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case, claiming that she has done no wrong to her husband. But, it is to say that she is constantly doing as her husband orders, ev...

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

for supper. Meanwhile her REAL husband returns home, but is denied entry by Antipholus slave. During the course of the meal, Antip...

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

He plots to have the Bohemian king poisoned, but Polixenes manages to flee Sicilia unharmed and return to the safety of his homela...

to be entertained as well. They began putting out what were known as mystery plays, passion plays, morality plays and miracle play...

actions, in terms of black and white, good and bad. It is axiomatic that people wish to see those they regard as "good" as incapab...

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

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

the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...

deal of support for the fact that Machiavelli always had the interests of the people at heart. Much of The Prince revolves around ...

European descent of Prospero and his belief that by taking over the rule of Caliban, he can "help" the people and bring "civilizat...

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

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

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

Western literature, but of the world (Brustein 27). According to Bloom, Shakespeare valued personality above all other elements in...

sent from God, and in return, the monarch was expected to keep their best interests at heart and to protect them. Not only h...

the person seeking power truly does see how things can be improved if people listen to them. For example, in the simple of situati...

component. But were they all that different in Shakespeares original version? Many seem to think so and that high schools renditi...

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...

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

first introduced to America in the episode entitled "Meet the Bunkers" that CBS originally aired on Tuesday, January 12, 1971 at 9...

While he adhered to Petrarchs use of fourteen lines, Shakespeare constructed sonnets containing three quatrains and a couplet. Hi...

of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...

supposedly goes insane and they think that he has no power, no part in all else that takes place within the kingdom. Hamlet has pu...

as being spoiled and self-centered. Furthermore, the directors decision to turn a number of Hamlets soliloquies into interior mono...

staged "fights" in movies and plays, these actions are real and therefore telegraph real emotion to the audience. When Katherina s...

man who feels isolated and alone in that he is different than those around him. He truly has no real friends and thus his wife ser...

commit a sin where he would go to held under Dantes model, it seems that he might be found in Limbo. At the same time, the truth i...

Dantes (1999) Florentine origin, one first must ascertain the reasons why people are drawn to his work. Is it that poems are enjo...