... to the play. She comes off as someone who is grief-stricken because of the death of her brother. We later discover that she is bored and that she really desires to love. Olivia wears a metaphorical mask possibly for different reasons. One likely reason for her behavior is the fact that she is not interested in any suitors that live in ... underlying themes that often manifest themselves only indirectly below the surface action (Williams, 1961). The ridiculous mistakes that control the plot incite superficial laughter and at the same time reveal subconscious patterns of human behavior. T...

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... fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition." Although aspirations and dreams are a healthy standard among society as a whole, what happens when these desires gain an "any means necessary" approach? In Macbeth, William Shakespeare show that blind ambition and greed can overcome any sense of decency remaining in individuals, turning them into soulless representatives ... goes completely mad. She begins to see things in blood: "Yet here's a spot. Out, damned spot out, I say. The Thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now?" In her subconscious, she rea...

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