b...
"too short" (Shakespeare I i). She tells him "I am alone felicitate/ In your dear highness love" (Shakespeare I i). In this we see...
equal pound / Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken / In what part of your body pleaseth me" (I, iii, 148-150). Antonio agre...
surely not do anything to hurry it along, stating, "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir" (Shaks...
Oberon and make him smile/ When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile,/ Neighing in likeness of a filly foal:/ And sometime lurk I in...
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...
Athens and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Although the setting is Athens, Shakespeare originally staged the production at the Globe ...
feels that he is protecting Ophelia by feigning insanity, or by being insane, he finds that he has merely turned her away. His you...
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...
Two beings created for each other feel mutual love at the first glance; every consideration disappears before the irresistible imp...
one day become king of Scotland is music to the warriors ears. He is a respected figure in his homeland, but he (and his ever-per...
a man who is perhaps willing to sit back and let prophecy go its own course, without intervention from him. This is evidenced when...
be able to control the otherwise innocent Macbeths actions, or if he is entirely responsible for his own demise" (Riedel Witches.h...
The powerful themes of temptation, guilt, heresy, and prophecy as they lend to the play's overall effectiveness are considered in ...