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in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III....

agrees that this scene is enlightening on Hamlets background and character. In fact, Bloom argues that loosing Yorick, who died in...

but she keeps her emotions in check so that she can carry off her masquerade as a man. When Rosalind confronts the Dukes accusat...

subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...

who stood in his path to the English throne, was so memorable that his work of fiction has become accepted as historical fact. Ho...

have been a devil, cleverly taking the shape of his father in order to lure him into committing a sinful act. Basically, Hamlet ...

love for her. It 8s also worth noting, that despite the clear and eloquent words, t no point in the pay do we see Hero and Claudio...

Tale, and The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, As You Like It and Twelfth Night(West 180, see al...

verbal appearance and actual reality that Othello addresses throughout the play, wavering back and forth as a means by which to es...

Romeo simply stopped at this infatuation then the tale would not have been so tragic. Romeo gets to know Juliet, and the friar aid...

box office. Welles was a product of his time and though he had tremendous creativity when it came to camera angles and budgets,...

to do so throughout the play as he plots his revenge. "The spirit that I have seen May be the devil; and the devil hath power To...

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

In three pages this essay analyzes Othello in a consideration of jealousy's featured role in the characterizations of the protagon...

men pitted against one another. As a reader, and as an audience member, one does not have any sort of emotional attachment to any ...

soliloquy, to be or not to be. Even as early as this, there is a good argument for Hamlets strategy unfolding. His motivation for ...

onto that of an innocent man. This cleverly conceived plot is Iagos manner of psychologically fooling the one he is also deceivin...

thinks she is ignorant because she is unsure and innocent. He feels that she is an idiot to even begin to believe the words or aff...

violence unless he is propelled by the heat of passion. From the beginning of the play, Hamlet has doubts concerning the morali...

regarded as the "polite" or "formal" form of the second person (Garvey 12). The familiar use of "thou" is best illustrated throu...

wicked wit, and gifts that have the power, So to seduce!--won to his shameful lust, The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen" (A...

not he possesses the courage to commit murder. His fear and susceptibility to depression often paralyze his movements to a point ...

flies. Though that his joy be joy, / Yet throw such changes of vexation ont / As it may lose some color" (I.i.69-75). When Senato...

which is at the "heart of this piece, cannot stand such a strong dose of reality" (Brode 98). There is artificiality in abundanc...

the mustard was naught: now Ill stand to it, the pancakes were naught and the mustard was good, and yet was not the knight forswor...

(Shakespeare I i). In this we see a subtle indication that he has ended his anger and is now humble, doing what he must in followi...

Cleopatra is a very sensual woman who is aware of her own passion. This, however, does not detract from her ability to rule...

and become crazy from the heat, so to speak. While preparations are commencing for the upcoming wedding between Theseus, the Duke...

Had they employed reason by waiting for the light of day, perhaps they would not have rushed into love, marriage, and ultimately, ...

makes men the center of her life. In fact, Beatrice makes it clear that she has no wish to marry, and thinks very little of most ...