... in the sleepwalking scene she is shown to be in a similar situation as that of her husband, screaming out tell-tale lines to any on-lookers in anguish. I did admire Lady Macbeth's ability to keep cool and calm in front of others, when on the inside she was clearly very tense. Although the play portrayed that Lady Macbeth was all evil and ... cruelty, she was actually a very different person inside. She demonstrated a multitude of admirable qualities throughout and remained strong in front of others when they could not cope with the situation, especially her husband. She always appeared ...

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... and peril, it can be said that she is somewhat attracted to death and danger. Desdemona's bravery is also evident when she speaks in front of the Duke and his council. This is a young woman speaking in front of established older gentlemen who control the city of Venice. This action alone proves her courage, and also shows that she is fairly headstrong ... at the pearly gates; thus exist in eternal bliss in the Christian concept of heaven. Desdemona is not an ambiguous character, but she is a complex character. Without reading between the lines, one might come to hold the notion that Des...

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... . For most of Act II Emilia remains quiet; this contradicts her husband's claims. As the play progresses so does Emilia's outspoken personality. Although she has not yet spoken out in front of men, she did not hesitate to speak her mind to Desdemona. The "willow song" scene in Act IV is the only scene in which Emilia and Desdemona ... ;Let husbands know, their wives have sense like them: they see, and smell, And have their palates both for sweet and sour As husbands have." The next couple of lines are filled with rhetorical questions. This helps the reader understand the situations of the...

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... disturbed by his mother's new love. In act I, scene ii, Hamlet's disgust with his mother's incestuous relationship and pain over his father's death is no more clear then in the lines of his speech, "But two months dead - nay, not so much, not two. / So excellent a king, that was, to this / Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother / That he ... call thee Hamlet, / King, father, royal Dane. O, answer me!" (I, iv, 39-45) It is quite clear that Hamlet is unable to make a decision. Even though this spirit is right in front of him and has done nothing to either Horatio or the other men who...

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... only Caesar had water. But to show his loyalty he didn't drink because he felt it wouldn't be fair. Caesar also wasn't like most military leaders; he fought on the front lines with his army to assure them they weren't alone. It is obvious that historical Caesar is more factual than Shakespeare's Caesar; Shakespeare was trying to create a play that would best ... ...

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... : " hear me call Margaret Hero; hear Margaret term me Claudio; and bring them to see this the very night before the intended wedding - They planned to set up Hero in front of Claudio by making Claudio believe that his innocent fiancé was really with Borachio. Don John just showed Claudio Hero's chamber-window where Borachio one of the Don John ... her. That is how the priest tries to save Hero from disgrace. The similarity of tragedy and comedy is more implicit. One has to look closely and read between the lines, so as to see through the atmospheres, which give the genres their characte...

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