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But outwardly, he projects himself as a man of total self-assurance (Macaulay 259). He states almost majestically, "My parts, my ...

that Hermia wants to marry Lysander but that he has forbidden it and told her she must marry Demetrius (Shakespeare). Theseus unde...

as Shakespeare used it, and as we know it today, is different; in other cases, it has changed completely (Vernon). For example, th...

off to die but rather became a victim of nature and fate it would seem. Prior to becoming stranded on the island...

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

the accent will change the meaning of the poem. Instead of stressing the syllables like this: Let me NOT to the MAR-riage of TRUE ...

gone to her and asked for the truth of the matter, trusting that she would tell him. Or he would have laughed at Iago and dismisse...

of love" (Shakespeare I i). He sets the premise for keeping secrets when he informs the audience or reader that he hates Othello b...

to be successful. Iago does seem to make an impact on Roderigo at one point, however, when Roderigo claims imagines Desdemona and ...

without power, who plays the role of the colonizer. He is a teacher and a controller of the story itself, thus he serves as a symb...

spirited figure of St George in armour, expressing in the head of this saint the beauty of youth, courage and valour in arms, and ...

believing in ghosts was akin to presuming that Satan had taken on the appearance of the dead so as to overtly jeopardize the decea...

It also sets the stage for the viewer/reader to know the foundations of history concerning the families when Romeo and Juliet firs...

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

it was smiling in my face, Have pluckd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dashd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done...

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

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

is served by an earthy, half-demon by the name of Caliban and a sprite named Ariel. In the course of the play, we learn that Prosp...

his lovers eyes he is saying, "When I look in your eyes/ There I see/ What all that a love should really be" (Vandross 24-26). He ...

"teach" him "how to think and speak" (3.2.35) and "create" him new" (3.2.41), which is a reversal of the Elizabethan gender stereo...

is young and ignorant and she lies to him about many things. But, he is happy in this, for truth is far more demanding and it is e...

theme of servitude and freedom" (Smith 1608). We learn that Ariel was once the servant of the witch Sycorax, who was banished from...

in front of her. In these two lines she faces defeat as she envisions her power in the image of less than a simple milk maid, a se...

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...

has arranged for her so she can rejoin her husband and live in exile. Upon seeing what he believes to be the dead Juliet, Romeo s...

of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...

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

truly untested man. He has recently been incredibly successful in a battle and is, to some degree, full of himself. We can envisio...

of both on the individual. Certainly, Hamlet offers insight to a man who is torn by a number of powerful emotions but who also thi...

Clare within the historical context of the work of Mary Ward, who established her "own missionary order, the Institute of Mary, in...