... . It is most amusing when Titania is actually calling her fairy servants to wait on Bottom with such elegance, but he refuses and has a preference to more vulgar a choice, "Scratch my head Peaseblossom,"" This highlights the comedy of the situation as Bottoms ass's head contrasts with the beautiful imagery of Titania. This shows, on the one hand Bottom, who, mistakably, has ... mare again, and all shall be well."" He does make a few scattered comments about love. When Oberon informs him of his error in applying the love nectar to the wrong eyes, Puck says, "Then fate o'errules..."" Could...

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... and bizarre behaviour. On the other hand, plays such as The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler show love in a completely different light. "For such as I am, all true lovers are, Unstaid and skittish in all motions else, save in the constant image of the creature that is beloved." The above quote sums up ... fanciful ideal with many of the characters showing this in their actions and speech. "Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide." This comment by Olivia regarding her love of Cesario clearly highlights this idea of passion and chaos th...

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... . The question, however, that needs to be asked is, was she a self-made monster of ambition and evil or an emotionally imbalanced woman driven by love? Shakespeare first introduces the character of Lady Macbeth into the play in Act I, Scene V. The first words spoken of Lady Macbeth are in prose. Shakespeare ... spirits to make her cold-hearted with lines such as, "fill me from the crown to the toe-top full of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood." These lines indicate that she knows that the murder of Duncan will need evil power and evil is not naturally within her. This reveals ... Lady...

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... a noble count That died some twelvemonth since, then leaving her In the protection of his son, her brother, Who shortly also died; for whose dear love, They say, she hath abjured the sight And company of men- (1.2.36-41). Her sorrow is felt throughout the household, contributing to the drunkenness of ... the period of time that Olivia is in Illyria, she becomes infatuated with Orsino and eventually falls into love. She tells Orsino: "Too well what love women to men may owe. In faith, they are as true of heart as we. My father had a daughter loved a man As it might be perhaps, were I a wo...

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... of the play, Bernardo: Is not this something more than fantasy? What think you on't? Horatio: Before my own God, I might not this believe Without the sensible and true avouch Of my own eyes. (1,1 54-58) Bernardo tends towards a more rational approach, not allowing the folly of the ... eyes to get to him, however Horatio cannot deny what he has just seen. The reader has to call into question whether to suspend disbelief and accept this fantastic event of supernaturalism, or to remain skeptical about the true ... feelings. Hamlet appears to be shaped by his different emotions at different ...

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... methodical and logical nature of thinking is exemplified through his "matter of fact" way of explaining death: "Your father lost a father, that father lost". Shakespeare has used the repetition of "father" 3 times for added effect. Through Claudius perception of death Shakespeare reveals Claudius's true character. The "matter of fact" explanation of death gives Claudius a sense of detachment, an almost inhuman characteristic. Claudius ... established examples of Claudius" intelligence demonstrates that he is an apt politician. The assertion that Claudius was a good king is further substa...

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... he did use it when he wrote his nineteen Holy Sonnets. For example, Holy Sonnet ten uses the regular Italian sonnet pattern with iambic pentameter. "Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you [ ] (Donne, 10, I)." This is unlike the Shakespearean sonnet that typically took on a different rhyming scheme. Shakespeare ... she is not fake or stretching to fit societies ideals. "And in some perfume is there more delight / Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks (Shakespeare 130, vii-viii)." "Sonnet 130 mocks the typical Petrarchan metaphors by presenting a speaker who seems to take th...

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... show courage, but instead, for the most part, are being told what to do. Cordelia demonstrates courage when she speaks the truth to her father, statingI love your majesty according to my bond, no more nor less? (King Lear. Act 1. Sc 1. Ln. 94-95), but this merely results in her banishment and eventual hanging. Ophelia ... , on the other hand, lacks a single scene in which she shows courage. She is merely a puppet to her father and her brother, vowingI shall obey, My lord? (Hamlet. Act 1. Sc 3. ln.136). This lack of conviction results in her death as well. Both women have committed no crim...

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... that determines the fate of every single character in Othello. The audience and the readers are the only people who recognize Iago's full characteristics because Iago's soliloquys, which reveal his true image, are only shown to the audience. Due to his "good" reputation, which established him as an honest person, Iago is in a position where manipulating people is easy, since his ... and wailings openly expresses his regard for his own reputation. The following quote illustrates Cassio's view on reputation, CASSIO - "Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I hav...

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... religious fear. He is extremely sick of life and contemplating suicide, not because he is grieving over his father's death; for someone loved and lost does not make a noble individual hate the world as a place full only of thingsrank and gross?(142). Nor is his overwhelming grief caused by ... the loss of the crown. In fact, it was the moral shock of the sudden hideous revelation of his mother's true nature, falling on him when his heart was aching with love. Within a monthO God! a beast would have mourned longer?(156) she married again, and married Hamlet's uncle, a man ... self-reproa...

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... the play when the soldiers arrive at Messina for their vacation. Claudio immediately falls for 'the jewel? Hero. He almost immediately confesses his love for her 'that I love her, I feel?. Benedick replies to Claudio's confession with cynical, deflating replies and comments which emphasize Claudio's underlying illusions. Don Pedro however ... Claudio has never spoken to Hero and has only seen her once yet he immediately talks of love and even marriageI would scarce trust myself if Hero would be my wife?. His initial love is based purely on lust for her physical appearance ?come thronging...

