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impose magic and enchantment to seek his revenge. But, in the end he forgives those who put him on the island and he suffers a sea...

keep him out of their clutches: "Because I would not see thy cruel nails / Pluck out his poor old eyes, nor they fierce sister / I...

but at a very high cost. He requires a pound of flesh for debts not paid and this is literally what it sounds like, for a pound of...

we see him. At a military camp of King Duncans, a soldier is brought in who tells of the battle in which he was injured, and in wh...

relates to issues of magic and creation, and the identity of Prospero/Shakespeare. In examining this perspective the opinions and...

in seconds. He continues this catalog of things she is not by comparing the color of her lips to coral (coral is redder); compari...

he doubts her, believing the words of others, one can see that he is a very insecure man where his love is concerned. In the cas...

him, he will show "great mercy" (II.ii.50). Henry then turns the discussion around to the real point of the scene. He asks the me...

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

without being overly garish and they appear to be relatively true to the historical time period. These elements, which are related...

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

grows older, his hatred will also continue to grow until he hates all mankind, not just the Athenians. The fact that Timon seems...

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

of this woman. Enobarbus continues his description of her and her progress through town and her meeting with Antony, whom she invi...

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at the Puritan Revolution and its impact on literature. Shakespeare's Prospero and Milt...

decision to transform a personal tale of forbidden love into a social commentary on increasing teen violence and decreasing morali...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the cost of power in Shakespeare's tragedies. Richard III, As You Like It, and the ...

This essay discusses Shakespeare's "Othello" and the role of gender, race and class. Five pages in length, four sources are cited....

and test performance, inasmuch as stereotype vulnerability has proven to predispose ethnic populations to related test anxiety. "...

This essay pertains to the anthropocentric worldview of King Claudius in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Machiavelli, drawing on his te...

This essay pertains to Shakespeare's King Lear and Dante's Inferno and the impact of exile on the protagonists. Four pages in leng...

This essay presents a discussion of Hamlet's character. The writer argues that Shakespeare's characterization of Hamlet focuses on...

This essay pertains to Shakespeare's "Othello" and Rudyard Kipling's poem "If-," which lists various qualities that are required t...

give the appearance of being the blushing bride and groom, but their newlywed bliss is tempered by respectful grief for the belove...

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

Rome itself is portrayed as moving from a society dominated by heroes, such as Julius Caesar and Pompey, to one which is more frag...

short temper gets him into trouble. In Book IX, Polyphemus, the son of the sea god Poseidon, decides to dine on a few Greeks who ...

truly untested man. He has recently been incredibly successful in a battle and is, to some degree, full of himself. We can envisio...

and suggests that he does not deserve his place in English letters. He quotes a number of other critics to support his view. This ...

one of his most vexing. This paper discusses him in detail. Discussion Iago is a fascinating study in evil; he sets out to destro...