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Back in the old country, the Sicilian Catholics had placed great significance upon supernatural messages and prophecies. When Mac...

resulted from the Spartan takeover of Athenian silver mines; therefore, the need for the minting of replacement, silver-plated bro...

of both on the individual. Certainly, Hamlet offers insight to a man who is torn by a number of powerful emotions but who also thi...

a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by ththroat the circumcis?d do And smote him thus" (Act V. ii. 334 - 352)...

may wish to add that Claudius and Gertrude both attempt to find out what is bothering Hamlet, which only serves to make it more pl...

note his passion for such in the following lines when Hamlet responds to the facts presented by the ghost: "Haste me to knowt, tha...

whetted it for a more impressive title. It was a seemingly innocuous meeting with a trio of witches that would sow the seeds of M...

"A Midsummer Nights Dream" are both plays which rely heavily on this sort of humor, though they may be more refined in a sophistic...

it clear that his need for his retinue does not stem from physical need, but rather is a symbolic of his status in life, his autho...

book (Rubinstein 28). He apparently married Anne Hathaway in 1582, and their surviving children, both girls, were illiterate (Rub...

an outsider, a theme which is emphasized in most critical analyses of the play, Othellos identity as the Moor in Venice was "not a...

that he has mercy as well as wisdom. None of this his father sees. King Henry IV tells his son in scene ii, Act III, that familia...

In this way the sinfulness is likened to the darkness, since evil and dark tend to go hand in hand. And the fact that one is a mi...

This ten page paper addresses eight specific quesitons on Shakespeare's play. Two sources....

seek vengeance for the father. Hamlet goes through many different changes because of the realities he has been told, and becaus...

of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...

Greek and read the Roman dramatists" (Anonymous William Shakespeare 47123316). However, in all honesty, "Very little is known abou...

of our known world esteemd him." As we note, Horatio had a great deal of respect for Hamlet, and later illustrated how Hamlet had ...

it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a most sterile promontory; ... Man delights ...

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

of Venice is highly revealing of his character. This characterization is vital to the internal logic of the play because the trag...

rather is a decision that is based on some principle such as self defense or an initial defensive action to prevent an attack. War...

him completely off-guard, Othello is completely unprepared for the "depth and intensity" (Vanita 341) of his love. Just as his pu...

we see the same, though we know differently. Lady Macbeth, Lennox, Ross, the ladies and lords, and the attendants are not really i...

his true intellect becomes completely clouded over and his ability to understand who and what he is becomes an even more distant p...

audience would see this dark scene as entrancing and somewhat frightening. We can envision this when we hear the first witch ask, ...

this framework. The Amish and the Mennonites are the antithesis of Macbeths nihilism, as these Anabaptist congregations reject th...

so heavily reliant on the patriarchal system. She is passive and obedient, indicating that she easily goes along with the society,...

Through his insightful approach, Shakespeare attempts to push forward the strength and spirituality of women. Indeed, he recogniz...

arms off and place them somewhere, nor did she wage a real battle on the high window. Even the terms high window and shadow can be...