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- 751: Othello
- One of the most interesting and exotic characters in the tragic play "Othello," by William Shakespeare, is "Honest" Iago. At first glance, Iago seems to be the essence of "motiveless malignity." However, despite Iago's unquestionable malignancy, the motivation behind his actions lie more in Iago ... over him, Iago takes it upon himself to ensure Othello's demise. Iago is an extremely complex character, and far from ordinary. His complexity and uniqueness, make him one of Shakespeare's greatest villains and this play's finest character.
- 752: Sonnet 130 Vs. The Passionate
- Compare And Contrast Essay In William Shakespeare s Sonnet 130 and Christopher Marlowe s The Passionate Shepherd To His Love, the themes of unconditional love, opulent treasures, and vivid imagery are all conveyed throughout the poems but ... his love to come live with me (him) by showing her that he will give her all these opulent treasures if she would just fulfill his one wish. However, in Shakespeare s poem, the poet expresses the same kind of love but instead uses characteristics and physical attributes of his love rather than tangible materialistic things like the poet in Marlowe ...
- 753: Ham Vs. Laertes
- A foil is a means by which an author or playwright reveals one character in contrast with another character. In ‘Hamlet’, a play by William Shakespeare, the use of a foil is evident among the characters Hamlet and Laertes. Although adversaries, Laertes and Hamlet share several characteristics which make them similar, enabling the audience to learn ... a high admiration for their fathers and are willing to even kill the king to enact revenge. Using characters as foils is not a technique that is used only by Shakespeare or other famous authors and playwrights, it is evident in everyday life. There are examples of foils in people’s everyday lives, being in their family, among relatives or even ...
- 754: Hamlet: Hamlet's Decisions and Actions
- ... describe a person when they don’t know the difference between right and wrong. They don’t consider the nature of their actions due to the mental defect. In William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” Shakespeare leads you to believe that the main character, Hamlet, might be insane. There are many clues to suggest Hamlet is insane but in fact he is completely sane. Throughout the ...
- 755: Feminism in Jane Eyre
- ... Jay Sheldon Feminism has been a prominent and controversial topic in writings for the past two centuries. With novels such as Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, or even William Shakespeare's Macbeth the fascination over this subject by authors is evident. In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre the main character, Jane Eyre, explores the depth at which women may act ... own free will. This is vividly a female's attempt to break free of the mold that society has attempted to set her in. This is very comparable to William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice in which a man of Jewish descent, Shylock, is trying to show to others how he is no different from them. He asks them whether ...
- 756: Brave New World
- ... birth to a son, John, who grew up among the indians. John taught himself to read and the only learning he had was what he had picked up from reading Shakespeare. Bernard guesses that John was thus the unlawful son of his boss, the director of the Hatcheries, who once had been to New Mexico, a long time ago, and returned ... exactly come to meet Bernard, who they still consider a strange 'mistake'. The ideas John had about civilization are shattered by the lack of culture and humanity, all of which Shakespeare had taught him the value. His love for Lenina mostly disappeares when she rudely just offered herself to him, he wanted her for himself, and he wanted to conquer her ...
- 757: Henrik Ibsen A Biography
- ... child, Sigurd Ibsen. This was a marriage that was often as misunderstood as the marriages of Ibsen's dramas. At the age of thirty, Ibsen saw his first performances of Shakespeare in Copenhagen and Dresden. Shakespeare's work convinced Ibsen that serious drama must strive toward a psychological truth and form its basis on the characters and conflicts of mankind. Ibsen and his friend Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ...
- 758: Macbeth - Tragedy
- ... tragedy should arouse feelings of pity and fear in the audience. Does Macbeth do this? Tragedy has most definitely influenced the viewer’s thoughts on Macbeth within this play. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the audience sees a gradual breakdown in the character of Macbeth himself, due to the tragic events that unfold during the play. This has a direct effect on ... never got to taste what real "ruling" was like. He was full of so much guilt that the audience could not help but also feel remorseful and piteous of him. Shakespeare has finely crafted Macbeth as a character that the audience feels pity for and fearf of. Macbeth brought so much tragedy, but yet inside his evil heart, we saw room ...
- 759: Macbeth - Tragedy
- William Shakespeare is the noted author of a vast array of plays, ranging from comedies to histories to tragedies. Perhaps one of his most famous in the tragedy genre is Macbeth. Though Shakespeare can be considered as a scholar in the sense that he was both a renowned and prolific playwright, look back a few hundred years to find Aristotle, one of the ...
- 760: Macbeth - Supernatural Forces Cause The Fall Of Man In Macbe
- In Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" supernatural forces create a suspenseful atmosphere. The use of the supernatural in the witches, the visions, the ghost and the apparitions provides the backbone of the climax and ... the knife influenced him to go through with killing Duncan. Macbeth followed the bloody dagger to Duncan’s room and even thought twice about murdering the king. Manyard also states "Shakespeare emphasizes the visibility of the dagger, partly, I suppose, because it is an instrument of powers that will repeatedly - with blood, daggers, ghosts, and every insidious form of apparition- work ...
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