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Likewise, Beatrice vows that she will never marry. However, the audience can see from the beginning that there is an attraction be...
say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...
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...
Id is associated with the immediate gratification of the unconscious. In other words this level is the most primal and does not co...
forthright and courageous. Coupled with these admirable characteristics, Desdemona also harbors a significant moral sensitivity a...
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 ...
speech associates her with a shrine, a religious object, and then offers up his lips as pilgrims. Pilgrims often made journeys to ...
a wound. / But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill...
persecuted and killed for their faith. We also note that throughout the play Lear slowly develops into a man who understands hi...
husbands duty to lead his wife toward proper behavior. Inherent in the relationship between God and humanity, which the marriage ...
all of his lessons come into play and culminate to create a powerful epiphany. We note some of this in the following excerpt: "Spi...
the witch may well have been incredibly deceptive and conniving in her involvement with the knight, and in this we can see the pre...
humble thanks: but that I will have a recheat winded in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an invisible baldrick, all women shall pa...
In Sonnet 72, it becomes evident that the initial sexual flush is still very much in evidence, but the references to the distant h...
the water by someone. As such her death is not an obvious murder. But, do we consider it murder if she was so distraught by the cr...
realistic representations of his daughters love for him. Eldest daughter Goneril begins this love fest, pledging, "Sir, I love y...
Athens and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Although the setting is Athens, Shakespeare originally staged the production at the Globe ...
father, as he speculates that the specter could have been a devil that assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into s...
to why Iago hates Othello to such a degree. Presumably, Iago is angry over being passed over for promotion in favor of Cassio. The...
Verona, Italy, where a feud has broken out between the families of the Montegues and the Capulets. The servants of both houses ope...
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...
they are in committing to marriage. The imagery evoked by "violet in the youth of primy nature" implies that Hamlet is interested...
Angelo. However, in his efforts to restore law and order, Angelo resurrects an old law that punishes any man who lives with a wom...
and how do his views regarding death change throughout the course of the play? Why Does Hamlet Die at the End?...
with the real conflict that is taking place between the two, but more to do with the fact that Hamlet likely feels killing Claudiu...
prophetic apparitions make appearances(Shakespeare & Supernatural). One of the most climactic scenes in the play is the banquet ...
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...