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it clear that his need for his retinue does not stem from physical need, but rather is a symbolic of his status in life, his autho...

book (Rubinstein 28). He apparently married Anne Hathaway in 1582, and their surviving children, both girls, were illiterate (Rub...

may wish to add that Claudius and Gertrude both attempt to find out what is bothering Hamlet, which only serves to make it more pl...

note his passion for such in the following lines when Hamlet responds to the facts presented by the ghost: "Haste me to knowt, tha...

whetted it for a more impressive title. It was a seemingly innocuous meeting with a trio of witches that would sow the seeds of M...

with what is purported to be the ghost of his father. It is this ghostly confrontation that also serves as the plays trigger scen...

(I.iii.118). Banquo replies with a warning. He tells Macbeth that "instruments of darkness" frequently tell the truth in order to ...

is murdered, his mother Queen Gertrude remarries Hamlet Sr.s brother Claudius only three months after her husbands slaying, and Ha...

the birth of twins Judith and Hamnet, who died during infancy. Shakespeare enjoyed a very close relationship with Susanna, althou...

his speech has often included long pauses with "ummm" or "well" or some other phrases to fill the void, the actual speech between ...

air. Banquos reaction to Macbeth taking their pronouncements seriously is one of mocking disbelief, as if to say, "you believe tha...

of his day to day life that he would never be able to keep his plans from her. So, he has decided that he must pretend to sever th...

Back in the old country, the Sicilian Catholics had placed great significance upon supernatural messages and prophecies. When Mac...

Through his insightful approach, Shakespeare attempts to push forward the strength and spirituality of women. Indeed, he recogniz...

we see the same, though we know differently. Lady Macbeth, Lennox, Ross, the ladies and lords, and the attendants are not really i...

emotion, to act. But what is Iagos motivation? It could in fact be that he is envious of Othello. At the same time, in reviewing...

audience would see this dark scene as entrancing and somewhat frightening. We can envision this when we hear the first witch ask, ...

In five pages this paper examines how innocence is corrupted in a literary comparison and contrast of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bo...

his true intellect becomes completely clouded over and his ability to understand who and what he is becomes an even more distant p...

as he, also, is an exile from civilization (12). Also like Prospero, Valerian exerts control over the rest of the characters (Walt...

a Denmark in decay, resulting from the marriage between Claudius and Gertrude, which enables the cunning brother to seize the thro...

this framework. The Amish and the Mennonites are the antithesis of Macbeths nihilism, as these Anabaptist congregations reject th...

almost always determined to meddle in the business of the divine or the immortal. As a result, there is never a truly positive out...

In five pages this essay examines what tensions led to the disintegration of the Macbeth marriage within the context of William Sh...

exists between Antony and Cleopatra and through his overblown language show the audience that the romance between Antony and Cleop...

historical piece in that regard, as are all other Shakespearean plays it would seem. In providing us with this particular time per...

intensity of a hurricane, which dramatically sets the plays tone. Shakespeare recognized the importance of the ghost, which essen...

beautiful and good-tempered woman and Baptista is aware that will have no difficulty in finding her a husband; however, Katherine ...

In five pages this paper examines the homosexual content in William Shakespeare's tragedy and how it may relate to Prince Hamlet's...

In five pages this essay presents William Shakespeare's protagonist as a defendant in a contemporary inquest trial in which prosec...