... which is unlikely surprising as it comes from someone who initially appears nonchalant and carefree from the start of the play. During his speech, there are several literary devices used in the speech to clearly reflect Gratiano's playful personality. For example rhetorical question ¬and oxymoron is being used as seen in "Why should ... metaphor to help us understand Gratiano's dichotomous character, this is being used in "But fish not with this melancholy bait", expressing his wish for his friend to not go around looking glum. In a way, he is trying hard to cheer his mate up and advis...

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... one. Although Portia is honoring her father's wishes, she is in love with Bassanio and wants him to choose the casket to her heart. Portia reveals the giving, and unworthy part of herself in her speech to Bassanio in Act III Scene II. Portia begins her speech by revealing that she ... ). Portia feels that she is unworthy of his love, although she is an heiress, but she wishes to exceed his expectations of her, "To wish myself much better, yet for you, / I would be trebled twenty times myself, / A thousand times more fair, ten thousand times more rich" (MV 3.2 152-154). Portia portrays he...

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... clouds his judgment about what is right and therefore he murders his beloved wife, Desdemona. Love was a driving force that destroyed Othello and all that he held dear to his heart. This proves to be a perfect play because it incorporates all of the elements of a Shakespearean play so wonderfully. Jealousy is a strong force that can destroy and control ones every move ... focus his idea that Desdemona has betrayed him with Cassio. Othello cannot stand uncertainty and with his rigid military background he does not rest, judging, condemning and executing Desdemona. The significance of the...

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... works of literature start off as characters with good qualities such as loyalty, honesty and strength. These characteristics are transformed by the events in each story to become evil characteristics of greed, dishonesty and murder. In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness the character that changed was named Kurtz. Kurtz started off as a man who wished to travel to Africa in search of an ... adventure. His desire was "humanizing, improving, instructing" those deprived in the Congo. When he reached the Congo and realized the power he can obtain over these people the greed went to his head a...

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... on false information. He can't really see Desdemona's virtue. He lets Iago deface her chastity, and in turn Othello's passion turns his heart to stone. With passion clouding the truth, Othello's fall is completed. He is now a man with a heart of stone, who sees nothing but death for the one is truly true to him. He is one step closer to being considered a tragic hero ... . The tragedy ends tragically, usally with the death of most of the major characters. The death of who is thought to be the tragic hero, usually starts with the death of the soul then the ... death of the human body. We...

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... Katherine calm down and act somewhat like her sister; acting as is she has been tamed. In order for Katherine to receive a comfortable lifestyle, changes need to be made. And that is exactly what Katherine does. On the inside Katherine remains the same. Throughout the play the reader is led to believe Katherine has been tamed by Petruchio when really her change has come from ... within. Her character never had a change of heart, she simply realized, "you can catch more bees with honey than vinegar." She learned ... to soften outwardly to gain the love of Petruchio and in doing so, made...

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... friend, Bardolph. In his mind hanging his friend was evil but in order for his army to respect and honor him he had to follow the law and set the example by hanging Bardolph. In The Prince, chapter seventeen, Machiavelli explained that it is better to be feared than ... believed that Henry V on the other hand was compared to his predecessors of the throne and it was said there never once was there a king better feared than loved than Henry V. When it comes to the end of the line the best king is a king that captures the heart of his people. In ... order to do that a king must be "merci...

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All throughout reading Shakespeare's Othello, I came to realization about the main character himself. By that, I couldn't help but distinguish the type of character Othello was. I consider him as a "tragic" hero for a number of reasons.  It was very evident as to why I make this claim. As he also happens to fit all of the criteria of a tragic hero. All from a list that was compiled ... by the great Aristotle, one that was implemented throughout the course of his works as well. What exactly contributes to Othello ... wife (Desdamona) was having an affair, instead of trusting his heart.  Fir...

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... how Cassius flatters him. Brutus's tragic flaw is also seen in his trust towards Antony after the conspirators kill Julius Caesar. Even though Antony was one of Caesar's closest friends he still allows him to speak at the funeral. This decision shows that Brutus trusts his heart, which is euphemism. Cassius, however, is stoic; he trusts his logic. He does not want Antony ... to speak at the funeral but he has to accept it because Brutus trusts him: "You know not what you ... , Brute? Then fall Caesar" (Julius Caesar III. i)! In his final moments Caesar realizes his tragic flaw that lead...

