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- 11351: Much Ado About Nothing: An Overview
- ... begun. Claudio and Hero are facing each other in front of a simple, yet anciently beautiful altar, garbed in Elizabethan costume fit for the occasion. Hero is wearing a long white dress with trailer and high neck which is adorned according to the fashion trends of the time. Claudio has donned a royal looking doublet with silver trim and hose to equally as majestic. Sitting on either side of the couple ...
- 11352: Julius Caesar: Marcus Brutus Character Analysis
- ... a strong relationship with Caesar but a stronger relationship with Rome and its people. Brutus is very close to Caesar. In Roman times, the only way for someone to get close to a person of high rank is if he/she is close to him/her. In many points of the play, Brutus was talking and next to Caesar. Brutus also loves Caesar but fears his power. In the early acts ...
- 11353: Macbeth: Macbeth - A Tragic Hero
- Macbeth: Macbeth - A Tragic Hero "(Sometimes a tragic hero is created, not through his own villainy), but rather through some flaw in him, he being one of those who are in high station and good fortune, like Oedipus and Thyestes and the famous men of such families as those." (Poetics, Aristotle). Every great tragedy is dominated by a protagonist who has within himself a tragic flaw, too ...
- 11354: Macbeth: Witches Influence on Macbeth's Decisions
- ... Shall harm Macbeth." Finally the third apparition, in the form of a child with a crown on his head, holding a tree, tells Macbeth that he "Shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him." Macbeth now feels assured that he cannot be killed because he assumes that all people are born of a woman, and it is impossible for a forest to move ...
- 11355: Macbeth: Uncontrolled Ambition Brings About The Downfall of Macbeth and Lady
- ... Macbeth now knew that his life was over, it was just a matter of time. When Macbeth wet back to the witches, they told him: "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him". They also stated that Macbeth would not be killed by a man born of a woman. Macbeth didn't believe that the witches predictions would come true because they ...
- 11356: Julius Caesar: Jealousy
- ... by Caesar's manipulation of the commoners. He describes it as "mere foolery" (Act I, sc. II, 235). Casca agrees with Cassius that Brutus is an essential part the conspiracy. He says, "O, he sits high in all the people's hearts; / And that which would appear offense in us, / His countenance, like richest alchemy, / Will change to virtue and to worthiness" (Act I, sc. III, 157-160). Brutus is the ...
- 11357: Iago's Motivation
- Iago's Motivation Iago is a "moral pyromaniac." Harold C. Goddard writes that Iago consciously and unconsciously seeks to destroy the lives of others, especially others with high moral standards (Goddard 76). However, Iago is more than just a "moral pyromaniac," he is a moral pyromaniac whose fire is fueled by pure hatred. He is a hungry powermonger whose appetite for destruction can ...
- 11358: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- ... visiting and was completely mad. Polonius believes that Hamlet has gone crazy due to the rejection from Ophelia and rushes off to inform the king. 2.2 King and Queen send Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, old school buddies, to spy on Hamlet and determine why he has gone crazy. Polonius tells everyone that Hamlet is crazy because of unreturned love. Claudius isn't quite convinced that Hamlet really is crazy but agrees ...
- 11359: Has Hamlet Gone Mad?
- ... troubling situations in which he seems to act in an insane manner. But I am convinced that he was "…not in madness, but mad in craft." I also believe that he was a man of high moral standards, in fact higher than most of the people in Denmark at that time. Hamlet was bombarded by many situations at the start of the play which his psyche had to deal with. He ...
- 11360: Macbeth: Independence and Failure
- ... hand, feels independence is to not be subordinate to others like the king. To be independent, one must be strong. Inner strength, not physical strength, is needed. Inner strength is only accomplished by having a high self-esteem. Macbeth does not and must use others to reach for independence. Macbeth needs this strength: It [Macbeth] hurls a universe against a man, and if the universe that strikes is more impressive than ...
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