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her brothers wrongful imprisonment she requests an audience with Angelo. When she asks for her brothers release Angelo is so taken...

superstitious practices that were adhered to so rigidly, it should not be surprising that the citizens of the Renaissance also bel...

of his own standing among his peers would have ignored or challenged Iago. But Othello fully agrees with Iagos voiced concern that...

audience is presented with circumstances and relationships where there is never a truly positive outcome for any of those involved...

upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...

thou hast a mind that suits With this thy fair and outward character. I prithee, and Ill pay thee bounteously, Conceal me what I a...

with his retinue into the Forest of Arden. His daughter remains behind at Court because of her great affection for her cousin Celi...

responsibility; friendship; work; courage; perseverance; honesty; loyalty; and faith" (Muehlenberg, 1999). Bennett uses a number o...

is generally understood that when a child dies a strain sets in upon marriages, often leading to divorce. In essence, men and wome...

his unique nature he was, during his lifetime, "generally dismissed as an eccentric during his lifetime" although "posterity redis...

seem that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio, the man that Othello favored for promotion over Iago. Convinced that Desdemon...

better, he goes off on a tangent in which he imagines himself as the ruler of a utopian society on the island (II.1.148-156). Wh...

of those in relation to us..." (The Religious Affiliation of Playwright Tennessee Williams). In looking at this particular...

For instance, Hotspur from Henry IV was actually old enough to be Prince Hals father, but Shakespeare pictured the two characters ...

do not assume that he would be a man who was easily swayed against this woman he loves. But, as the play progresses we see his wea...

Caesar with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, who was at that time entering the twilight of her life.6 At the time it was initially...

also survived the wreck to conceal her true nature. Conceal me what I am, and be my aid for such disguise as haply shall become T...

again it was a matter of holding the government responsible for the continued injustice and oppression of not only women but ethni...

he believed they "were too attached to European culture and traditions" (The Academy of American Poets, 2006). His work, on the ot...

Caliban, son of the witch Sycorax. Miranda retains a childlike innocence as a result of her idyllic existence, but at the same ti...

depression. She always expresses herself in terms of a mothers physical nurturing, poignantly showing how she believes to have fa...

to her and gain little quiet. Sonnet 130 This particular sonnet is actually something of a satirical sonnet addressing how many...

17-18). It is probable that their sensitive son was aware of his parents marital discord, but losing himself in books was never a...

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

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

her own backbone and eventually would have left Torvald. Krogstad does not purposely cause the marital strife, some would argue, b...

the fact that he is likely the only man of her social standing in the entire realm. Instead she falls for one who is nothing more ...

death of Hamlets father. Hamlet then starts to speculate about how much his mother was involved in this plot. Because of this p...

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

lightness! serious vanity!/ Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!/ Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire,/ sick health!/ Stil...