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decision to transform a personal tale of forbidden love into a social commentary on increasing teen violence and decreasing morali...

ancient history; he was assassinated in 1961) find it very poignant: there is a stark contrast between what he hopes to accomplish...

from them - / As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine -- / Why, by the verities on thee made good, / May they not be my oracle...

no less) a mere three months later. Hamlet has been shattered by his loss and his mothers betrayal, and plunges into a period of ...

in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...

Shakespeares "Big Four" tragedies (King Lear and Othello are the others, since you ask) and they both involve the most horrific of...

one of his most vexing. This paper discusses him in detail. Discussion Iago is a fascinating study in evil; he sets out to destro...

grows older, his hatred will also continue to grow until he hates all mankind, not just the Athenians. The fact that Timon seems...

ever written, and it continues to excite audiences because of Shakespeares masterful examination of the psychological aspects of i...

to these men, as this would not only offer them security, but would allow them to establish relational bonds with their co-workers...

really betrayed Othello. Iago is determined to manipulate Othello to his own desires, which are many. Throughout the play the re...

things rank and gross in nature / Possess it merely. That it should come to this! / But two months dead! Nay, not so much, not two...

of this woman. Enobarbus continues his description of her and her progress through town and her meeting with Antony, whom she invi...

a man who is perhaps willing to sit back and let prophecy go its own course, without intervention from him. This is evidenced when...

was an able soldier and loyal supporter of his King. In recognition of his faithful service to the Crown, King Duncan bestowed up...

seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...

to those who have never read the play or viewed a theatrical production. It is the story of a young Danish prince, a Wittenberg U...

her husband in their youthful days. She loves Polixenes as a brother because he is the best and oldest friend of her husband. In t...

efforts to civilize his behavior. Prosperos ultimately tragic physical and metaphorical journey had been traveled by others befor...

see that vengeance is in order. That is another classic theme in humanity. If someone were to have killed one of our parents we wo...

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...

our power to exact our revenge? Perhaps, she suggests, there is some medium-ground that would do a little of both without going t...

blind lord Dhritarashtra so much that she voluntarily bandaged her eyes, as she vowed that she would not enjoy anything that she c...

will be the real winner in the scheme. Macbeth talks to himself about his desire to murder. He is tortured by it, thinks...

is perhaps the worst mistake he could have made. He was not a man of murder, or a man who lusted after power. But, his wife was bo...

the ghost of his father who tells him that Claudius has murdered him and stolen his Queen. Hamlet vows to avenge his fathers death...

and leave her father, or suffer through this madness with Hamlet. While she is still deciding, her father is killed and she is sur...

romantic experience and worldly sophistication, he easily falls victim to his insecurities. He is a proud man and anything that t...

wife. Claudius states, "Though yet of Hamlet (the late king was also named Hamlet) our late brothers death/The memory be green" (I...

tragic reality. It comes as no surprise to note that one of the most powerfully, if not the most powerfully, tragic individual ...