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- 1951: Iago and Honesty in Othello
- ... useage do this quite nicely. Iago initially uses the word honest to mean honourable, in reference to Cassio. Othello has asked him if “he [Cassio] is not honest?” To which Iago parrots back “Honest my lord?” This usage is constant with what Othello means, whether Cassio is honourable or not. However, Iago uses the word to cast doubt on Othello. By parroting it back, he is making it seem to Othello ...
- 1952: Macbeth: The Symbol of Blood
- ... symbol of blood in the scene in which she walks in her sleep. She says "Out damned spot! Out I say! One: two: why then 'tis time to do't: hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it when none can call out power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in ...
- 1953: King Lear: Consequences of One's Decisions
- ... clearly a prankster, and not nearly as many horrible things happen to him. Falstaff is the character we laugh at, a mock King in Henry IV. Hal is the ideal King and Falstaff is a Lord of Misrule. Up to certain point Falstaff is merely an object of pure entertainment. His character is present chiefly for the humor that arises by showcasing his ludicrous traits. Why should we laugh at a ...
- 1954: Hamlet: Hamlet's Decisions and Actions
- ... in the presence of certain characters. When Hamlet is around Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, and Gildenstern, he behaves irrationally. For example in Act II, section II, Polonius asks Hamlet,” Do you know me, my Lord?” Hamlet replies,” Excellent well, you are a fishmonger”. Hamlet pretends not to know who Polonius is, even though he is Ophelia’s father. When Hamlet is around Horatio, Bernardo, Fransisco, the players and the Gravediggers ...
- 1955: Hamlet Criticism
- ... in public. The fact that hamlet contained sexual refrences may have been one of the many sexual refrences in it: “Hamlt: That’s a fair thought to lie between maidens legs. Ophellia: What is my lord? Hamlet Nothing” (epstein 333) The term nothing is a slang for female genitallia. (Epstein 333) This may have led people to dislike hamlet more because the times called for the proper language. Thoughts of Hamlet ...
- 1956: Ophelia: The Forgotten Character
- ... had “sucked the honey of his music vows” and returned his affection (3.1.148). Ophelia is truly in love with Hamlet. However, when Polonius challenged the honor of Hamlet’s intentions, Ophelia replied, “My Lord, I do not know, / But truly I do fear it” (2.1.88-89). Polonius believes that Hamlet’s intentions of his “holy vows” of love were created for Ophelia so she would not obey ...
- 1957: Ophelia: The Forgotten Character
- ... her. She had "sucked the honey of his music vows" and returned his affection. But when her father had challenged the honor of Hamlet's intentions, Ophelia could only reply: "I do not know, my lord, what I should think." Used to relying upon her father's direction and brought up to be obedient, she can only accept her father's belief, seconded by that of her brother, that Hamlet's ...
- 1958: The Frequent Death Of A Character In Hamlet
- ... in a deceitful manner when dealing with Hamlet, it is only because he is carrying out plans devised by the king or queen to discover the nature of Hamlet’s madness. Being the king’s Lord Chamberlain, it is his duty to obey the king and queen’s wishes and it is this loyalty that eventually proves to be fatal for him. An example of hoe Polonius’ innocent involvement with the ...
- 1959: Hamlet: Death
- ... in a deceitful manner when dealing with Hamlet, it is only because he is carrying out plans devised by the king or queen to discover the nature of Hamlet’s madness. Being the king’s Lord Chamberlain, it is his duty to obey the king and queen’s wishes and it is this loyalty that eventually proves to be fatal for him. An example of how Polonius’ innocent involvement with the ...
- 1960: Oedipus' Destiny
- ... him; Oedipus has no control over his destiny. Not for long after Oedipus rules Thebes, the city of Thebes is menaced by the death. The Theban people come and ask for Oedipus’ help. “ Priest: My lord and King,” (P.3) to “ … no ship can justify its claim to strength if it is stripped of men who give it life.”(p. 4). The oracle from Apollo’s shrine tells Oedipus that he ...
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