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book itself is symbolic, it has to be thought, of Prosperos secret desire to remove himself from reality and the world all togethe...

coming to the island, as well as the history of the island prior to European intrusion. Before Prospero came, the island was ruled...

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...

confidant. Of course, the tragedy is, Iagos intent is to destroy Othello. Secondly, the tragic hero holds fast to his ideas and ...

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...

the audience a close up of Othellos face and the audience is able to watch the doubt creep over Othellos face. Without saying anyt...

air. Banquos reaction to Macbeth taking their pronouncements seriously is one of mocking disbelief, as if to say, "you believe tha...

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...

is murdered, his mother Queen Gertrude remarries Hamlet Sr.s brother Claudius only three months after her husbands slaying, and Ha...

representative of the many generations of Church representatives that have pummeled the Ojibwe with its Christian doctrine. Endri...

is not overly sad that he is gone. Finding herself in yet another situation, she is making the best of it. She realizes that to be...

are eventually reintroduced to the "regular" world and everyone finds out that John was born of Linda (his mother) and they become...

bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

political systems: Antonio represents what we might call the "real" government in Milan and Prospero represents a "state of nature...

Iago and others are not around, we know that Iago is a liar. Our first true indication of how Iago plans to use Othellos love a...

tells Desdemonas father that he must act quickly else "youll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse" (I.1.112-113). As p...

it prest With more of thine: this love that thou hast shown Doth add more grief to too much of mine own. Love is a smoke raised wi...

relates to issues of magic and creation, and the identity of Prospero/Shakespeare. In examining this perspective the opinions and...

we see him. At a military camp of King Duncans, a soldier is brought in who tells of the battle in which he was injured, and in wh...

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...

heath. There is something essentially uncivilized about Macbeth, which may be why he is such an outstanding soldier. Macduff does...

but he was placed in charge of hunting. Jack then pushes this role to the limit, getting more and more boys to join him in an incr...

who are listening can better estimate if he is mad or not. Ophelia is essentially being used by the leaders for their own gain but...

preserve her image against the confusion of emotions and her denied lust for Benedick" (BookLore). Beatrice is essentially a res...

the not-too-distant past; the guards on the battlements talk about how the previous King Hamlet "smote the sledded [Polacks] on th...

who engages in the plan to kill through jealousy and hatred. Brutus replies: "I would not, Cassius; yet I love him well. But where...

father in the dust" (Shakespeare I i). She also tells him that he should not make his mother worry so. In short, her role is to be...

draws a moments air independent on the bounty of his mistress. There is not so impudent a thing in nature as the saucy look of an...

consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...