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... of Venice is not a realistic drama; and its characters simply cannot be judged by realistic moral standards." (Murry, 194) For example when the reader views Jessica, she is seen as a good character who is very charming for what she is portrayed to be. In reality, she is a daughter of a Jew whom she ran away from which could be seen as unfaithful from a realistic ... viewing this play as a fairy tale, Jessica is seen a very charming character. "The Merchant of Venice is not a problem play; it is a fairy story, within the framework of which Shakespeare allowed free working to the thoughts...

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... person who did him wrong. He showed that you can only get so much from revenge. Prospero is portrays as a benevolent, kind, loving and above all forgiving man. He plays the role of the person who the audience is encouraged to feel sorry for. His sad story about how his own brother betrays him so that he may have a place in power really gives ... that led to Prospero being exiled. It blamed Antonio for plotting, and Alonso and Sebastian for going along with it. When it was time for them to meet up with Prospero, he tells them that he could severely punish them with all the powers he had,...

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... play a taste of evil never seen in reality. It is such an inhuman story whereby illogical scenes occur. The rape of Lavinia, Tamora eating her children, killing and burying of the midwife, killing of the clown and other scenes had to be added to the play, for too many characters were introduced, and had to be gotten rid of by killing them. Without turning it ... in order to be the successor to the throne was described in detail in the play. He was able to become king; nevertheless, this play is more human since Shakespeare described King Richard after his deed that he changed and never ...

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... ", the conflicts between Katherine and her father, Baptista, are somewhat different from those of Henry and Hal. However when looked at more closely several similarities. Her father wanted desperately for Katherine to find a suitor and to marry him, if for no other reason than for his youngest daughter, Bianca, to finally be able to get married. However no matter who tried to win her heart ... she was the same shrewish girl with a hard heart. She is foul-tempered and sharp-tounged at the start of the play and constantly insults and degrades ... the men around her. However much of this ....

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... changes. Iago uses language that is based on deception, eagerness to create a downfall. Othello's language is more from the heart, containing rage and fury presented to us using much animalistic and quite violent imagery. Iago's language seems to contain imagery of food also. For example, "I see sir you are eaten up with passion."" His language and imagery about Desdemona and Cassio is rather ... pride, and fools as gross as ignorance made drunk."" Another reference refers to Desdemona being Topped', which in Venetian times would have been very strong slang for having sex. The passage i...

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... 4, King Lear is caught up in a "contentious storm". The storm is a metaphor for King Lear's life, along with his madness. "But where the greater malady is fix'd, The lesser is scarce felt. Thou'ldst shun a bear. But if thy flight lay towards the raging sea, Thou'ldst meet the bear i' the mouth. When the mind's free." (3.4.9-11). King Lear is choosing what to fight ... to love Regan and Gonerill over Cordelia. "Save what beats there. Filial ingratitude!" Shakespeare uses the word "beat" to represent King Lear's broken heart and calls his children ungrateful. "Is it not as this mouth shou...

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... I feel I, that feel no love in this, (Act I, i, 167-173) In this quote Romeo is speaking of his love for Rosaline, he is saying that he loves her, and his love is not being reciprocated. In the preceding quote the oxymorons become stronger as the dialogue continues. They become stronger to express Romeo's emotions becoming stronger to show his infatuation with Rosaline, and to ... it prest/ with more of thine./ This love that thou hast shown./ Doth add more grief to too much of mine own- (Act I, i, 176-180). Romeo feels that his love for Rosaline is a sin, he is frustrated that his love...

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... a fine leader. In contrast, Macbeth is like Satan partaking in the systematic planning of assassinations. In Act 2 the drunken Porter's role is the gatekeeper of Hell. One of the characters the Porter admits to hell is "an English tailor come hither, for stealing out of a French hose." Again, the reoccurrence of Macbeth stealing the rightful throne of Duncan is dominant. Macbeth continually fights with his ... As well as arousing the emotions of an audience, imagery works well in characterizing a person. Macbeth's uncontrolled ambition leads him to take every chance possible to fulfill ...

