... , with the seemingly "do-gooder" Hamlet being the instigator of many of these crimes. Polonius is mistaken by Hamlet to be Claudius, and Hamlet instantly kills him without thought. When he sees his mistake, eh shows little remorse for having killed a relatively innocent man: "Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell!" (3.4.32). This same act of evil is again committed by the ... Prince, as it is discovered he forged a letter from the King condemning Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to death: "And our affairs from England come too late.../ To tell him his commandment is fulfilled,/ That ...

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... Theatre. It's sign showed Atlas supporting the world. Shakespeare was associated with the Globe Theatre for the rest of his active life. He owned shares in it, which brought him much money. Meanwhile, in 1597, Shakespeare had bought New Place, the largest house in Stratford. During the ... good actor. His favorite roles seem to have been old Adam in 'As You Like It' and the Ghost in 'Hamlet'. In 1607, when he was 43, he may have suffered a serious physical breakdown. In the same year his older daughter Susanna married John Hall, a doctor. The next year Shakespeare's first ... , Marlowe, J...

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... the correct box. When it comes time for Bassanio to have his crack at the casket riddle Portia wants to make sure he doesn't mess it up. She has her private musician play a little tune before he chooses; and in the song the singer drops hints at which box for him to choose. (see the song 3/2/62 ... ) The first major hint is in the songs' lyrics, multiple words rhyme with lead, "bred, head, fed" the lead casket being ... a price. In the climax scene of the play we see both conflicts merge together in the courtroom where Antonio has failed to get Shylock back the money he has lent him. It...

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... the family throne. King Henry's disappointment will soon change as Hal reveals his true self. Hal unmasks his character to the reader in Act I Scene 2, when he performs a very important soliloquy: I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyoked humour of your idleness. Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who ... in the future: "And like bright metal on a sullen ground,/ My reformation, glitt"ring o"er my fault,/ Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes" (1.3.190-192). Hal may look like he is a disgrace to his father, but when Hal transforms he will shine brighter than Hotspur. Par...

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... respect for Silvia, rather than falling into a jealous rage and causing cat-fight troubles to ensue. Julia faithfully delivers Proteus' message and her own ring to Silvia; during this interaction, Silvia and Julia have a heartfelt exchange about the state of Proteus' lady in love "back in Verona."" Silvia ... refuses to accept either the letter or the ring and exits. The next scene was my absolute favorite. Julia speaks about how she had given her ring to Proteus before he departed for Milan in order to remind him of her good love. The actress ... As this last scene unfolded, the two se...

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... two very bizarre circumstances. A young heiress in Belmont, Portia has her future husband chosen by her dead father, this is because in her fathers" will he had written that her husband has to be chosen by an adapted version of Russian Roulette. A while afterwards events occur when a Jewish money lender called ... Shylock to get a forfeit that he should rightfully claim off of a merchant Antonio when the money lent has not been given back. We soon find out that Bassanio becomes a link in ... ? Move these eyes? Consequently Portia and Bassanio marry at once and Portia gives Bassanio a rin...

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... change the loved one. The second quatrain states: O no, it is an ever fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand"ring bark, Whose worth's unknown although his height be taken. This quatrain tells what love is. The firs line calls it an "ever-fixed mark" unchanging. The second line says love ... is not shaken by temptation. The third line is a metaphor calling it, "a star to every wand"ring bark." This line compares love to the North Star for a ship (bark). The forth line of the quatrain says love is not bounded by worth, but it can be felt ... ...

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... own ways, Lear, Othello, and Posthumus have caused their downfalls and pay dearly for them (except for Posthumus that dog!). Lear started his trouble, when he came in like a big jackass and made everyone declare their love for him. "Which of you shall we say doth love us most, that we our ... was making all the moves in the beginning, but if he hadn't have made a bet with Jachimo, Imogen never would have faced those odd situations. "I will wage against your gold, gold to it. My ring I hold dear as my finger, "tis part of it" (I.4.132&133). He wants Imogen dead after believing Jachimo's t...

