In "Othello," there are enough stupid, merciless, and backstabbing people to make you truly question Shakespeare's sanity, not that most of us haven't, but it does give you the feeling that Shakespeare is really just a highly delusional, paranoid, psychopath, you know kind of like Stalin just without the power and constant purges of society. ... This could have also been thought of as an act of honor, if you look at it from the angle of Desdemona or Othello, after all this could be seen as honoring the relationship that had been forged between the Desdemona and Othello. ... In the...

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His plays have inspired successful Hollywood films such "10 Things I Hate About You," based on "The Taming of the Shrew." The Indian film industry has drawn heavily on Shakespeare as seen in movies like Angoor, where the plot is drawn almost entirely from "A Comedy of Errors" and Omkara, an adaptation of Othello. ... Critics have noted his disregard for Aristotle's rules regarding literary unities, but in the words of Pope, "To judge of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rules, is like trying a man by the laws of one country who acted under those of another"." ... To this day, expressions ...

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Iago sparks thoughts in Othello's mind with questions such as, "Did Michael Cassio, when you wooed my lady, Know of your love?" or by muttering under his breath, "Ha, I like not that," when Cassio visits Desdemona. ... Shakespeare intensifies Iago's manipulative techniques as he begins to use words like "cuckhold," personifying animalistic imagery and thoughts like, "She did deceive her father, marrying you, and when she seemed to shake, and fear your looks, She loved them most," echoing Brabantio's (Desdemona's father) last comment before parting with Othello- "Look to her...

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Greenblatt claims that in order to understand More, you must take the "haunting perception" of "universal madness" very seriously and to understand the function a book, you must first understand the drama itself. ... By examining Wyatt's terza rima works, you can connect his relationship between his poetry and his identity. ... He claims that Spenser wrote for "an aristocratic and upper-middle-class audience in a self -consciously archaizing manner" while at the same time Marlowe wrote for the "new public theater in blank verse that must have seemed like reality itself". ...

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Has your study of King Lear and its reception in a range of contexts lead you to believe the play supports or sabotages structures of power? ... In the storm and at the hovel, he throws off his clothes, symbolically the last remnants of power, so he will be like the "poor naked wretches- with whom he is now empathising. ... Eventually Regan is dressed like a dominatrix to convey her attainment of power. ... In Act one, scene one, the stage is lit up like a chessboard, conveying not only the segregation of the kingdom, but also the rivalry between the players. Lear's blindness due to ...

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"And so much Duty as my mother showed to you, preferring you before her father, so much that I may profess due to the Moor my lord". Like many of Shakespeare's other female characters, Desdemona does not embody the stereotypical role of sixteenth century women. ... Let husbands know their wives have sense like them. ...

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"And so much Duty as my mother showed to you, preferring you before her father, so much that I may profess due to the Moor my lord". Like many of Shakespeare's other female characters, Desdemona does not embody the stereotypical role of sixteenth century women. ... Let husbands know their wives have sense like them. ...

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If you were directing this ply would you make this change? ... It combines elements of tragedy (Prospero's revenge) with those of romantic comedy (the young lovers Miranda and Ferdinand), and, like one of Shakespeare's problem plays, Measure for Measure, it poses deeper questions that are not completely resolved at the end. ...

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Many people would agree that there a numerous features that make him such a complex and fascinating character like; his procrastination, role playing, youth, sexual identity, his social status, the tragic hero and the context in which he is part of. ... With Ophelia he changes from the lover to the cruel abuser, "Get thee to a nunnery" With Gertrude he is the loving son, "I shall in all my best obey you, madam." and with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern he is the joker. ... He returns back to the self critic, calling himself a "coward," :"john-a dreams" and "pigeon-livered" He is truly disgusted a...

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In Act I, scene iii when Othello "calls for the lady-, Desdemona in her first appearance on stage challenges her father, explaining to him that: I am hitherto you daughter. But here's my husband/ And so much duty as my mother showed/ to you, preferring you before her father/ So much I challenge that I may profess/ Due to the Moor my lord (I,iii) Interestingly, when Othello is told that he is to go to Cyprus, and Desdemona is asked for her opinion on the matter, she explains that: If I be left behind/ A moth of peace, and he go to war/ The rites for why I love him are bereft me Le...

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" Lady Macbeth further denigrates Macbeth's masculinity; she manipulates "brave" Macbeth's manhood and patriotic sense of glory and power, in telling him "when you durst do it, then you were a man.... With her mental strength and ambition, she plays on Macbeth's sense of devotion and warrior-like moral code to convince him to murder King Duncan, to become King. ...

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When Hal turns against Falstaff it is truly upsetting, a terrible scene, and you see that Hal (now Henry) is a sort of monster. ... You can also argue that Hal has a strategy, his wildness turned majesty is the only possible tactic by which he could assert control. ... You can certainly make the argument that his wildness also allows him a commonality with the "people", allowing them to understand him. ... The play is full of patriotic speeches that show how proud you should be to be English. Shakespeare even uses a Chorus to introduce each act with a glowing, but somewhat misleading, build-up...

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Shylock's anger is expressed when he highlights the fact that he will be seeking revenge upon the Christians when he says 'the villainy you teach me I will execute', and declares he will do it better than they have, when he claims 'I will better the instruction'. ... Women were underestimated and weren't expected to be independent like men, which link the values and ideas of gender equality to both the Shakespearian and modern society. ...

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Common phrases such as IOU are similar to today's use of LOL ("laugh out loud"), and words like exam, vet and fridge that have all become common place, so too will abbreviations like msg ("message"). ... I agree with Crystal in that some "Tweetspeak" is play on words and knowing the English language allows you to manipulate the words. ...

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Given that actors and actresses do not only bring his or her physical appearance to the film, but also their reputations, directors, like Baz Luhrmann, took the task of casting carefully. ... Like Danes, DiCaprio's fame was on the rise, and Luhrmann used this to his advantage. ... He speaks as if they really are his words and that's something you don't always get in a Shakesperean performance," ("Production Notes: Romeo and Juliet"). ...

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