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Essays 601 - 630
and "too full of... kindness" (I.ii.77, I.v.18). Once Macbeth steps outside the bonds of the social order by killing Duncan, howev...
how his takeover of the island oppressed the liberties of the natives. Prosperos character (whose name is Italian for "to prosper...
first case, the uniform will become old and tattered; if its the second meaning, then Shakespeare is commenting on the fact that a...
of Cassio. Cassio was given the position, by Othello, that Iago wanted and so Iago employs the usefulness of Cassio, pretending to...
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 ...
sensibilities: "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else oerleap, / For in my way it lies. S...
and now Prospero sees the opportunity to obtain justice. He charms Miranda into a deep sleep and summons the sprite Ariel, who is ...
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...
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 ...
"too short" (Shakespeare I i). She tells him "I am alone felicitate/ In your dear highness love" (Shakespeare I i). In this we see...
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...
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...
surely not do anything to hurry it along, stating, "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir" (Shaks...
a sort of revenge, is quite humorous as the two individuals are seemingly confused and wary. There is humor in the fact that Calib...
be condemned if he were killed at prayer. This speaks not only to the strength of religious belief at the time, but to the depth o...
from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...
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...
surprising that there is evidence in a number of Shakespeares plays that a female characters who is "self-aware" and "skillful" is...
flies. Though that his joy be joy, / Yet throw such changes of vexation ont / As it may lose some color" (I.i.69-75). When Senato...
not he possesses the courage to commit murder. His fear and susceptibility to depression often paralyze his movements to a point ...
realistic representations of his daughters love for him. Eldest daughter Goneril begins this love fest, pledging, "Sir, I love y...
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...
to why Iago hates Othello to such a degree. Presumably, Iago is angry over being passed over for promotion in favor of Cassio. The...
Verona, Italy, where a feud has broken out between the families of the Montegues and the Capulets. The servants of both houses ope...
Athens and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Although the setting is Athens, Shakespeare originally staged the production at the Globe ...
feels that he is protecting Ophelia by feigning insanity, or by being insane, he finds that he has merely turned her away. His you...
Two beings created for each other feel mutual love at the first glance; every consideration disappears before the irresistible imp...