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could have joined forces with another expatriate, Edmund of Gloucester, much like Fidel Castro did with the revolutionary Che Guev...

in the play. This is clear when Claudius refers to Hamlet as son and Hamlet, aside, notes, "A little more than kin, and less than ...

Ramsay is not really a monster, but he is an autocrat who is cold and so detached from his family that he doesnt seem to realize h...

father in the dust" (Shakespeare I i). She also tells him that he should not make his mother worry so. In short, her role is to be...

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

This will sorrow Hamlet greatly and make him feel guilty, perhaps the only time he feels guilty, in his actions towards her....

who are unfamiliar with it; then if the instructor has any sense he or she will run the Kenneth Branagh uncut version the followin...

lost her mother at an early age, was brought up in a very sheltered environment, with her father Polonius - one of Claudius best f...

were planning to abdicate in favor of one of the women, that would be different, but hes not-he is dividing the kingdom without na...

the idea of honor is clearly that of Othello for his focus in the entire play has been on his own honor, which is why he killed hi...

and Shakespeares use of metaphor achieves his purpose very well, particularly in the lines that refer to comparing a ladys breath ...

each of them to tell how much she loves him. Goneril goes first and gushes all over the old man, telling him she loves him so much...

Shakespeares "Big Four" tragedies (King Lear and Othello are the others, since you ask) and they both involve the most horrific of...

by King Claudius reveal him to be conniving, shrewd and lustful. Unlike Hamlet, who is preoccupied with questions concerning ethic...

and marginalized in both classical and modern literature, one must first understand how the prevailing viewpoint of women as funda...

"King Lear". In the passage, Lear is reacting to the latest treacherous ploy by his daughters Goneril and Regan, who have suggeste...

This essay presents an analysis of Act V of King Lear and how it relates to the patterns established previously in the play. Three...

This essay pertains to the thematic content of Shakespeare's play and provides insight into the relationships that Hamlet has with...

Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...

is Jack Burdens transition from a naively simplified form of nihilism he refers to as the "Great Twitch" towards a more realistic ...

and even tells her grandfather that "I never dreamed [your beard] was a birds nest" (Welty, 47). Stella-Rondo had accused Sister o...

remarried-his fathers brother, no less. Then, to his horror, he finds out that his fathers death was no accident, but fratricide: ...

to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own home town" (King). One of the most poignant parts of the speech is Dr. Kings examina...

a little love" (Stephen King, 2006). King is clearly up to the task. One of the most important aspects of Kings work, and which h...

really be proven wrong, and the only thing that Othello has to go on is really the word of his wife who he ultimately disbelieves....

the only thing they share: "Othello reveals a more detailed acknowledgment of Desdemonas sexual appeal. As he discusses her death ...

romantic experience and worldly sophistication, he easily falls victim to his insecurities. He is a proud man and anything that t...

old black ram is tupping your white ewe"(Shakespeare, Act I, sc I, li 88-89). Brabantio is Desdemonas father and as such would hav...

classic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in the Christian biblical tradition. The society of ancient Greece was ...

Iago and others are not around, we know that Iago is a liar. Our first true indication of how Iago plans to use Othellos love a...