YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An American Tragedy
Essays 361 - 390
specifically tailored their works to suit the tastes of their Athenian audiences, mirroring the "fears, tensions, and potential vi...
travelling with Banquo, a general in the army, meets three witches. MACBETH Speak, if you can: what are you? First Witch All...
conscience. Said Macbeth: "One cried "God Bless us! And "Amen!" the other, as they had seen me with these hangmans hands. Listning...
a Denmark in decay, resulting from the marriage between Claudius and Gertrude, which enables the cunning brother to seize the thro...
of Hamlets famous soliloquies, except for the ones which heightened dramatic impact, such as "To Be or Not to Be." He shrewdly ch...
In five pages this paper examines the homosexual content in William Shakespeare's tragedy and how it may relate to Prince Hamlet's...
of his own standing among his peers would have ignored or challenged Iago. But Othello fully agrees with Iagos voiced concern that...
Shakespeares characters that the audience (or the reader) immediately understands will not have an easy time of it. The story of "...
three types of characters - one who to be killed, one to kill, and one to avenge the killer (89). For audiences during the early ...
also aware that Desdemona is not one of his soldiers, obliged to obey orders; she is her own person and if she chooses not to love...
In ten pages this paper examines the tragedy and comedy elements that each exist in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespea...
that is perverted by the subterfuge and overt evil of Iago. Examining the character of Iago is enlightening to anyone who has ever...
provide an excuse for allotting the largest share of his kingdom to Cordelia, his favorite. Lear states that the test is so that "...
the still city, which is bathed in ethereal morning light, the city is shrouded in fog. This is also symbolic, in that its white s...
audience is presented with circumstances and relationships where there is never a truly positive outcome for any of those involved...
the same way the Ghost has presented himself to Hamlet" (Kozokowski 126). Poison In the end of the story we see the people of ...
leave his new bride to wage war in Cyprus. The departure, though bittersweet, returns Othello to familiar territory that renews h...
for himself - with a kiss. Her husband retorts, "Sir, would she give you so much of her lips / As of her tongue she oft bestows o...
that had hired on with the Calvary (Hoxie, 1995). These scouts were just a handful of the thirty-three scouts that were under Cus...
lightness! serious vanity!/ Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!/ Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire,/ sick health!/ Stil...
him. He is a man who holds to the laws of his people, he is strong and courageous, and he is fairly well defined. But events take ...
would come out of nowhere and usually in rather rural or safe areas. People were shocked. Then, after Columbine, there was perhaps...
Ophelias death, he talks with the men who are digging her grave. The comic intent of the scene is evident from the onset by the ...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
In six pages this essay evaluates Miller's play based upon Aristotle's tragic components to conclude that Death of a Salesman is i...
to those who have never read the play or viewed a theatrical production. It is the story of a young Danish prince, a Wittenberg U...
a man who is perhaps willing to sit back and let prophecy go its own course, without intervention from him. This is evidenced when...
was an able soldier and loyal supporter of his King. In recognition of his faithful service to the Crown, King Duncan bestowed up...
seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...
efforts to civilize his behavior. Prosperos ultimately tragic physical and metaphorical journey had been traveled by others befor...