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in war. Helen had no power, and no women in the story had power. Helen was simply a symbol of beauty and purity and hence justifie...

they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...

special gift or special beauty. Most people have something about them that is not quite pretty or handsome. Most people have clear...

they were interested in seeing this story play out once again, and that they found meaning in it. It seems logical to assume that ...

me in the day of success, and I have learned by the perfectest report they have more in them than mortal knowledge. When I burned ...

gone to her and asked for the truth of the matter, trusting that she would tell him. Or he would have laughed at Iago and dismisse...

of the Soul Jonathan Lear describes the knowledge someone has regarding something already known as knowingness. This is developed...

and why Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden; but Book I is concerned to a great extent with setting the scene. The ...

things rank and gross in nature / Possess it merely. That it should come to this! / But two months dead! Nay, not so much, not two...

ancient history; he was assassinated in 1961) find it very poignant: there is a stark contrast between what he hopes to accomplish...

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

one of his most vexing. This paper discusses him in detail. Discussion Iago is a fascinating study in evil; he sets out to destro...

in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...

really betrayed Othello. Iago is determined to manipulate Othello to his own desires, which are many. Throughout the play the re...

to these men, as this would not only offer them security, but would allow them to establish relational bonds with their co-workers...

no less) a mere three months later. Hamlet has been shattered by his loss and his mothers betrayal, and plunges into a period of ...

grows older, his hatred will also continue to grow until he hates all mankind, not just the Athenians. The fact that Timon seems...

ever written, and it continues to excite audiences because of Shakespeares masterful examination of the psychological aspects of i...

This essay offers a comparison between "Hamlet and "Death of a Salesman," which draws upon the Aristotelian criteria for tragedy....

decision to transform a personal tale of forbidden love into a social commentary on increasing teen violence and decreasing morali...

his mother Queen Gertrude announces she eloped with Claudius, her brother-in-law who will now succeed Hamlet Sr. as King. The Pri...

This essay describes the characterization of Romeo and the role that this plays in the tragedy, referring to both the original pla...

withdrawn and isolated in Starkfield is reinforced by the next statement, in which "the effect produced on Frome" is described as ...

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

soldiers, and Iago responds that he too is upset with Othello for promoting another soldier, Cassio, over Iago, despite Iagos havi...

Okonkwos, as seen in the words of another author who notes, "The labour of colonial peoples was exploited on plantations and in mi...

what is bothering her, Phaedra seems to describe the Enlightenment philosophy in her observation: "We understand and recognize wha...

retelling of the Faust legend; the story of the man who sells his soul to the devil in return for success and love in this world. ...

might be King Lear, but if there were no Fool, there would be - in his opinion - no play. In Shakespearean Tragedy, Bradley procl...

to find an alignment between the different interests of the board members. The problem does not only occur as a result of the ch...