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

(I.iii.118). Banquo replies with a warning. He tells Macbeth that "instruments of darkness" frequently tell the truth in order to ...

can further see feminist perspectives. Lorie Jerrell Leiningers essay, The Miranda Trap: Racism and Sexism in Shakespeares Tempes...

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

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

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

and expression than film where the camera is able to capture the most subtle suggestions of emotion through the use of a close -up...

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...

and will stop at nothing to satisfy his ambition, even if it means killing his brother: "A murtherer and a villain! / A slave that...

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

plot. There is little else that constitutes the plot other than Henry and his brilliant ability to dominate every situation. The...

consents not to give sovereignty (Shakespeare, Act 1, Sc. 1). However,...

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

of as gold, silver and slate. Gold is the level where there is a situation for a man where the girl loves him wholeheartedly. He...

with what is purported to be the ghost of his father. It is this ghostly confrontation that also serves as the plays trigger scen...

In seven pages this paper examines Shakespeare's play in a consideration of how Petruccio is eventually able to force Katherine to...

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

Shylock loses. He loses, however, perhaps because he was unable to truly and adequately argue his case, and because he was a Jew, ...

In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...

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...

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

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

the only thing they share: "Othello reveals a more detailed acknowledgment of Desdemonas sexual appeal. As he discusses her death ...

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

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

very easy to do so because she has been a kind and loving daughter. In truth, he had hoped that she would have married someone lik...

for the deaths of her husband, Edward V, and her father, Henry VI. Nevertheless, he demonstrates himself as quite capable in prov...

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

the juxtaposition of the two worlds: that of humanity and that of the fairies. They exist side by side by do not interact; in fact...