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to Bill" (Kosenko). The women, in general, accept their position as submissive in the little community and it is actually only Tes...

the whole town ultimately. Abigail is the main character and she is the one who instigates, or illuminates, the behaviors of all...

which are clear indications of the depth of his uneasiness with the entire situation. "To be or not to be" can be construed to me...

Somewhat surprisingly, I find this very difficult to do. This suggests to me that stress and tension, constantly worrying and thin...

Ophelia. Remember, Hamlet is but a mere college student, who despite his cunning, is often depressed and riddled with insecurity....

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...

wife Linda is a very supportive, almost too supportive, wife who is always there for Willy. In many ways she may well be protectin...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

and will stop at nothing to satisfy his ambition, even if it means killing his brother: "A murtherer and a villain! / A slave that...

in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III....

subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...

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

agrees that this scene is enlightening on Hamlets background and character. In fact, Bloom argues that loosing Yorick, who died in...

and forces him to become more active and seek confirmation and possibility revenge (Bevington 3). This response is seen in Hamle...

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...