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of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...

her innocence and lack of understanding in her words as she dies, words that do not even point to Othellos guilt as Emilia asks he...

is so black that it seems like death itself. The inference we have to make here is that he is dying, or at least is old enough to ...

a character claiming he is "sick at heart," sets the stage for all the struggles that will take place (Shakespeare I i). It is the...

blood. The Fool ironically exhibits more sense than Lear, and reprimands his master for what can only be described as a foolhardy...

But outwardly, he projects himself as a man of total self-assurance (Macaulay 259). He states almost majestically, "My parts, my ...

move from one emotion to another. There is depression, sorrow, despair, anger, frustration, and perhaps a bit of madness mixed in ...

myth. It is a play that demonstrates a profound intelligence on the part of the author, and a play that illustrates how the autho...

man, a brave men, but still a relatively simple man who is not consumed with the desire to be more. He may be curious, even tempte...

Castle that Gertrude has hastily remarried a mere three months after her husbands death, to her husbands brother Claudius no less....

has come forth with a version that wholly eclipses the standard. What can easily be argued is the fact that Branaghs film version...

Clare within the historical context of the work of Mary Ward, who established her "own missionary order, the Institute of Mary, in...

his lovers eyes he is saying, "When I look in your eyes/ There I see/ What all that a love should really be" (Vandross 24-26). He ...

with what is purported to be the ghost of his father. It is this ghostly confrontation that also serves as the plays trigger scen...

is murdered, his mother Queen Gertrude remarries Hamlet Sr.s brother Claudius only three months after her husbands slaying, and Ha...

his speech has often included long pauses with "ummm" or "well" or some other phrases to fill the void, the actual speech between ...

air. Banquos reaction to Macbeth taking their pronouncements seriously is one of mocking disbelief, as if to say, "you believe tha...

resulted from the Spartan takeover of Athenian silver mines; therefore, the need for the minting of replacement, silver-plated bro...

a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by ththroat the circumcis?d do And smote him thus" (Act V. ii. 334 - 352)...

Back in the old country, the Sicilian Catholics had placed great significance upon supernatural messages and prophecies. When Mac...

it clear that his need for his retinue does not stem from physical need, but rather is a symbolic of his status in life, his autho...

an outsider, a theme which is emphasized in most critical analyses of the play, Othellos identity as the Moor in Venice was "not a...

of Venice is highly revealing of his character. This characterization is vital to the internal logic of the play because the trag...

rather is a decision that is based on some principle such as self defense or an initial defensive action to prevent an attack. War...

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a most sterile promontory; ... Man delights ...

wife. Claudius states, "Though yet of Hamlet (the late king was also named Hamlet) our late brothers death/The memory be green" (I...

tragic reality. It comes as no surprise to note that one of the most powerfully, if not the most powerfully, tragic individual ...

and leave her father, or suffer through this madness with Hamlet. While she is still deciding, her father is killed and she is sur...

A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would see...