This is portrayed clearly in Shakespeare's plays. ... Much later in the play, Laertes has just returned from France upon learning of his father's death. ... The presence of God and heaven in the play is evident. ... (Bevington p.122) So the Christian elements in the play are there, and it can be said that Shakespeare wanted to show that disobedience of God's, the King, commands result in punishment. Machiavelli had his view about obedience to a ruler, and Shakespeare had his. ...

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Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," shows the use of "play" to simultaneously disguise and transmit essential but unpalatable truths. ... (I.ii.24) Here we see that in this play, Pyramus proves his love to Thisbe not by hurting her, but by hurting himself, thereby following the traditional narrative of romantic courtship, or "woo". ... Through magically displacing Titania's interests from men to animals, Shakespeare is able to communicate multiple ideas about the nature of love in his social context. ... In Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream multiple forms ...

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"Although Shakespeare's plays were performed at other venues during the playwright's career, the Globe Theatre in the Southwark district of London was the venue at which the Bard's best known stage works (including his four great tragedies) were first produced. The Globe was built during Shakespeare's early period in 1599 by one of his long-standing associates, Cuthbert Burbage, the brother of the most famous Shakespearean actor of the Elizabethan Age, Richard Burbage." ... Thus, Shakespeare units that include his poetry and plays must be taught. However, is learning tha...

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In 1971, Polonskis in a form of a movie released one of William Shakespeare's well-known play "Macbeth". ... Shakespeare described the battle between Macbeth and Young Siward in Act 5 scene 7, but the reader had to create their own images, Polonskis on the other hand, left nothing to the imagination and presented the brutal sword fight in his movie. ... Back in the days when the play was written, witches, ghosts and anything that was paranormal fascinated audiences; therefore Shakespeare included these obsessions in his play. For example Act 1 scene 1 in the book, Shakespeare starts hi...

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The power Shakespeare's King Lear stems from the tensions in its form and content. ... Shakespeare's play; King Lear portrays this theme of justice through the course of its characters. ... In the beginning of the play the proud and self-seeking King Lear attempts to divide his kingdom between his three daughters and is quick to value appearances above reality. ... Deceptions arise due to the conflict in interests which occur in all intimate social relations today; in this way Shakespeare recognizes the dubious nature of language which resonates strongly with the contemporary audienc...

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Polonius is one of the main characters in the play Hamlet by Shakespeare; he has a big role throughout the story before and after his death. Based on the play you can argue that Polonius is a harmless, well-meaning fool or the other way around. Polonius showed how much he cares about his son Laertes when he gives all his best advice to him before he leaves to France. ... However, his method is just pathetic. ... Polonius always looked out for his own interests throughout the play; he made Ophelia stop talking to Hamlet because he did not want Ophelia to ruin his reputation...

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Christopher Marlowe has been identified as the most important Shakespeare's predecessors. ... The school was a canter of theatrical interests. It contained a large library filled with a number of volumes which have been claimed as sources for Marlowe's plays. ... By 1587, his first play was "Tamburlaine the Great", had been performed on stage. As a result of his first play, Marlowe has started getting known as a dramatist. ...

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Christopher Marlowe has been identified as the most important Shakespeare's predecessors. ... The school was a canter of theatrical interests. ... By 1587, his first play was "Tamburlaine the Great", had been performed on stage. As a result of his first play, Marlowe has started getting known as a dramatist. ... Thus, Marlowe was recognized as a remarkable dramatic genius who would have rivaled Ben Jonson and Shakespeare, if he had only lived longer....

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These play writes, apart from Shakespeare, were the founding fathers of the Greek tragedy. ... His plays were presented in trilogies or groups of three, and he introduced the second actor. ... His interests were philosophy and science which influenced his ideas for his plays. ... Religion also came into play in many of his works. ... Among his plays were The Ajax, The Electra, and Antigore. ...

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William Shakespeare's, Macbeth, is a play full of betrayal and deception. ... Just like a woman would do, she begins to put her own interests before the well-being of her husband. ... Throughout Shakespeare's play, we see that Macbeth is the victim of evil seduction by women. ... In the beginning of the play Macbeth calls his wife, "...my dearest partner of greatness..." (1.5.11-12). ... Shakespeare opened his play with the scene of the witches to portray evil in the mind of the audience. ...

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His document, "Shakespeare's Boy Actors," came out in 1939, a year which he was being an acting career outside London. ... Two years later, he became editor of the Peterborough Examiner, a position that afforded him unlimited material for many characters and plots, which appeared in his novels and plays. ... Robertson moved from the though of acting outlined in Shakespeare for Young Players (1947) to the writing of plays with Eros at Breakfast, a one-act play which won the 1948 Dominion Drama Festival Award for best Canadian play. ... In them, Robertson found his many difficult interests ...

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In Shakespeare's Hamlet honor and loyalty play a large role in the way that this tragedy unfolds. ... First of all, in the play Hamlet by Shakespeare Hamlet and King Hamlet's relationship can be used as an example of honor and loyalty. ... Hamlet is the only one still mourning when the play opens because his loyalty to his father is so strong that he would not just simply forsake it as many of the other characters did. ... He wants to make sure he is okay so he sends a little money to help him out and make sure he is acting in Polonius's best interests. ... The father and so...

