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poems "by several well-known theatrical poets. One of these poems (untitled in the volume, but now known as "The Phoenix and the T...

individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...

inexperienced actors in the lead roles (Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). The play opens with the servants, Samson and Gregory,...

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

as he did during the fateful dinner when the guest at the Brabantio table was the victorious General Othello, his treasure could n...

me to run from this Jew my master. The fiend is at mine elbow and tempts me saying to me Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good Launcelot, o...

of perspective came about. Though various ploys were attempted to regain old sorts of power, in the end, there was a rise in the m...

to share Iagos disgust and refers to Desdemonas acceptance of Othello as her "gross revolt" (I.i.134) and Roderigo shows his dista...

student researching "Macbeth" should understand that there is virtually no relationships in the play in which people or a group of...

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...

Rome itself is portrayed as moving from a society dominated by heroes, such as Julius Caesar and Pompey, to one which is more frag...

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...

in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...

a noble falls, he takes a lot of people with him. Thats true here, where Othellos suspicion results in his destruction, as well as...

The entire story of the Bundren family is tragic with its tale of poverty in the South and a family whose members are so caught up...

In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...

In five pages this character analysis of John Proctor and whether or not he was portrayed as a tragic hero in Arthur Miller's 1996...

This 10 page essay explores the tragic heroes in these classic plays. Oedipus believes he makes his own destiny while Willy belie...

complete madness, until at last Elizabeth Proctor, who is completely innocent, is charged with being a witch (Miller, 1952). Not s...

sons leads him to raise them as privileged beings that deserve having everything handed to them, simply by virtue of who they are....

the "tragic flaw." In Oedipuss case, his tragic flaw is his pride. That flaw has to cause him great suffering, but from that suffe...

thunders crack or lightning flash; Advanced above pale envys threatening reach...Then, Aaron, arm thy heart, and fit thy thoughts....

where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...

at odds with the reality that one human being can never know for certain the inner most thoughts and desires of another (Vanita, 1...

assassination not as a betrayal of his friend and leader, but as "a chivalric defender of national honor" (Bloom 123). He perceiv...

still just one being who is in constant struggle with his own existence. When determining who truly exercises power in an a...

heart. His insecurities are compounded by the dark color of his skin, which makes him a social outsider. Therefore, when he meet...

Rather Dionysus, Falstaff is his "Silenus, the fat, old drunken companion...(who) lends humor to Dionysian celebration" (367). Acc...

years because he seems to care a bit for the father of Henry, John of Gaunt. In these respects one can see that Richard II may wel...

sight of their original teaching passion, or the education system insists that teachers simply instruct, as though the children we...