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... which she hears this. All she replys is "I shall obey, my lord" (Act I, Sc. 3, 136). This was the only socially acceptable way, as a woman with standards, (in the day and age of the setting) to have responded to the situation. Which begs the questions: Did ophelia obey and worship her father because she felt socially obligated to? Or was it completely up to ... to obey Hamlet, herself or her father. In the beginning of the play there is no doubt that Ophelia is in love with Prince Hamlet. Her father constantly tries to convince her that Hamlet would use her, take her virginity, and tha...

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... as Lear reconcile with Cordelier and Gloucester with Edgar. The blindness is the main factor that leads to the tragedy in the play because of the blindness itself that is a root for all the false decisions. Firstly, Lear's blindness is the main issue of all the disaster in the play because he is the blindest among all the characters. Due to his pride as a great king, he is not listening to anyone ... to turn. Come on, my boy. How dost, my boy? Art cold?"(3.2.65-66). He even sorry for what he did to the Fool "I have one part in my heart. That's sorry yet for thee" (3.2.70–71). This is ...

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... I other accents borrow That can my speach defuse, my good intent/ May carry through itself to that full issue..." (1.4.1-3). A "progress narrative" underlies the interpretation of other characters' motives for disguising themselves in the Shakespearean corpus. In As You Like It Rosalind and Celia, like Kent in King Lear, are liable to banishment by their patron, Duke Frederick. Like Edgar ... betray the poor heart to woman" (3.4.96-7). The same sense of rebellion is seen in Celia, in As You Like It. As as aristocratic woman, she appears in the play in "poor and mean attire" (1.3.109). Cl...

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... ;in love" with a women called Rosaline, and in one night he is with Juliet. Juliet is the only daughter of his enemy, The Capulets and in a party in their house Romeo knows her, falling in love immediately. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night. (Shakespeare.1.5) Romeo is very depressed because Rosaline doesn ... 't love him back, but in a party in the house of the Capulets he meets Juliet, and immediately he falls in love with her, showing that he ... to his offer, "... My child is yet a stranger in the world, she hath not seen the c...

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... side when she says, "I have suffered with those that I saw suffer" "(Act 1, Scene 1). An interesting aspect of Prospero's character is how he reacts to the other characters around him. Prospero has different methods of controlling different people for example when Miranda persist about knowing details of her past, "Here cease more questions: Thou art inclined to sleep "(Act 1, Scene 2, Line. This shows ... towards Miranda. As a master, Prospero has to control and discipline his daughter however as a father, he has to love and support her. For example when Miranda asks about the storm Pr...

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... is intelligent. She is aware that true feelings can never be expressed by mere words. Saying " Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave my heart into my mouth: I love your Majesty according to my bond; no more nor less-, she fails the test. Being honest, she is considered a former daughter by her father. Burgundy refuses to marry her claiming that losing a father has lost ... who are around him, but it also causes the misery for itself. The awful end Goneril and Regan met, consulates the reader because the two persons who shock them throughout the play by their wickedness and their hard-hearte...

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... is able to recognize a perfect match. For example, Claudio, a young lord of Florence, is a valiant soldier as is shown in the first scene of the play with the comments made by the Messenger: "[Claudio] hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of a lion" (Shakespeare 1.1.11-12). He is, from the very beginning of the play, hopelessly in love with Hero ... is a model of speechless modesty. She has very little to say or do in the play except live up to the expectations of the courtly lover. For example, rather than violently or angrily object...

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... this very simply, and her depiction is as follows: ...we find the two clashing near the town of Elgin, deep in the heart of northern Moray. ... Perhaps this was a routine "royal circuit" which the high king made through his provinces, and Macbeth took advantage of the opportunity to attack Duncan in his own territory. Whatever the circumstances, Duncan went up against Macbeth and lost. (Wells, 2) Succession through ... historians, hearing tales passed down through families, or by discovering other sources of information that have since been lost, Holinshed pieced together a framework th...

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