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- 6551: The Taming of the Shrew: Summary
- ... that Kate was his property, as he pointed out in the second scene of act three: I will be master of what is mine own. 230 She is my goods, my chattels, she is my house. My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything
. Petruchio's words left no doubt as to his belief in the patriarchal marriage system that existed during Shakespeare's ...
- 6552: Banning of the Book/Play Romeo And Juliet
- ... for many years. The sun of Montague, Romeo, is deeply in love with Rosaline. As a "cure" for his love, his friend, Benvolio, suggests that he will go under disguise to a party in Capulet house. Romeo arrives at the party, where he meets Juliet, the daughter of Capulet, and both fall in love immediately. Only after the party they discover that they are from rival houses. Romeo express his love ...
- 6553: Romeo and Juliet: Overview
- ... are influenced by this and marriage with a member of the enemy could result in being looked down upon in your family, cause even more anarchy between the two families or possibly banishment from your house. They are victims of this because if their families did know of this marriage, they would have had no reason to cover up or hide anything, and there would have possibly been peace between the ...
- 6554: Time and Fate in Romeo and Juliet
- ... deliver the letter to Romeo. Friar John informs Friar Laurence that he was seeking another Franciscan, who was visiting the sick, to accompany him to Mantua. He says, "Suspecting that we both were in a house/ Where the infectious pestilence did reingn,/ Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth;/" (V, ii, l 9-11) Friar John tells that he could find no one to deliver the letter ...
- 6555: Romeo and Juliet: The Theme of Death
- ... Marcutio challenged Tybalt to a sword fight. "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find a grave man."(Act three, scene 1, line 104.) Also as Marcutio is dying he says "Help me into some house, Benvolio, Or I shall Faint." (Act 3, scene 1, line 113.) Both these quotes show how Marcutio portrayed the theme death. Second, Romeo is the next to portray the theme death. Now in Act 5 ...
- 6556: Romeo and Juliet As A Tragedy
- ... him like a portly gentlemen; And, to say truth, Verona brags of him To be a virtuous and well-govern'd youth. I would not for the wealth of all this town Here in my house do him disparagement"(I.IV.65-70) This means that among the people of Verona, Romeo is very well respected, and he would not do any harm to Romeo at that time. Romeo is the ...
- 6557: Much Ado About Nothing: An Overview
- ... audience can only listen more eagerly to the deliberations of Claudio, Leonato and Claudio's would-be bride, Hero. Leonato faces not only his daughter's shame, but the shame she has brought upon his house. Valiantly he persists in defending his daughter until he is forced to capitulate to the sheer immensity of fact supproted by evidence. Very little scenery is present on stage, but one feels the immense emotional ...
- 6558: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Role Of Puck
- ... Shakespeare seems to have created the character of Puck from his own childhood. In Shakespeare's time it was believed that fairies and little people did exist. Whenever something went wrong around the farmyard or house or village, incidents such as buckets of milk accidentally' spilling over, or tools suddenly disappearing, or doors opening for no reason, it was blamed on those damn little people!'. The idea of Puck's character ...
- 6559: Macbeth: Lady Macbeth and Evil
- ... Macbeth to kill Duncan, despite Macbeth listing eight reasons against the murder. When Macbeth is alone, we discover that he is a loyal thane to Duncan, not a murdering savage. When Duncan is in his house at Inverness, Macbeth comes to a decision not to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth, who decided strongly against murdering Duncan, to go ahead with their plan to murder Duncan. Lady Macbeth is very successful ...
- 6560: Hamlet's Treatment of Ophelia and Gertrude
- ... very cruel to all women, not just Ophelia, in this scene, because they are all the same to him. Hamlet goes as far as calling Ophelia a prostitute as a nunnery refers to a bawd house (Dover Wilson, 134). For someone who is presumably in love, Hamlet treats Ophelia terribly in this play. His anger and hatred toward his mother, on top of his insanity, makes it difficult for him to ...
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