Shakespeare was clearly influenced by his race. ... However, Shakespeare's happy enthusiasm didn't last. ... The last of the plays dealing with the supernatural was The Tempest, which reveals Shakespeare's final attitude, not only toward the supernatural, but also toward life overall. ... All authority is taken form the spirits in The Tempest and the power to harm is gone. ... William Shakespeare was a genius. ...

• Word Count: 1725
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

To Sleep Perchance, To Dream: Shakespeare's Use Of Dream and Sleep Motifs To Create The Gothic Reality Although Shakespeare's contribution to the Gothic novel was acknowledged by Horace Walpole in the preface to the Second Edition of "The Castle of Otranto," "shelter[ing] my own daring under the cannon of the brightest genius in the country" (Walpole 13), the extent to which the Gothic sensibility informs so many of Shakespeare's plays has only recently been conceded by many mainstream scholars. ... However, Jerrold Hogle points out in his essay "Afterwa...

• Word Count: 2655
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

William Shakespeare's Macbeth details the rise and gradual fall of a Scottish General, Macbeth. ... In Act I Scene III, one of the witches says "Though his bark cannot be lost, Yet it shall be tempest-tossed." The quote means that although the witches were unable to sink a sailor's ship, they were able to send tempests to start the boat rocking. ...

• Word Count: 1068
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

William Shakespeare's Macbeth details the rise and gradual fall of a Scottish General, Macbeth. ... In Act I Scene III, one of the witches says "Though his bark cannot be lost, Yet it shall be tempest-tossed." The quote means that although the witches were unable to sink a sailor's ship, they were able to send tempests to start the boat rocking. ...

• Word Count: 1071
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Discuss the role of the witches in the play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare The witches play a significant part in the play "Macbeth." ... These may have influenced Shakespeare into writing a play about the supernatural. ... They could trigger fogs and tempests. ... Shakespeare may also have included witches to please King James I. ... It was not long before he took Shakespeare's company, "The Chamberlain's Men" under his wing, renaming them "The King's Men". ...

• Word Count: 3254
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School