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in ego-stroking, and Lears youngest daughter, Cordelia, will have none of it. She tells her father quite simply, "I love your Maj...

that I have longed long to re-deliver. I pray you, now receive them" (Shakespeare 145). He replies: "No, no; I never gave you augh...

secondary characters and subthemes actually deliver Shakespeares real message. The fairies in the play are of particular interest...

who informs him that he was murdered, that we note a change in Hamlet that begins to involve serious acting. In this simple exa...

banished to the forests outside of Mantua. In the meantime, Julia decides she cannot be apart from Proteus and disguises herself a...

Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. / But this eternal blazon must not be / To ears of flesh and blood. List, list, O, list! ...

cistern of my lust, and my desire / all continent impediments would oerbear...better Macbeth/ Than such an one to reign" (lines 62...

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

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...

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...

In five pages this paper discusses the way in which each generation's audiences has responded to King Lear, relating it to their o...

In six pages this paper discusses how Caesar's own ego and refusal to listen to cautionary voices that resulted in his murder. Th...

in, on the basis of her gender. Coriolanus was an extremely dutiful son, and his single-minded focus was in becoming the courageo...

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

assessments are largely accepted as valid (Smith Julius Caesar: An Abbreviated Textual History). Shakespeare, on the other hand, ...

again. This time, however, Bassanio urges Antonio to loan it one more time while Bassanio will bring the latter hazard back again...

of Lady Macbeth. Some have termed her cold and calculating, others have said that she was mad, and terribly ambitious. It would ap...

the result of the action he has taken and that such "psychic" revenge is having a far more powerful impact on him than any possibl...

receive our duties, and our duties / Are to your throne and state, children and servants, / Which do but what they should, by doin...

they marry or not, for there have been no grandiose expectations placed upon them to act a certain way. Benedick remarks, "That a...

plot progresses, Richard allows things to develop till there is virtual defiance of his royal will. This intolerable situation o...

the still city, which is bathed in ethereal morning light, the city is shrouded in fog. This is also symbolic, in that its white s...

The steward is immediately threatened by anyone who is perceived as funnier or more intelligent than he. Olivia is the only perso...

In five pages this paper discusses the treachery of Shakespeare's protagonist in an analysis of his characterization, images, abdi...

alienate himself from his mother, uncle, fianc?e Ophelia and his old school chums, Rosencrantz and Guilderstern. The lone confide...

provide an excuse for allotting the largest share of his kingdom to Cordelia, his favorite. Lear states that the test is so that "...

and blew pink rubber at me" (Williams, 1991; 45). She found herself incredibly outraged and wishing she could make him see...

have been no time called too early" (Wilson 9). This statement indicates the major theme of the play, which is Troys rage at the i...

and was often able to reach accident and crime scenes before the police themselves. By doing so he had managed to capture many of...

denying that this characterizes his lexicon and poetic style ("William" 9). Considering this, the first question that the reader...