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... while the other just indicated the possibilities of this happening. In Zeffirelli's version Bonham-Carter emphasizes the line, "An thou hadst not come to my bed- (4.5.64), by repeating it. This quote is part of the song that Ophelia sings to the King and the Queen in her mad ... Hamlet and Ophelia could not meet because they already had sexual intercourse and that Hamlet did not want Ophelia any more since her treasure' was lost. In Zeffirelli's version, Ophelia just emphasizes the line to indicate the probability of something of the sort happening. Just like Shakespeare, in his ... made...

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... husband. "Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor!- She exclaims when he enters, and then continues to sing his praises. Macbeth then addresses his wife as: "My Dearest Love-, If Lady Macbeth were in fact pure evil, then she would not have been capable of such a loving relationship. Even though this relationship does disintegrate ... despite their wicked crimes. This does suggest that there is evil in Lady Macbeth, though not total evil, because she still strives to seem innocent. True evil would not care. As the play moves on to act 1, scene 7, Lady Macbeth again shows the audience the worse sides ...

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... Shakespeare's "Hamlet" this is very apparent through the embodiment of this exact scenario in Hamlet, Laertes, and Prince Fortinbras. All three men have lost their fathers to cold undaunting homicide and all three have been compelled to avenge their father's deaths. Yet the difference lies in the course of ... the murder, and the revenge will follow: "Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift / As meditation or the thoughts of love, / May sweep to my revenge" (I.v.29-31). Yet the ghost adds one specification, he tells Hamlet not to cause harm to his mother, telling him to "leave ......

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... moved on from their past relationship, gotten married, and even given birth to a daughter. However, Gatsby is so obsessively tangled in his hopes of love that he fails to see Daisy for the corrupted person she really is. Both Shakespeare and Fitzgerald make clear their theme of appearance versus reality when the ... Hortensio, and Lucentio place a bet on their wives and their level of obedience, Bianca's witty remark of "the more you a fool for laying on my duty" show that Bianca was not at all like what Lucentio had dreamed her up to be. It is this failure to realize the difference betwe...

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Introduction William Shakespeare: one of the most well-known authors in history. A bit like opera; not everyone will love his works, but those who do not love his works will nonetheless have an appreciation for the artistic skill and beauty they contain. This paper will serve as ... of his marriage. Additionally he served as an alderman and high baliff for Stratford. The 1570's however, did not prove as profitable and John lost much of his accumulated fortune. Due to his family's status in the community Young William most likely attended the King Edward VI School, a free ... grammar school i...

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... important characters, naturally. Almost every character that is involved in the plot in a major way, has something to say in terms of revealing the true thoughts and feelings. Perhaps it can be said that Iago's soliloquies are the most important. As readers and audiences we are constantly searching for the ... four scene two, we hear Desdemona's pleas to Iago, of how she should win back her husband. "I know not how I lost him if e"er my will did trespass "gainst his love-, the whole soliloquy is filled with the longing to win back her husbands affection. What makes us cringe is her obli...

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... portend no good to us. Though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds itself scourg'd by the sequent effects. Love cools, friendship falls off, brothers divide. In cities, mutinies; in countries, discord; in palaces, treason; and the bond crack'd 'twixt son ... divine thrusting on. An admirable evasion of whore-master man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star! My father compounded with my mother under the Dragon's Tail, and my nativity was under Ursa Major, so that it follows I am rough and lecherous. Fut! I should have been that I ... is a ...

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... is self-inflicted. For example, because of my foolish tendencies, I lost my sense of smell. When I was eight years old, I maced myself on three separate occasions. I wanted to know if mace had a smell outside the horrible pain, and ironically, these acts of stupidity cost me my sense of smell. At the time, I ... 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 largest bounty may extend where nature doth with merit challenge" (I.1 51-53). Now I don ....

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... to be friends with him and will firm the contract for a pound of flesh as a "merry sport." Shylock uses friendliness only to disguise his true intent: Antonio's destruction (Johnson 4). Shylock's hatred of Antonio grows after Jessica's marriage because he suspects that Antonio had encouraged her escape; this suspicion ... the line before the famous "hath not a Jew eyes": "He hath disgraced me, and hind'red me half a million; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies and what's his reason? I am a Jew" (3. 1. 49-54 qtd. in Lippma...

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... he wanted and loose it just as painfully. Macbeth was also quite aware of the consequences of killing Duncan. "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o"erleaps itself, and falls on the other." (Shakespeare, I, vii, 25-28) Macbeth knew himself to be an ambitious ... hath been So clear in his great office-(Shakespeare, I, vii, 13-18) Macbeth was clearly a man of great honour. He had loyalty to his King, love for his family, and a good sense of morality. All these reasons in Macbeth's mind proved him to be fully conscience and righteous. He was no...

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... low class. But some saw them as charming, witty, and sophisticated enough to socialize with nobility (Chambers pg.119). The actor in which I write my research possessed all of these traits but came from a humble background. His father a shoe-smith, his mother a seamstress, he sought to change a destined ... to prove to other actors, as well as playwrights. Acting became a legal profession in the 1570's. Most actors wanted to be known for being true to their craft, meaning they acted for the sheer purpose to perform. Unlike those who entertained for just money or fame. A popular, yet ......

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... . Almost all of the profanity was removed, and that that was not had just reason for being there. Some of the Bard's censored oaths are; "God's blessing on your beard" Love's Labors Lost, II.i.203 This was a very rude curse because a man's facial hair was a point of pride for him. And "to play with someone's beard" was to insult him. "God's body ... note is that there is an American store called Gadzooks, which is a pop-culture vendor to America's youth. Some of Gadzooks' shoppers would be very offended if they knew the true meaning of the store's name. Another word from this region is a...

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