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... really matters, because Hamlet's ultimate downfall is at the hand of Laertes, a man whose situation mirrors his own. It almost is like Hamlet committed suicide, because he and Laertes were in such remarkably similar frames of mind. Both had fathers that were murdered, and both were seeking revenge against their father's murderer. Both were young ... kingdom, as Hamlet's dying wish was to let Fortinbras be king. Why? Why let Fortinbras, a man who, again, mirrors Hamlet so brilliantly, take a throne he was on his way to usurp? Perhaps it is because Hamlet realized for himself that his stru...

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... wonders if her perception of him was correct. To show these emotions, Shakespeare uses oxymorons as Juliet storms: O serpent heart, hid with a flow"ring face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical! Dove-feathered raven wolfish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of divinest show ... . (3.2.79-5) All of these oxymorons capture the inner conflict in Juliet heart. The oxymoron's she begins with is "O serpent heart, hid with a flow"ring face!" (3.2.79). Juliet has become unsure that she knows Romeo. At the beginning she sees a beautiful face with a matching atti...

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... in the character's language. The hero in a play can never make an impact without the villain. This role in Othello is assumed by Iago. He commences as the ensign of Othello and later becomes his new lieutenant. Iago's deceptiveness, jealousy, and adaptability make him formidable and give him the ability ... the mark!-his Moorship's ensign. (1.1.19-32) Iago strongly believes that he's been wronged, because Othello made Cassio his lieutenant. He also claims that Cassio doesn't have the same the same experience as him, and makes it seem unfortunate that he got to be Othello's ensign. As th...

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... Encountering the blind Gloucester in act 4, scene 6, Lear dwells obsessively on the animal side of man and above all woman: "Behold yond simp'ring dame, Whose face between her forks presages snow; That minces virtue, and does shake the head To hear of pleasure's name " The ... an error into Lear's reflections in this scene: "Let copulation thrive; for Gloucester's bastard son Was kinder to his father than my daughters Got 'tween the lawful sheets" (4.6.114-16). These lines should give us pause; Lear's preference for the natural over the conventional child is clearly ... 1 In his Shakespe...

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... machiavel the stepping stones necessary to establish his quest for power. Furthermore, through the ruin of a character, the Machiavellian can learn more of what he can use to "procreate- himself further. Edmund's use of degeneration prevails throughout Shakespeare's tragedy. Only after Lear sparks the fire of his ultimate ... the degeneration of his father, as a Machiavellian would in his quest for power and victory, for him to achieve the land and title of Earl he requires. Edmund further creates himself a higher possible position of power and a more intense machiavel through the degener...

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... machiavel the stepping stones necessary to establish his quest for power. Furthermore, through the ruin of a character, the Machiavellian can learn more of what he can use to "procreate- himself further. Edmund's use of degeneration prevails throughout Shakespeare's tragedy. Only after Lear sparks the fire of his ultimate ... the degeneration of his father, as a Machiavellian would in his quest for power and victory, for him to achieve the land and title of Earl he requires. Edmund further creates himself a higher possible position of power and a more intense machiavel through the degener...

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... pass her by, happy to see these particular suitors go, but sad that she has no choice in the matter. Portia fears each time a suitor begins to choose a casket the he will choose the correct 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 ... gentle spirit, /Commits itself to yours to de directed, /As from her lord, her governor, her king" (MV 3.2 164-165). Portia also goes on to tell Bassanio that with the ring she is giving him, everything that was hers is now his. This entire speech is a...

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... reader will feel when Banquo is murdered. This becomes glaringly obvious when the First Murderer jumps out and replies, "Let it come down." (III.iii.19) just before he attacks Banquo. In conclusion pathetic fallacy compliments the action by adding emotion and foreshadowing what is to come. Second, plants are used in such a way that assists readers in understanding ... suggests the witches are up to no good. Another example is when the soldiers cut down trees and carry them into battle. The messenger presents this news to Macbeth and he retells the prophecy, " 'Fear not, till Birnam...