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Throughout William Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest," the concept of being civilized is a major focus for the audience. ... Shakespeare's play teaches the audience that it is easy to be fooled by power, as it is mistaken with the true definition of being civilized. ... At the beginning of the play, Prospero really wanted to get his revenge on his brother. ... There is no solution for the difference in opinions, but a civil person would be able to hold their own interests while respecting other people. ... One of the most important plot twists in this play is Prospero's realizati...

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Unfortunately, he doesn't realize his error is greater than his daughter's because he defies the gods when he divides his kingdom. ... As Lear begins to reproach Regan for being an ungrateful daughter he mentions that "she hath abated me of half my train " which could be suggesting half his knights which Regan doesn't allow him to keep (Shakespeare 159). ... Even at his old age, he simply wants to keep his hundred knights without any worries of what occurs throughout his kingdom thus reflecting his own self interest as he doesn't worry for his people. ... Lear is the onl...

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Romeo And Juliet is a brilliantly written tragic drama written by William Shakespeare in about 1594. ... The line that best describes his overall interests in parent involvement became stated clearly early in the story when Lord Montague explains to Romeo's friend Benvolio that "Both I and our friends have tried to speak with him. ... That alone could also be the lead reasoning behind the dramatic difference in Romeo's irrational changeability as a dynamic character, to Juliet's ability to remain (For the most part) a static character throughout Shakespeare's play. ......

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Hoover Comparing Endings Tragedy was the ending to the timeless play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare in the 1400's. ... The ending of both these plays set a lasting impression on the audience, yet West Side Story was altered to fit the interests of modern times. ... His opinion plays a significant role on the fate of Tony and Maria. ...

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Falstaff's Honor From Henry IV Part 1 Act V Scene I Lines 127-141 Shakespeare's King Henry IV Part 1 centers on the principal theme of the conflict between order and disorder. ... Rather, the prince has moved away from his former mentor, Falstaff, and has become an honorable leader like his father, King Henry. ... Following Hal's abandonment, Falstaff's inclusion in the play is necessary to distinguish the newfound disparity in moral values once shared by the old companions. ... Falstaff, rather, is only prepared to use the appearance of honor to serve his own inter...

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By literary definition, an antihero is the "hero" of the play or novel, but he/she has negative attributes which separate him or her from the classic hero figure such as Superman. Such negative aspects may include a violent nature, use of coarse language, or self serving interests which may inadvertently depict the protagonist as a hero since the result of serving those interests may be for the betterment of society or an environment. In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the protagonist, Hamlet, is depicted as an antihero. ... Much like a political revolutionary, Hamlet has the syst...

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The play "Romeo and Juliet" takes place over a very short span of time. ... In William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," speed and lack of moderation both play important roles in the outcome of the play. ... (Shakespeare, I.i.83-85) The feud is never explained in the play and its origins are, in fact unimportant. ... Tybalt's blood feud represents the play's major shift towards tragedy. ... Romeo, acting in out of his conflicting interests, tries to step between the two combatants, but just as Romeo cannot balance his family and his new wife, neither can he successfully end ...

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This element created by Shakespeare helped the readers better understand the depth and mystery of their characters as they are indirectly compared and contrasted throughout the play. ... One major difference, though, is that the audience was never really sure of the trueness of Hamlet's feelings for Ophelia until the end of the play when he said "I lov'd Ophelia: forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum" (V, i, 277-279), where as Laertes' love for Ophelia was always there since the very beginning of the play when he was advising her agai...

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It is one of Shakespeare's more popular plays as its themes and story line of power hungry villains have been used countless times in television and theatre. The downfall of Macbeth himself can be seen in two different lights, the first being that his rise to power and eventually his fall is the sole responsibility of the witches and his wife Lady Macbeth. ... The witches had provided the temptation for Macbeth at the beginning and later on in the play when they meet again, this time with Hectate, they feed his thirst for more prophecies, using apparitions. ... Lady Macbeth doesn...

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Othello is a play written by William Shakespeare which is a tale of love, jealousy, gullibility, evil and betrayal. ... His game of manipulating people has dire consequences and his ability to do this arises from his adept lying and acting. Iago is only concerned about himself and his position, and will sacrifice anyone to save himself and his interests. ... The key to Iago's character is in the line "I am not what I am"; Iago is dishonest, deceitful, and manipulative Appearance vs. reality is a crucial theme in Iago's story; throughout the play, he enacts a series of roles,...

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Ophelia, a character from the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare, is the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and lover of prince Hamlet. Even with these three people in her life, she really has no one there for her who "truly" looks out for her best interests. ... "Perhaps he loves you now, and now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch the virtue of his will; but you must fear his greatness weighed, his will not his won, for he himself is subject to his birth" (Act 1 Scene 3, Lines 17-21). ... Then, after he tells Ophelia what to do he leaves for most of the play to go to France so he ...

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Nonetheless, the main desire of both protagonists is to achieve satisfaction in their lives through their love interests, solidarity, and their influence on society. ... After multiple attempts to gain respect for his mother, he had given up. ... Helmholtz and John become very close in their shared interest in Shakespeare. ... If they both had a connection with the old plays, why are the people not allowed to read them? ... He does not achieve his one destiny. ...

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In this poem, important aspects of the life of his times- political and religious- find expression in it. ... He was a political poet -Anglican at this time- and he was also made Poet Laureate and Historiographer since 1670, but he also had an official position, his reason and interests were all on the side of legitimism and settled government, so that the Whig agitation to exclude from succession to the throne Charles II's heir and brother James on the grounds that he was Roman Catholic and to encourage Charles's illegitimate son the duke of Monmouth to assert his claims found Dryde...

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