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book itself is symbolic, it has to be thought, of Prosperos secret desire to remove himself from reality and the world all togethe...

coming to the island, as well as the history of the island prior to European intrusion. Before Prospero came, the island was ruled...

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...

of his day to day life that he would never be able to keep his plans from her. So, he has decided that he must pretend to sever th...

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

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 ...

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

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

works called The Mourning Bride which was created in 1697 contains the following well known line: "Heavn has no Rage, like Love to...

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...

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

King Duncan naming his loyal lieutenant Macbeth Thane of Cawdor in recognition for his faithful service. But a fateful meeting wi...

decision for Olivier to choose to embark on this project. At the age of forty, Olivier thought he was too old to play the Danish p...

the most inept such plots in theater-but we can see it as his attempt to revenge himself upon the man who stole his island from hi...

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 ...

It also sets the stage for the viewer/reader to know the foundations of history concerning the families when Romeo and Juliet firs...

Ophelia: More than Just Friends? A Palace Source Tells All"). Then there is also the almost-incestuous relationship between Haml...

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...

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 ...

meant he was not "someone to take seriously" as a threat to his power (Derrick 14; McMurtry 41). Others seriously underestimate A...

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...

heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...

In this way the sinfulness is likened to the darkness, since evil and dark tend to go hand in hand. And the fact that one is a mi...

remind the audience that because of his noble status, he must avenge his fathers murder not only for himself but also for the Dani...

him become worried at this change of character and personality. Everyone offers their opinion, but the Queen decides that she will...

seek vengeance for the father. Hamlet goes through many different changes because of the realities he has been told, and becaus...