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William Shakespeare's Characters Macduff and Macbeth

Macbeth says only "We will speak further" (I, v, 71). The next time we see Macbeth he has a long soliloquy in which he enumerates...

Sonnets 27 and 130 by William Shakespeare

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

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Supernatural

supernatural. Even before the humans enter the forest, and Oberon and Titania become involved in playing tricks on the humans thro...

Injustice and Vengeance in William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Euripides' Electra

story of Agamemnon we are presented with a man who sacrifices his daughter, at the request or command, of the gods, in order that ...

Persuasiveness of Iago in William Shakespeare's Othello

lines of the opening curtain, Roderigo says "Thou toldst me thou didst hold him in thy hate" (I, i, 7), to which Iago replies, "De...

Closely Reading Ophelia's 'Mad' Songs in William Shakespeare's Hamlet Act IV, Scene V

where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...

William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Its Subplot

a sort of revenge, is quite humorous as the two individuals are seemingly confused and wary. There is humor in the fact that Calib...

Delayed Revenge in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

be condemned if he were killed at prayer. This speaks not only to the strength of religious belief at the time, but to the depth o...

Tennessee Williams: Religion

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

Frost and Williams and Death

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

William Blake’s The Garden of Love

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

Suffering in William Shakespeare's King Lear and the Book of Job

finally restored by God to his previous state of good fortune when he realizes that, as a human being, he is insignificant next to...

Rhythm Mechanics and Iambic Meter

corresponding syllables accurately. "Aunt JENnifeRAs TiGers PRANCe across THE screen,/Bright TOpaz DENizens OF a WORLD of GREEN" (...

Analysis of William Ury's Getting Past No

"cluttered attic, full of old resentments and angers, gripes and stories" on page 59). In this regard, the steps involved mean def...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Theme of Conflict

that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...

Sexuality and the Sonnets of William Shakespeare

as a means of insuring the others immortality than it is an _expression of love. Sonnet 130, however, is to a woman, and the rela...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and the Representation of Edmund as a Power Opportunist

maximum benefit, and his practical reaction is immediate action (Cahn 146). As Victor L. Cahn noted in his consideration of Edmun...

Climaxes in William Shakespeare's King Lear

there, she might have added a dose of common sense to the proceedings, and pointed out to her husband that dividing the kingdom am...

''The Phoenix and the Turtle' by William Shakespeare

about 1594 onward it is believed that he played with a group of actors, however: "written records give little indication of the wa...

Text Reading and Whether or Not It Can be Changed Through the Study of Literature

opens minds, creating a more rounded person, knowing this process and appreciating whilst it is taking place also adds to the pro...

What a Director Should Know about a Production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

the best Shakespeare company in the world so perhaps the director might want to consider a minimalist production. The focus of th...

Themes in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

Bennett: "The Book of Virtues"

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

Comparing Poetic Free Verse and Sonnet Forms

Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand For many poets the overall purpose of the poem has...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Relationships Both Natural and Unnatural

Hamlets touch with reality begin to influence him very strongly. This is first seen through Ophelias words of her encounter with h...

Time in Sonnet 2, Sonnet 55, and Sonnet 60 by William Shakespeare

And dig deep trenches in thy beautys field, Thy youths proud livery so gazed on now, Will be a totterd...

Willa Cather, Toni Morrison, William Shakespeare and Truth Searching

relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...

Sleeping and Dreaming in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

ultimate sleep that all people must experience. In this scene he is talking to Ophelia and perhaps, in a roundabout way, telling h...

Homosexuality and Friendships in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

homoerotic desire" (114). Olivia and Maria embody this type of alliance. Maria is serving Olivia, literally and figuratively spe...

Metamorphosis of Change in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

me in the day of success, and I have learned by the perfectest report they have more in them than mortal knowledge. When I burned ...