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and imprison-ment in the stocks. But there is something that excites in us a stronger feeling than all this-it is Violas confessio...

the play, and enable him to comment on the actions and feelings of his fellow characters with some distance. He is not fully inte...

all of his lessons come into play and culminate to create a powerful epiphany. We note some of this in the following excerpt: "Spi...

pining away because of his unrequited love for Olivia, who also has a potential suitor in Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Olivia wants no m...

also survived the wreck to conceal her true nature. Conceal me what I am, and be my aid for such disguise as haply shall become T...

homoerotic desire" (114). Olivia and Maria embody this type of alliance. Maria is serving Olivia, literally and figuratively spe...

of them all, the Sumerian Gilgamesh. Its not that Blake copied anyone, but his poem tends to evoke some of the same feelings in a ...

honorable combat and murders Ither by throwing a javelin into Ithers eye (Ash). A true knight would never have indulged in such a ...

The multiple plot resolutions featured in the final act of Shakespeare's play are the focus of this five page paper and includes t...

In five pages the epic's final chapter is analyzed with the banquet scene and its significance thoroughly considered....

In five pages this essay discusses how Odysseus qualifies as an 'epic hero' because of the suffering and hardship he endured throu...

paganism was not about to go quietly, even though the poet describes the protagonist as a gift that, "God, in His mercy, has sent....

This essay pertains to the "Tale of the Heike," which is a warrior tale from medieval Japanese literature. This narrative recounts...

In five pages this analysis of A Midsummer Night's Dream focuses upon the supernatural and how it is represented in plot, settings...

is primarily tied to their being a Slavic people. The author indicates that the Slavs settled "beside the Danube, where the Hungar...

an end to Tobys activities. Even Maria has warned Toby that the Lady Olivia is growing impatient with him: "Your cousin, my lady, ...

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...

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

earnings from his art were meager ("Seven Dutch Masters: Jan Steen"). In the popular imagination, Steen is associated with the i...

this suggests, comedy provides numerous benefits. When the famous Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean lay on his deathbed, it is reput...

Ill follow thee and make a heaven of hell,/ to die upon the hand I love so well" (Shakespeare, Act 2, Scene 1, lines 241-244). W...

indicates that "The theme of loves difficulty is often explored through the motif of love out of balance-that is, romantic situati...

the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...

In this we are set up with a very quiet and harmless love that is only waiting for consummation. It is a pleasant little scene tha...

one author, his "role in this Illyrian comedy is significant because Illyria is a country permeated with the spirit of the Feast o...

go to her, but only if she will profess love for her father to eclipse the love of any other man. Only if she promises not to mar...

This paper examines how women were depicted by William Shakespeare in his comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream in eleven pages with th...

In four pages this paper discusses how A Midsummer Night's Dream reflects the life of William Shakespeare. Five sources are cited...

In five pages this paper discusses the significance of the moon symbolism in this analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsu...

In five pages this report examines the plays Love's Labor's Lost and A Midsummer Night's Dream in terms of William Shakespeare's d...