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- 6631: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Women In Elizabethian England
- ... just beginning, woman were still expected to do what males told them. In addition, they were seen as a mere vessel for birth and did not play an integral role in the creation of a child. Men were to be treated with respect and reverence.
- 6632: Hamlet: Laertes An Important Character In Play
- ... To this, King Claudius replies ÒWhy, now you speak/ Like a good childÓ(4.5.143), and though he finishes the statement with Òand a gentlemanÓ, the implication is left that Laertes is like a child, rushing headlong into the unknown, the first implication of LaertesÕ own tragic flaw. Directly after this is said, Ophelia enters, and Laertes, further incensed at the fate of his remaining family, cries out ÒBy heaven ...
- 6633: Macbeth: Lady MacBeth
- ... that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem," She states that if she was MacBeth and did not jump at this perfect opportunity, that if a child, being fed at her breast, where as Duncan is, king, she would tear it from her and "dash'd the brains out" to have the opportunity MacBeth does. This shows how mad and sadistic she ...
- 6634: King Lear: Searching for Vision
- ... because of his love for praise that makes him react so strongly to Cordelia and Kent when they do not act as he would like them to. It could be said he is like a child who doesn't remember all that his family has done for them, but only sees them saying no to a piece of candy. In the play, this is shown in his banishment of Cordelia and ...
- 6635: King Lear: Suffering
- ... tormenting as well. Imagine being blinded and having to experience the world all over again. The frustration of depending on other people and learning how to navigate your surroundings, with all the grace of a child. This kind of suffering could lead to suicide, and it would have, except Gloucester was blind and couldn't see that there was no cliff to throw himself off of. His enemies didn't want ...
- 6636: King Lear: Lear The Tragic Hero
- ... He began to realize the true faces of his daughters and did not want to see them again, as he said, "I prithee, daughter, do not make me mad. I will not trouble thee, my child; farewell. Well no more meet, no more see one another.." ( II, iv, 218-220) Further more, as Lear moved all over the place to Dover, he suffered from rest as Kent and Gloucester said, "Now ...
- 6637: King Lear: Themes
- ... kingdom according to the strength of their love. Cordelia, the youngest daughter, states that she loves her father "according to her bond" (p.4). She is saying that she loves him as much as any child could love a father. On the other hand, Goneril and Reagan easily speak the words that their father wants to hear, rather than the truth. Because Lear is not satisfied with Cordelia's response, he ...
- 6638: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Humor
- ... is sometimes more suited for this. Shakespeare used something like inferred humor to get across some other meanings that added to the play. One good example is the character of Puck. Puck is a hyperactive child that gets into a lot of mischief. His attitude toward his tasks is sort of a light and airy one. He does not take life seriously, he only does what is fun. This type of ...
- 6639: Macbeth: How Money Killed
- ... upon Fife; give to th' edge o' th' sword/His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls/That trace him in his line" (4.2.150-153). Macbeth plots to kill Macduff's wife and child just because he didn't show up at his party where he was being blundersome any way. Shylock's greed goes from being a problem for Antonio to being a problem for himself. As Antonio ...
- 6640: Henry IV: Redemption
- ... so much have swayed Your majesty's good thoughts away from me. I will redeem all of this on Persia's head,....... And that shall be the day, whene'er it lights, That this same child of honor and renown, This gallant Hotspur, this all-praised knight, And your unthought-of Harry chance to meet. (3.2. 134-146) The King's words, especially his comparison between Hal and Hotspur, gave ...
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