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the social acceptance that has been denied him because of his skin color. When Othello selects the relatively inexperienced Micha...

This paper examines how scapegoats propel the comedy of William Shakespeare's play in the characterizations of Don John, Claudio, ...

The depiction of jealousy in William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is the focus of this thematic analysis consisting of 5 pages. ...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

strong man to dominate his wife. There were few constraints placed upon male behavior whereas for women it was quite the opposite...

meant he was not "someone to take seriously" as a threat to his power (Derrick 14; McMurtry 41). Others seriously underestimate A...

her innocence and lack of understanding in her words as she dies, words that do not even point to Othellos guilt as Emilia asks he...

heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...

his lovers eyes he is saying, "When I look in your eyes/ There I see/ What all that a love should really be" (Vandross 24-26). He ...

the birth of twins Judith and Hamnet, who died during infancy. Shakespeare enjoyed a very close relationship with Susanna, althou...

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

myth. It is a play that demonstrates a profound intelligence on the part of the author, and a play that illustrates how the autho...

that Hermia wants to marry Lysander but that he has forbidden it and told her she must marry Demetrius (Shakespeare). Theseus unde...

blood. The Fool ironically exhibits more sense than Lear, and reprimands his master for what can only be described as a foolhardy...

But outwardly, he projects himself as a man of total self-assurance (Macaulay 259). He states almost majestically, "My parts, my ...

is so black that it seems like death itself. The inference we have to make here is that he is dying, or at least is old enough to ...

It also sets the stage for the viewer/reader to know the foundations of history concerning the families when Romeo and Juliet firs...

In five pages this report considers how famous literary works such as Shakepeare's plays must be deconstructed in order to be cine...

father, as he speculates that the specter could have been a devil that assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into s...

In five pages this paper examines Shakespeare's tragic protagonist in terms of the resentment he felt towards his father and how t...

theater itself, and his own background upon the stage. Hamlet plays the clown with the other actors who arrive to perform ...

in The Merchant of Venice proves to be quite willful, openly defiant of her Orthodox Jewish father Shylock in her elopement with t...

In five pages this paper compares Sophocles' Oedipus Rex with the plays by William Shakespeare in terms of their similarities and ...