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"Hamlet," the troubled Danish prince is morose and troubled because, just a short time after his fathers death, his mother remarri...

(Henrys father) and his family from the land of their birth. Henry, initially, does not protest the banishment, as he has been ra...

In eight pages this report examines Shakespeare's figurative language and imagery patterns featured in his second tetralogy that i...

In six pages this report considers Cade's desire for Utopia as it is reflected in William Shakespeare's political and social comme...

In five pages this scene's functions and effect on the play are analyzed in terms of what is revealed about character or character...

In five pages this report discusses how this particular scene cements the foundation for the rest of the play's action. Five sour...

Hal will give his full allegiance (Grossman 170). While the audience undoubtedly realizes, since the plot is drawn from English h...

the scenes involving the witches are accompanied by loud claps of thunder. Staging Macbeth outdoors gave Shakespeare natural soun...

identity. It is interesting to note that as he pulls on his "cloak of madness" that his true intellect becomes completely clouded ...

They have made themselves, and that their fitness now / Does unmake you. I have given suck and know / How tender tis to love the ...

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

This essay is on "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare and "Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe. The writer asserts that the centra...

fact that her opposition to her father by eloping with the much-older Othello reveals her internal strength, which is comparable t...

both politically as well as personally. For Brutus, virtue was a trait that could never be compromised for it was synonymous with...

and rainfall again. References to wetness and of being soaked with water seem to refer to the state of the men, that they are abou...

we see Roderigo and Iago discussing the fact that this Moor, Othello, exists and is now in a position of power within the masters ...

history itself. "As with many of his plays, Shakespeare drew on classical sources for the plot of The Comedy of Errors. The bare b...

the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...

now he is praying; And now Ill dot. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged" (Hamlet III iii). He stops, however, and truly...

of character. He knows that, for many reasons, his actions have consequences, but his major miscalculation is in what form they w...

again it was a matter of holding the government responsible for the continued injustice and oppression of not only women but ethni...

Caliban, son of the witch Sycorax. Miranda retains a childlike innocence as a result of her idyllic existence, but at the same ti...

Caesar with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, who was at that time entering the twilight of her life.6 At the time it was initially...

For instance, Hotspur from Henry IV was actually old enough to be Prince Hals father, but Shakespeare pictured the two characters ...

Western literature, but of the world (Brustein 27). According to Bloom, Shakespeare valued personality above all other elements in...

the person seeking power truly does see how things can be improved if people listen to them. For example, in the simple of situati...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

sent from God, and in return, the monarch was expected to keep their best interests at heart and to protect them. Not only h...

European descent of Prospero and his belief that by taking over the rule of Caliban, he can "help" the people and bring "civilizat...

her brothers wrongful imprisonment she requests an audience with Angelo. When she asks for her brothers release Angelo is so taken...