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- 10141: Shakespeare's Use of Trickery and Disguise In His Plays
- ... the comic resolution by disguising herself as a boy is familiary enough. In the Hero of Much Ado About Nothing ... this theme of the withdrawal and return of the heroine comes as close to a death and revival as Elizabethan conventions will allow. (Frye 171) The Merchant of Venice also contains instances of disguise and mistaken identity. In this work, Portia and Nerissa, Portia's lady-in-waiting, disguise themselves as ...
- 10142: The Effects of the Speeches of Brutus and Antony
- ... one of Shakespeare's greatest works. It's about a group of conspirators who kill their king, Julius, in order to be free. Antony, opposed to the assassination, felt that he should avenge Julius's death. He delivered a speech that convinced the Romans that the murder was unjust, invoking their rebellion. Brutus, head of the conspiracy, also gave a good speech, but the Romans didn't react to it. A ...
- 10143: The Downfall of Macbeth
- ... and then saying that he would be a much greater man if he were to go through with the deed. Macbeth then had to make a decision. He willingly chose to follow the path of death and destruction. Lady Macbeth simply showed him that path. It is easy to believe that the witches controlled Macbeth and made him follow a path of doom. The predictions they give, coupled with their unholy ...
- 10144: The Merchant of Venice: Shylock - Victim or Villain
- ... loss of his daughter, and in the courtroom. Shylock was treated like a second class citizen, if a citizen at all. There was no regard for his motives, or his personal feelings. Antonio slapped the penalty on as if he was merely sending Shylock to his room. The loss of identity felt by Shylock does not even phase the presumed "legal eagle" in the room, the Duke of Venice. Shylock is ...
- 10145: Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet
- ... dull, an endless maze of long and boring conversations, foreshadowed by the prologue. In Luhrmann's film, the actors, instead of carrying swords with them, hide guns in their shirts and wield them expertly. The death of Romeo and Juliet is (as always) blamed on the post office, for not delivering the letter properly. And, to be politically correct, Mercutio appears at the Capulets' ball dressed as a large woman. The ...
- 10146: Shakespeare's World
- ... bottom. A king was the highest form of man, because he was believed to have been appointed by God. I anybody killed the King, it was a sin against God, and they were given the death sentence. I the order of the chain was broken, people believed that the world would be thrown into chaos. During the Elizabethan times, fate was considered to be a major controlling force of life. The ...
- 10147: Romeo and Juliet: Overview
- Romeo and Juliet: Overview "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star crossed lovers take their life." Romeo and Juliet's death was a result of many misfortunes, but they were mostly victims of the society in which they live, malignant fate, and there own passions. Romeo and Juliet are members of two families that are each ...
- 10148: Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare's Metaphor Of Comparing Man To Plants
- ... out. Within the infant rind of this small flower Poison hath residence and medicine power. In man as well as herbs, grace and rude will; And where the worser is predominant, Full soon the canker death eats up that plant. Translated, these lines can be interpreted as follows: Within the bud of this small flower Poison lives and medicine has potential power. In man, like in plants, there is both good ...
- 10149: Questionable Heros in the Play Julius Caesar
- ... as was first thought. The next person to be looked upon in Mark Antony, apparently Julius Caesar's right-hand man. He plays the part of the hero as he takes Caesar's side after death and rallies the people against the conspirators. As he speaks to Octavius, though, he shows that he is mainly after the power also in saying that the third person of their new triumvirate, Lepidus, is ...
- 10150: Othello and King Lear: A comparison
- ... vision or radio, nor even any newspapers as we know them today. Although he was respected as an important person in his own lifetime, nobody ever thought of writing about him until well after his death. And Shakespeare did apparently not believe in keeping a diary either. So it is largely by luck that the little evidence we have, such as the entry of his birth in the parish register, has ...
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