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in enforcement of these laws. The laws in question are those which relate to a man being punished to death if he should lay with a...

persecuted and killed for their faith. We also note that throughout the play Lear slowly develops into a man who understands hi...

all of his lessons come into play and culminate to create a powerful epiphany. We note some of this in the following excerpt: "Spi...

with the help of Worcester, Northumberland and Hotspur, (the Percy family) deposed and murdered King Richard. Bolingbroke is now K...

connection between Iagos perception of race and the cultural perception that "black" equates with "evil." This perception of race ...

particular woman but does not possess her. Another may clearly see that the woman he describes is his. Regardless, however, of whe...

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...

out with flowers and shod with dainty little slippers? (Aristophanes). As this indicates, women, at least the upper class women,...

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...

possibility that Desdemona is cheating on him, and in domino fashion this suspicion turns to jealousy, hurt, anger, rage, and even...

In Sonnet 72, it becomes evident that the initial sexual flush is still very much in evidence, but the references to the distant h...

forthright and courageous. Coupled with these admirable characteristics, Desdemona also harbors a significant moral sensitivity a...

the witch may well have been incredibly deceptive and conniving in her involvement with the knight, and in this we can see the pre...

as he did during the fateful dinner when the guest at the Brabantio table was the victorious General Othello, his treasure could n...

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 ...

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...

since he was seven. All he knows is "broils and battles," but he has traveled extensively in mysterious regions, met with "cannib...

for the rest of the world, There will never, never be another Laurence Olivier" (69). The article goes on to report that at the "s...

say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...

enter the hovel, stating that he will pray and then sleep. Lear then prays for all the people who do not have shelter on this nigh...

power was not necessarily through the might of his military, but from the popularity of a kings subjects. In Henry V, ther...

appears to be Lucentio, but should he be unable to produce his father (which would verify his lineage and financial status), then ...

a black man was not suitable to be a ruler. In clever fashion, he sets about to accomplish his goal. In fact, when Iago and Roder...

Likewise, Beatrice vows that she will never marry. However, the audience can see from the beginning that there is an attraction be...

rescue her from her loneliness. With Jessica the first hint of desire or romance comes when she asks Launcelot to give Lorenzo a n...

this theme together" (Universe). In combination with this theme, the theme of foolishness, is the theme of disguise. In summari...

shall my purpose work on him" (Shakespeare I iii). From there on out we begin to realize that we, as the audience, are the only on...

and one in blood establishd; One that made means to come by what he hath, And slaughterd those that were the means to help him; Ab...

especially apparent when critically examining Shakespeares historical play, Richard III and his final work, the dark comedy, The T...