... the most influential aspect of his style. He uses it to familiarize his audience with his characters, and to deepen the thought and feeling of important themes. "Of all the authors in the English language he is without doubt the one with the most extensive and richest vocabulary. He draws from all ... "I must eat my dinner. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, which thou tak'st from me. When thou cam'st first, thou strok'st me and made much of me, wouldst give me water with berries in't, and teach me how to name the bigger light, and how the less, that burn by day and night; and th...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... years of Antony's history into a swiftly moving plot, filled with intense sensibility, revealing the deep personalities of the main characters, relating their love story in the most compelling poetic drama. He describes Antony's generosity and how popular he was with his men, and cuts out suggestions of Cleopatra ... a key figure in the play. Diction is used effectively in the introductory scenes in "Antony and Cleopatra", to describe the characters, and to give the audience a feel of what the play is going to be about. Philo, the first character to speak, talks of Cleopatra's power over...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Orsino pledging his love for Olivia, however, what is made clearer and clearer through the play is that he is not actually in love with her. "Give me excess of it (love), that surfeiting The appetite may sicken, and so die." Instead, it becomes apparent that Orsino is in fact in love with ... love through the play. Throughout this process of love gained and lost we have the principle plot of the story. That, of course, concerning the deception on behalf of Viola. "Thou shall present me as a eunuch to him." As Cesario, she stumbles upon the affections of Olivia and despite being unwanted ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... tragedies. Even though Shakespeare focused primarily on theater he had knowledge in a number of other trades. These include politics, history, and sports (1). According to Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless themes, Shakespeare's understanding of human nature and beauty of his language make him the greatest writer in the English language. One of Shakespeare's shorter works, the tragedy Macbeth begins in feudal ... the enemies of the kingdom. This is seen in his fight against the original Thane of Cawdor who ironically was killed by the forces of good for being a traitor....

• Word Count: 1801
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School