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homoerotic desire" (114). Olivia and Maria embody this type of alliance. Maria is serving Olivia, literally and figuratively spe...

While he adhered to Petrarchs use of fourteen lines, Shakespeare constructed sonnets containing three quatrains and a couplet. Hi...

the work in the formal economy...These circumstances also increase the likelihood that the residents will rely on illegitimate sou...

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

have been called to his ship. Happily reunited with his daughter, Pericles is exhausted and sleeps. In his sleep Diana instructs ...

our lives" homer-dr.htm). He further illustrates that "Homers painting - in its composition and technique shows that we can feel t...

Had they employed reason by waiting for the light of day, perhaps they would not have rushed into love, marriage, and ultimately, ...

makes men the center of her life. In fact, Beatrice makes it clear that she has no wish to marry, and thinks very little of most ...

banished to the forests outside of Mantua. In the meantime, Julia decides she cannot be apart from Proteus and disguises herself a...

cistern of my lust, and my desire / all continent impediments would oerbear...better Macbeth/ Than such an one to reign" (lines 62...

the black slaves was indeed Gods will as retribution for some evil which they had committed (Slavery). Many of the slaves who c...

to why Iago hates Othello to such a degree. Presumably, Iago is angry over being passed over for promotion in favor of Cassio. The...

fears he shall be poor" (Shakespeare III iii). In this we can see that "The word content is used to represent Othello s current si...

most notably, but not really missed, were Queen Margaret, and Edward IV. Some of the lengthy dialogue was taken out without detrac...

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...

we see that the boys have perhaps just been initiated into the real world of men. They have bridged the gap between boyhood and ma...

Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...

or a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into sinful acts. Furthermore, there is a third option, w...

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

soldier, eight-and-twenty years of age, who had seen a good deal of service and had a high reputation for courage. Of his origin w...

Athens and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Although the setting is Athens, Shakespeare originally staged the production at the Globe ...

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...

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...

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

physically and psychologically. However, there generally enters into the storyline a guide of some sort which is the archetype of ...

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

important character, the daughter eventually falls by the wayside. His daughter is of concern until we find out that the man she...

lovers and Shakespeare is more sympathetic to their plight, considering the rebelliousness to being relevant to the lovers need to...

he was also a man who was corrupt from the beginning due to weaknesses. In essence, he was a brave and honorable man when he was n...

The overall story of "The Two Noble Kinsmen" follows fairly well its primary source that is Chaucers "The Knights Tale" from his c...