YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Black West by William Katz
Essays 1951 - 1980
a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by ththroat the circumcis?d do And smote him thus" (Act V. ii. 334 - 352)...
possibility that Desdemona is cheating on him, and in domino fashion this suspicion turns to jealousy, hurt, anger, rage, and even...
an outsider, a theme which is emphasized in most critical analyses of the play, Othellos identity as the Moor in Venice was "not a...
of the power and impact of Blakes illustrations concerning his inner images and his poetry. As one author notes, "Those who know h...
husbands duty to lead his wife toward proper behavior. Inherent in the relationship between God and humanity, which the marriage ...
seen within the context of the "new" Protestant message which emphasized the equality of all men before God. John Lilburne address...
part of the illusionary world. Laura, on the other hand, thinks of the fire escape as a way in and not a way out. This can be seen...
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...
were full of all the fire and brimstone of a religious fanatic. Whenever evil would cross his path, such as in the form of an omi...
book (Rubinstein 28). He apparently married Anne Hathaway in 1582, and their surviving children, both girls, were illiterate (Rub...
five senses; "whatever the truth may be" (Ballis). In the "Proverbs from Hell", the Devil speaks wise statements in regards to t...
dreamer with no solid grounding on a collision course with Madge, the town beauty whose own discontent with the way by which her l...
forthright and courageous. Coupled with these admirable characteristics, Desdemona also harbors a significant moral sensitivity a...
resulted from the Spartan takeover of Athenian silver mines; therefore, the need for the minting of replacement, silver-plated bro...
a wondrous season. In this poem Keats also brings sounds into play in a very powerful manner that speaks to us of nature and of...
He plots to have the Bohemian king poisoned, but Polixenes manages to flee Sicilia unharmed and return to the safety of his homela...
are similar to Emilys. The characters discussed are Carrie, from the film "Carrie," Norman Bates from the film "Psycho," Eleanor f...
to allow him to survive. Pojman draws a distinction between ethics (or morality), on the one hand, and etiquette, law, and religio...
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...
Likewise, Beatrice vows that she will never marry. However, the audience can see from the beginning that there is an attraction be...
to speak a plainer and more emphatic language. This, then, is at the heart of the divide between humanists, such as Wordsworth, a...
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...
forever jolting him by its sheer majesty, giving him what we would now call an almost spiritual global sense" (Wise-Lawrence, 2003...
Back in the old country, the Sicilian Catholics had placed great significance upon supernatural messages and prophecies. When Mac...
and most of her poetry concerns her love and admiration and gratefulness to her husband. However, later in life she began writi...
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...
life was perhaps like in Medieval times. Looking at each individual story, however, would take a considerable amount of time an...
There is no question that Bradford was a Puritan, and as such, offers his religious views and interpretations throughout his writi...
to be entertained as well. They began putting out what were known as mystery plays, passion plays, morality plays and miracle play...