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preferred method of service is that he cannot be trusted. He admits to being deceitful, purely for his own purposes," and we know...

"temperate" is not exactly a great complement. Therefore, Shakespeare adds to this in the next line stating that "rough" winds can...

he should rank higher than he does and he also feels that he should have Desdemona. In these regards we see a man who is clearly f...

on the story that offers comedy and fantasy. Through this access to the magical illusions we are offered the safety of the men who...

when she comes across her father once more, when he is mad and lost and truly a tragic figure, she does the right thing and stands...

power, but also begins to lose his friends as well. "As his Roman allies, even the ever-faithful Enobarbus, abandon him, Antony fe...

na?ve Desdemona, he marries her without hesitation or reservation because he believes he has finally found someone with whom he ca...

never formally addressing any attacks on his work, commenting on his popularity or penning any eulogy to any of the members of the...

plays we start with "Henry IV" part I. The first mention of "tavern" is in scene II where Falstaff is joking, presumably, with Hen...

factor into the equation, though it would seem that love was possible eventually. Given that Petruchio considers Katherine his p...

the view we are given of these characters is attributable to an author is critical given the powerful could control art for their ...

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

it is this source on which he draws for determining right and wrong (Peters). According to Peters, Shakespeare defines the abilit...

are sending her and because she has led a sequestered life, Ophelia lacks sophistication when it comes to dealing with matters of ...

psychologist points out that Edgar discusses his own case lucidly, while indulging in unlimited incoherence in regards to everythi...

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...

of the Noble Grecians and Romans, was Shakespeares source" (William Shakespeares Julius Caesar). Though a separate author notes th...

should take precedence over civic and social responsibilities (Goodlad). Most of the plays conflict and considerable violence is ...

in enforcement of these laws. The laws in question are those which relate to a man being punished to death if he should lay with a...

enter the hovel, stating that he will pray and then sleep. Lear then prays for all the people who do not have shelter on this nigh...

out with flowers and shod with dainty little slippers? (Aristophanes). As this indicates, women, at least the upper class women,...

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

will be. And, as a ruler he has obligations. Ophelia is likely not ignorant of such conditions considering she has grown up in a h...

with the help of Worcester, Northumberland and Hotspur, (the Percy family) deposed and murdered King Richard. Bolingbroke is now K...

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

particular woman but does not possess her. Another may clearly see that the woman he describes is his. Regardless, however, of whe...

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

wronged, as Philomela was . . . (IV. I. 52). The book is also mentioned in Act V, scene three, when Titus asks Saturninus" the...

history itself. "As with many of his plays, Shakespeare drew on classical sources for the plot of The Comedy of Errors. The bare b...

his carefully crafted public persona. For an ambitious couple like Lord and Lady Macbeth, in a monarchy like Scotland, there was ...