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The portrayals of Cunegonde by Voltaire in Candide and Gertrude by William Shakespeare in Hamlet are contrastes and compared in fi...

poisoned herself at the end is of little consequence to Claudius. But of notable significance is the continued interaction b...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

possibly think?" (I.3). As this indicates, Aristotles perspective is grounded in observation and reality. He sees the mind as intr...

it mean for a person to be functioning well-or in this case, to be functioning to his highest capability? Its more than acquiring...

was also Aristotle who determined that in a beehive there was a particular leader, though he called it a "king" (Aristotle, 2006)....

First, is that the play should be of serious magnitude, and have an impact on many, many people (McClelland, 2001). The second fac...

In eleven pages Queen Margaret in William Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Lady Percy in Shakespeare's historical play Henry IV...

narrative voice relates how his mother died when he was quite young and his father sold him before he could cry "weep." In the Nor...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the topic of the purpose of Hamlet's Ghost. Citing textual evidence, the writer sho...

important, yet we are not really told who it is. We are puzzled at one point for the narrator uses the word I in such a way that i...

employs descriptive words to create in the reader an appreciation for the reality of nature. This is not to imply that these poets...

He does not say, and this is another of the hundreds of loose ends in Hamlet that Shakespeare does not explain. At any rate, Ophe...

whatever virtue she may still retain intact. Ophelia is naturally shocked and confused by Hamlets peculiar behavior and struggles...

(Aristotle). According to Aristotle, comedy involves the imitation of men who are less than average. Furthermore, Aristotle indica...

poems "by several well-known theatrical poets. One of these poems (untitled in the volume, but now known as "The Phoenix and the T...

and Shakespeares use of metaphor achieves his purpose very well, particularly in the lines that refer to comparing a ladys breath ...

in the play. This is clear when Claudius refers to Hamlet as son and Hamlet, aside, notes, "A little more than kin, and less than ...

the not-too-distant past; the guards on the battlements talk about how the previous King Hamlet "smote the sledded [Polacks] on th...

This will sorrow Hamlet greatly and make him feel guilty, perhaps the only time he feels guilty, in his actions towards her....

Ramsay is not really a monster, but he is an autocrat who is cold and so detached from his family that he doesnt seem to realize h...

father in the dust" (Shakespeare I i). She also tells him that he should not make his mother worry so. In short, her role is to be...

were specifically constructed to entertain royalty, it was the impassioned actions of his characters that leave little doubt that ...

who are listening can better estimate if he is mad or not. Ophelia is essentially being used by the leaders for their own gain but...

lost her mother at an early age, was brought up in a very sheltered environment, with her father Polonius - one of Claudius best f...

Shakespeares "Big Four" tragedies (King Lear and Othello are the others, since you ask) and they both involve the most horrific of...

who are unfamiliar with it; then if the instructor has any sense he or she will run the Kenneth Branagh uncut version the followin...

In five pages this research paper analyzes madness within the contexts of Paulina Salas Escobar in the play and screenplay Death a...