Shakespeare begins the poem with a question that proposes a comparison between his beloved and a summer season. ... In the second line the comparison starts to favor his beloved: his beloved is more beautiful and less extreme than summer. ... In the next three lines the poets assurance becomes even firmer with promises that his beloved will neither become less beautiful nor even die, because she is immortalized through his poetry. Line ten and eleven give an answer in comparison with line six and seven: The summer's fair declines, but the fairness of his beloved will be everlasting. The ...

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The speaker is giving his beloved an ultimatum as it were. ... The speaker of the poem opens with a question that is addressed to his beloved, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" ... The final portion of the sonnet tells how Shakespeare's beloved differs from the summer in various respects. ... The speaker then starts to promise to talk about his beloved, that is so great and awing that she is to live forever in this sonnet. ... And so by doing this it is then carrying the beauty of the beloved down to future generations and eventually for all of eternity. ...

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The article I am reviewing talks about the Musical West Side Story. The article is talking about how it is one of the most beloved musicals of all time and how it compares not only in story but in Greatness to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It talks briefly about the plot of the Musical. Then th...

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The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare. Fate is something that controls your future, and you can do nothing to change it. Destiny is what many religions and time periods believed in. Romeo and Juliet's destiny is to never be happy. (45 words) Romeo's love always goes w...

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These poems tell of love and the depths of love the speakers has for their beloved even if the love is not given back in return. ... " (l. 1-2) The speaker tries to differentiate his beloved and the summer. ... The speakers tell how they want to be with their beloved forever and how no one else can compare. ...

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How does the dialogue develop your response to the character of Othello? Othello is extremely nave and pitiful. The love he feels for Desdemona is shown in the language Shakespeare has written in other scenes. However in Act 3 Scene 3 Othello's language turns very sombre and evil. He uses anim...

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The Shakespearian play Othello shows that love is a driving force by involving jealousy, trust and pride in this classic tragedy. Jealousy is a key factor that appears to destroy Othello. Another aspect that love is a driving force is the trust that Othello had in "honest Iago". Finally, Othello's p...

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William Shakespeare wrote many great short stories and plays. He was born on April 23rd 1564 and died April 23rd 1616. He was educated in Latin grammar and literature as a young child. In 1582 he married his wife, Anne Hathaway. In 1583, they had their first child, Susanna and then in 1585 they ...

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Think For Yourself Human nature involves control. It is the inherent tendencies of humans that can either control lives or be controlled. Let loose, these tendencies can cause both happiness and death without notice. In William Shakespeare's Othello, Othello's nature and personality make him a...

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While Goneril and Regan give their most exaggerated forms of flattery, Lear's youngest and most beloved daughter refuses to speak, resulting in immediate banishment. ... She heroically interjects throughout the play to send helpful messages, and finally asks knights to rescue her beloved father, protecting him from a war to gain her rightful kingdom. ...

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This moral blindness condemns his relationship with his most beloved daughter Cordelia, at the start of the play. ... Lear shows himself to be a vindictive man in pride, as in a few sentences he unravels all his love for his most beloved daughter, publicly and absolutely. ...

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Hamlet is faced with the knowledge that his own mother stole away his beloved father for her own sinful pleasures of the flesh, this thought to say the least, is maddening for our righteous hero. ... He pushed his beloved Ophelia away, telling her to "get thee to a nunnery: why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners"(44)? ...

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King Lear " A man "more sinned against than sinning- "The actions of a responsible executive are contagious- (Batton). The preceding words are of a prominent influential leader, Joe Batton. The success of leaders are attributed to the way they distribute power. The improper division of p...

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Sonnet #33 Full many a glorious morning I have seen Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world h...

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1 There is a romantic union between blacks and whites, which gets destroyed because most people think that the relationship is wrong due to the fact of jealo...

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Othello - Homework. William Shakespeare presents an excellent leader but a poor reasoner in Othello. The eponymous hero has strength, charisma, and eloquence. Yet these ideals of leadership do not bode well in real world situations. The battlefield and Senate are, at least in Othello, depi...

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Othello has unconditional love for Desdemona in the beginning of the play, but thanks to Iago, he ends the play being heartbroken from feeling guilty for jumping to conclusions and murdering his beloved wife. ...

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Shakespeare is best known for his tragic play's. King Lear is no exception. Gloucester and Lear are both tragic Characters. Gloucester, Who is the Earl of Gloucester, starts the play of at the top of his game and crashes down due to his blindness toward his sons. Lear at the beginning of this pl...

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King Lear Essay Outline #6 - Examine the characteristics that make the evil characters temporarily succeed. For what reasons do they fail? I - Introduction A Shakespearean play that closely relates to society. The evil characters temporarily succeed but fail in the end. They think ...

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Throughout our lives, we go through many stages where we question our character. We must keep in mind the persona we display for the public as well as the shadow we keep buried deep within ourselves. At some point in our lives, we may or may not reach individuation where we understand who we truly a...

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Religion today isn't quite what it was back in Shakespeare's time. For most people, it's the last thing that crosses their minds when they cheat on a test or lie to the people they love. Adolescents especially put little or no thought into the spiritual consequences that come with committing a sin. ...

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Niccolo Machiavelli was most likely one of the most dispised and feared men during the seventeenth century. He influenced European and Elizabethian thought. Many writers of the day mentioned machiavellian ideas including those influenced by Machiavelli's The Prince, his masterful book explaining how...

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Niccolo Machiavelli was most likely one of the most dispised and feared men during the seventeenth century. He influenced European and Elizabethian thought. Many writers of the day mentioned machiavellian ideas including those influenced by Machiavelli's The Prince, his masterful book explaining how...

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Throughout our lives, we experience various events that change us forever. Once we face one of these events, our lives and personalities may be altered permanently, and we are left to wonder what would have been different had this event not happened. The play, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, is the p...

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It is also with unmistakable reference to James's antipathy for crowds that Angelo, in Act II, sc. 4, ln. 24, describes the crowding of the people round a beloved sovereign as an inadmissible intrusion. ...

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