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... Behind", it was a reference to the young warriors that died in the battle in Homer's Iliad. Moritz was a warrior of the educational system but he died due to his failure. The third important writer mentioned in Spring Awakening was Baudelaire. His poem "À une passante" had as principal theme ... there was a lost a reference. The lover filled himself with the illusion of something to live for. In Spring Awakening, this feeling was found in Anna's lyrics: "It's like I'm your lover-or, more like your ghost-I spend the day wonderin' what you do, where you go"(Sater 29). In ... the scene, a...

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... the landlord was giving him trouble, and as it was, his theater was too small to fit the scores of theatergoers who came to see the plays of William Shakespeare. He had found a new site for his theater, located across the Thames River near two other famous London theaters, the Rose and the Swan. Quietly Burbage arranged for a local carpenter, Peter ... most important structure to Shakespeare's drama because most of his plays were written to be performed on the stage of the Globe. Shakespeare was a member of the Chamberlain's Company, so he then became a shareholder in the theater. The p...

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... other. The speaker uses descriptions of nature and images in order to show the beauty of this particular person. In the first quatrain he begins his comparison between this person and nature by comparing them to a summer day. In the second line, "Thou art lovely and more temperate" ... is not always perfect by saying the sun is sometimes too hot and often times the clouds cover to sky causing that gold complexion to be dimmed. He later explains that this person beauty will never go away, characterized as them being an "eternal summer" (Shakespeare). Love is being expressed by ... be...

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... the stars and is everlasting; "O, no, it is an ever-fixed mark" (5). The love that he conveys is a beacon, it is a north star. And like that star its worth is unknown, "It is the star to every wand"ring bark, / Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken" (7-8). Shakespeare highlights that love is treasured ... (9). In this line the Shakespeare refers to Father Time as a symbol for the passing of youth and life. Finally in the last couplet of the sonnet, Shakespeare asserts he is so sure that love is constant by saying "If this be error and upon me proved / I never writ, nor no ma...

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... were then radical, controversial ideas. The founding fathers understood the importance of freedom of expression. So why today do we not? Cries for censorship ring loudly across the nation. Kids are killing kids. Schools are slowly becoming places of violence, not educational institutions, and the solution is not to ... with blood, murder, rape and assault that is viewed for pleasure. What purpose does such violent entertainment serve? His name was William Shakespeare, and he is now known as the world's greatest playwright. Disposed compositions. Two Baroque composers, who were under-appr...

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... was his son and not Prince Hal. The reason for this being Hal is a party boy and given to carousing around. In his father's view, he has done nothing to prove him worthy of being the heir to the crown and is a disgrace to the honor and legacy of his principality, "...And ... is ruined..." (III.ii.36-39). Also Henry does not approve of the company in which is son keeps, namely Falstaff whom he thinks is a bad influence, "...Mingled his royalty with cap"ring fools, had his great name profaned with their scorns...grew a companion to the common streets...." (III.ii.65- 70) We see ... to be ,...

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... graphic, powerful imagery to enter the minds of the French and elicit pure fear. He coldly menaces, "With conscience wide as hell, Mowing like grass, Your fresh fair virgins and your flow'ring infants" (3.3.13-14). As a King representing and expanding his nation, his threats are true. Gaining the town of Harfleur will greatly benefit his crusade. If his proposal ... , the authentic King Henry uses Machiavellian techniques in order to achieve his conquest of the French land. According to Tillyard's Elizabethan structure of order, Henry is a representative of God and he manipulates this id...

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... By how much better than my word am I, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes, And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off. I'll so offend, to make offense a ... by his father, Hal shows himself to be generous and faithful and responds to the accusations of his father in such a way as to leave no chance of being misunderstood. He says, "If I do feign / O, let me in my present wildness die, / And never live to show th' incredulous world / The noble change that I ...

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... lazy, selfish, witty the opposite of Henry. Although one looks at Falstaff's personality traits as negative, their influences on Hal provide him with traits he would not have ever learned from Henry. For example, Falstaff teaches Hal to be thankful for the smaller things in life. This can be said ... By how much better than my word I am,/ By so much shall I falsify men's hopes,/ And like bright metal on a sullen ground,/ My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault,/ Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes/ Than that which hath no foil to set it off./ I'll so offend, to make offense .....

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