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His fathers expectations of him are something that Biff knows he can never fulfill, therefore, he becomes critical of himself when...

view. Wily Lomans life is riddled with failures, including the failure towards his family when Wily Loman has an affair, his work...

soreness of his palms...then carries his case out into the living-room...Im tired to death" he tells his wife (Miller 12-13). Hi...

brother, his time away from home when he worked on ranches where he states, "theres nothing more inspiring or-beautiful than the s...

bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

a purpose that is perhaps very subtle. In the beginning of this play we know that there is great tension between England and Fr...

guilty. What he does not know is how involved his mother, Gertrude, is in the plotting of the old Kings death. Her over hasty marr...

he would have to address. This information provides him with a foundational understanding of the various kingdoms and allows him t...

in love with him. They work out a plan where they can be alone together for an entire evening, making love and doing what they w...

shoeshine ... A salesman is got to dream, boy," says Charley, a friend of the family. Willy sees the image of himself coming apart...

more and more about Willys life, than it is not some innate tragic flaw in his character which has led to his misfortune, but a co...

answer might lie with the inner conflicts that were raging within Hamlet regarding his concept of honor and his desire to o the ri...

of the careful construction lends enough credibility for the reader to suspend disbelief, but all the while, when one backs up to ...

When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...

fortune / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them. To die- to sleep- / No more; and by a sleep to...

where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...

that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

be condemned if he were killed at prayer. This speaks not only to the strength of religious belief at the time, but to the depth o...

to have an impact open Hamlet and his self critical guilt. The well known quote that shows the motivation for the play is "the pla...

to follow it, which he does. The ghost says that he is Hamlets father, and that he was murdered; further, he says that the crime ...

he was aware of; they are both of them things pre-eminently vain glory also, like a shadow, goes sometimes before the body, and so...

three months after the murder of her husband. In Measure for Measure, its protagonist is not a man of illustrious social status. ...

even if there were a few sinful missteps along the way. However, if they put themselves and their own needs ahead of what God exp...

not he possesses the courage to commit murder. His fear and susceptibility to depression often paralyze his movements to a point ...

wicked wit, and gifts that have the power, So to seduce!--won to his shameful lust, The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen" (A...

thinks she is ignorant because she is unsure and innocent. He feels that she is an idiot to even begin to believe the words or aff...

violence unless he is propelled by the heat of passion. From the beginning of the play, Hamlet has doubts concerning the morali...

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

essence, this is seen as "feminine and shrewd" (Rusche). From this description we can begin to understand that Gertrude may wel...