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- 671: Falstaff And King Lear
- Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed description of the consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man is Lear, King of England, who's decisions greatly alter his ... do this to Lear then what difficult corner lies ahead that may cause similar alterations in one's life. There has been many different views on the plays of William Shakespeare and definitions of what kind of play they were. The two most popular would be the comedy and the tragedy. King Lear to some people may be a comedy because ... us to laugh at these and many such things? Here we have them poured out in endless profusion and with that air of careless ease which is so fascination in Shakespeare. But while they are quite essential to the character, there is much more than just fun in him. These things by themselves do not explain why, besides laughing at ...
- 672: Women In Hamlet
- ... of May, oh flower too soon faded! Her love, her madness, her death, are described with the truest touches of tenderness and pathos. It is a character which nobody but Shakespeare could have drawn in the way that he has done, and to the conception of which there is not even the smallest approach, except in some of the old romantic ... longest lines near the end of Act 4, Gertrude shows how eloquence in lines which seems to sum up both hers and Ophelia s lives. There is the possibility that Shakespeare believed women are able to empathize with one another as members of the same sex, hence penning this section in. Primarily, while the Queen is describing her version of Ophelia ... their personal conspiracies, the women have no chance of survival, especially since their role in society is that of a puppet. The Queen and Ophelia are both only props to Shakespeare s chauvinistic world of Hamlet. However, Ophelia can be seen as the true victim in this play. She died because she loved and was too pure and innocent to ...
- 673: Was Prince Hamlet Wacko
- Was Prince Hamlet Wacko? In Shakespeare's "Hamlet", the main character offers a puzzling and ambiguous persona. Throughout the play, Hamlet often contradicts himself. He seems to balance the virtues of "playing a role", with being ... 1080, line 561). Before the play is performed, Hamlet has an intercourse with Ophelia, and offers some prophetic statements, "To be, or not to be...". Clearly, in this most famous Shakespeare soliloquy, Hamlet displays thoughts of self that questions the worth of living. Moreover, Hamlet recognizes the importance of his affections towards Ophelia, and in regards to Ophelia's beauty, Hamlet ... delve into insanity, which resulted in her death. Claudius was unable to successfully conceal his guilt, thus Hamlet had the proof he needed to confront him. Yet, the irony of Shakespeare's tragedy lies within the main character. If Hamlet had acted as the ghost of his father had initially ordained, no one except Claudius would have perished. Therefore, Hamlet ...
- 674: Othello 9
- ... may not breathe my censure. What he might be (if, what he might, he is not) I would to heaven he were" (IV, i, lines 270-2). Another place where Shakespeare shows Othello taking control over a situation is when Cassio and Montano are fighting after Roderigo antagonized him. These words Othello said are important now, but they will be more ... himself. He then says: "I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss" (V, ii, line 359-60). Throughout the play Shakespeare is trying to convey the message that people are not always what they seem to be. In trying to establish his message, Shakespeare s contradicts Othello s character on numerous occasions. While Othello had an outward appearance of darkness he was light or good in reality. Carrying innocence to the point of ...
- 675: Shakespeares Comedy Vs Tragedy
- Certain parallels can be drawn between William Shakespeare's plays, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and "Romeo and Juliet". These parallels concern themes and prototypical Shakespearian character types. Both plays have a distinct pair of ‘lovers', Hermia and ... that leads to his/her downfall. A comedic play has at least one humorous character, and a successful or happy ending. Comparing these two plays is useful to find how Shakespeare uses similar character types in a variety of plays, and the versatility of the themes which he uses. In "Romeo and Juliet", Juliet is young, "not yet fourteen", and she ... families, both plays have it all. With a few simple modifications, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" could have been a tragedy, and "Romeo and Juliet" could have been a comedy. Shakespeare however, uses many of the same character types, young, prudent, rebellous lovers, and controling family members, in both comedies and tragedies. The end results are character molds, along with ...
- 676: Hamlet and Gertrude: Love or Hate
- ... died leaving your mother and yourself. This situation would be enough to bring great depression to even the strongest of souls but for Hamlet, the fictional prince of Denmark in Shakespeare's play of the same name, this is not his imagination but cruel reality. Not only has his father passed but, as if to mock the very memory of the ... so bolstered that he rushes to accuse his mother of the murder. Whether or not the queen had any prior knowledge of the murder is never made entirely clear by Shakespeare but he does make clear what it is that Hamlet believes. Now sure that his mission is just, he becomes violent in his accusations to the point that he kills ... all knowledge of her husband's crime and is in fact a victim of circumstance. Based upon the literal interpretations this would seem to be the most plausible. Which interpretation Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote Hamlet we will probably never know, but it is the open ended questions in his works that make them great. Whether or not ...
- 677: The Merchant of Venice: Hath not a Jew Mercy?
- The Merchant of Venice: Hath not a Jew Mercy? Author: Kevin Jacoby Many of William Shakespeare's plays have sparked controversy. Probably the one that has sparked the most controversy is The Merchant of Venice, which many intellectuals have dubbed an anti-Semitic play. The character ... discussion centers around is Shylock, the rich moneylender Jew. The problem with most of these anti-Semitic arguments is that they lack the perspective of the sixteenth century audience. Throughout Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (M of V), the audience's perception of Shylock moves between utter hatred and varying amounts of pity. In contrast to today's audience, the ... joke, but which Shylock fully intends to collect. (I. iii. 144-78) This action negates any pity which Shylock would have one from the audience just a few moments before. Shakespeare, in this scene, uses Shylock's dialogue and soliloquies to push loyalties of the audience back and forth in a result of a negative view of Shylock. In Act ...
- 678: Analysis of Witches in Macbeth
- Analysis of Witches in Macbeth In the play Macbeth by Shakespeare the three female witches play an important part in the development of the story. This essay will analyze the dramatic function of the witches in Act I of Macbeth. I think that the reason that Shakespeare begins the play with the witches is to gives us the impression that everything starts with the witches, that is they are the catalysts for everything that happens in the ... to the play Macbeth, and without them the plot of the play might be totally different, Macbeth might not kill Duncan and so on. But we will never now because Shakespeare did not make two versions of his classic play.
- 679: Hamlet Scene By Scene
- Some time has passed. From Ophelia's remarks in III.ii. (which happens the day after II.i), we learn that Old Hamlet has now been dead for four months. Shakespeare telescopes time. We learn (in this scene) that Ophelia has (on Polonius's orders) refused to accept love letters from Hamlet and told him not to come near her. We ... watching) enter. Hamlet realizes right away that they have been sent for. They share a dirty joke about "Lady Luck's private parts" which would have been very funny to Shakespeare's contemporaries, and Hamlet calls Denmark a prison. When they disagree ("Humor a madman"), Hamlet says "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. To me ...
- 680: An Inquiry Into Ophelias Madne
- The character Ophelia in William Shakespeare s play Hamlet plays a very interesting and important role in the elaboration of the plot. In the beginning, she starts off in a healthy state of mind, in love ... more than she can bare, and she ends up going completely insane. Ophelia s madness and the events that lead her to it are key parts in the plot in Shakespeare s play, Hamlet.
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