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as it seems. Is Hamlets revenge motivated by a desire to avenge his fathers murder or is it sparked by the betrayal he feels over...

They have made themselves, and that their fitness now / Does unmake you. I have given suck and know / How tender tis to love the ...

has come forth with a version that wholly eclipses the standard. What can easily be argued is the fact that Branaghs film version...

the characters and how they all go about trying to define the night and day while engaged in various activities. In the...

say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...

of fate. In the process, our sympathy is aroused" (The tragic hero). Within this definition, tragedy also is included in that it ...

will be. And, as a ruler he has obligations. Ophelia is likely not ignorant of such conditions considering she has grown up in a h...

powers of destiny, great ministers of fate. They had determined the past; they not only foresaw the future, but decreed it" (Cours...

indicates, Lady Macbeth provides the necessary motivation for the initial murder. She tells Macbeth that if she had sworn an oath ...

his speech has often included long pauses with "ummm" or "well" or some other phrases to fill the void, the actual speech between ...

now he is praying; And now Ill dot. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged" (Hamlet III iii). He stops, however, and truly...

supposedly goes insane and they think that he has no power, no part in all else that takes place within the kingdom. Hamlet has pu...

with what is purported to be the ghost of his father. It is this ghostly confrontation that also serves as the plays trigger scen...

all thoughts of Rosaline in favor of his new love, Juliet. This rashness is further exemplified in the famous balcony scene, which...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

often "little more than a litany of abuse echoing and amplifying the indictments men level against her" (Corum 183). She is accus...

is perhaps the worst mistake he could have made. He was not a man of murder, or a man who lusted after power. But, his wife was bo...

relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...

A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would see...

poisoned herself at the end is of little consequence to Claudius. But of notable significance is the continued interaction b...

Taking the skull, for example: it is obvious that the term skull refers to a particular object, or a group of objects, which have ...

In five pages this paper examines how innocence is corrupted in a literary comparison and contrast of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bo...

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

battle, but this passive character allows others to control his fate. One cannot deny that Macbeth expresses a unique fascinatio...

the scenes involving the witches are accompanied by loud claps of thunder. Staging Macbeth outdoors gave Shakespeare natural soun...

remind the audience that because of his noble status, he must avenge his fathers murder not only for himself but also for the Dani...

a man who is perhaps willing to sit back and let prophecy go its own course, without intervention from him. This is evidenced when...

him become worried at this change of character and personality. Everyone offers their opinion, but the Queen decides that she will...

be able to control the otherwise innocent Macbeths actions, or if he is entirely responsible for his own demise" (Riedel Witches.h...

prior to and following the death of Elizabeth I (Kelly and Kelly 677). Through certain key scenes in Hamlet, Greenblatt contends ...