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of the couple. As Shakespeare juxtaposes their feelings of love, we find that they have not even met. Ferdinand is awakened by the...
term in their prophetic greeting of Macbeth. The first witch hails Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis," the second as "Thane of Cawdor an...
violence unless he is propelled by the heat of passion. From the beginning of the play, Hamlet has doubts concerning the morali...
is symbolic of life. Man hopefully lives a long, full life full of many experiences that culminate to form the "autumn" of the in...
onto that of an innocent man. This cleverly conceived plot is Iagos manner of psychologically fooling the one he is also deceivin...
to do so throughout the play as he plots his revenge. "The spirit that I have seen May be the devil; and the devil hath power To...
largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...
box office. Welles was a product of his time and though he had tremendous creativity when it came to camera angles and budgets,...
most famous lovers. The "merry war" referred to in the title is that which is waged by this pair; as Leonato says, "There is a kin...
regarded as the "polite" or "formal" form of the second person (Garvey 12). The familiar use of "thou" is best illustrated throu...
thinks she is ignorant because she is unsure and innocent. He feels that she is an idiot to even begin to believe the words or aff...
central conflict involves Claudio, who had been living out of wedlock with his lover, Juliet, prior to her marriage and she subseq...
the best Shakespeare company in the world so perhaps the director might want to consider a minimalist production. The focus of th...
fall upon my life" (Shakespeare I iii). In this he is leaving it all up to his wife and her father, nobly demonstrating that he do...
Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...
that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...
finally restored by God to his previous state of good fortune when he realizes that, as a human being, he is insignificant next to...
brought his version of the play forward 500 years into the 1930s. Both McKellen and director Richard Loncraine felt that Richard ...
Macbeth says only "We will speak further" (I, v, 71). The next time we see Macbeth he has a long soliloquy in which he enumerates...
lines of the opening curtain, Roderigo says "Thou toldst me thou didst hold him in thy hate" (I, i, 7), to which Iago replies, "De...
When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...
story of Agamemnon we are presented with a man who sacrifices his daughter, at the request or command, of the gods, in order that ...
surely not do anything to hurry it along, stating, "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir" (Shaks...
Oberon and make him smile/ When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile,/ Neighing in likeness of a filly foal:/ And sometime lurk I in...
your tongue: look like the innocent flower,/ But be the serpent undert" (Shakespeare I v). This is a very powerful example of how ...
a sort of revenge, is quite humorous as the two individuals are seemingly confused and wary. There is humor in the fact that Calib...
Western literature, but of the world (Brustein 27). According to Bloom, Shakespeare valued personality above all other elements in...
where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...
supernatural. Even before the humans enter the forest, and Oberon and Titania become involved in playing tricks on the humans thro...
equal pound / Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken / In what part of your body pleaseth me" (I, iii, 148-150). Antonio agre...