The final line-- "Who, in despite of view, is pleased to dote- has a pun on the word "view,"" which sounds similar to "you."" ... Unlike a traditional beauty in most of Shakespeare's sonnets, this woman does not have an appealing smell or "delightful- voice, and gives the reader a more relatable character. ... As the persona points out, his lover does not have a delightful tune, and when read, the line sounds much like a tune, mainly because of the alliteration-- "thy tongue's tune,"" and the extra syllable emphasizes that idea of imperfection. ... The tone however, is much like th...

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Both Shakespeare's comedic play As You Like It and Ken Kesey's post-modernist novel, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," portrays the transformation of its characters throughout the texts, via a close examination of the gradual evolution of character that occurs within the protagonists of each text. ... This can be seen in Shakespeare's, "As You Like It," which explores the growth of characters throughout their journeys through an examination of personal adversity. ... Conversely, Shakespeare's, "As You Like It," explores the notion of the transformation of identity as ...

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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. If only Shakespeare had been born in the time of T.V. perhaps it would have rotted his mind before he got the chance to write this truly tasteless play that mine and countless other generations will no doubt be force to read. ... She deceived her...

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Shakespeare clearly brings out the importance and irrelevance of the major and minor characters, respectively. ... Like many people you meet, Iago can be mysterious and baffling. Just when you think you understand him, he does or says something completely mystifying. ... Even though there are people who can understand Shakespeare's language, there are also people such as myself, who have yet a long way to learn Shakespeare and his ways. Generally, Shakespeare's style is still admired and criticized by many in the world. ...

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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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If you were directing this ply would you make this change? ... To edit or not to edit If I were to direct William Shakespeare's The Tempest I would not change the location of Prospero's speech to the end. ... If I ever decided to direct this play I would really try to keep it, as Shakespeare would want the play to be. ... These marginal issues aside, The Tempest is the fourth, final, and the finest of Shakespeare's great and/or late romances. ... It combines elements of tragedy (Prospero's revenge) with those of romantic comedy (the young lovers Miranda and Ferdinand), ...

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If it's true that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth to teach readers the lesson that too much ambition how Macbeth had to become king is wrong, there would be enough reasons on why people might agree or disagree with what Shakespeare's exact message was for creating Macbeth, but the lesson of too much ambition I would agree with that. As for Nietzsche, who disagreed and said he claims Shakespeare actually admired Macbeth's ambition. ... You look back to the beginning of the play at Macbeth was the kind of person who would never kill anyone for power. ... Thought through all this maybe t...

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What are the Causes of Othello's Downfall and how has Shakespeare Portrayed Them? ... 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...

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Shakespeare elucidates the notion of tragedy through the medium of age and the associated insights inherent in the range of ages represented by the characters. ... "He shall not make me there a joyful bride" (Juliet, Act III, Scene V, Line 117) "An you be not hang, beg, starve, die in the streets" (Capulet, Act III, Scene V, Line 193). ... Friar Lawrence's desperate plan for Romeo and Juliet to be together ultimately sounds like a genuine idea "And this shall free thee from this present shame" (Act IV, Scene I, Line 121), but in reality it fails miserably leading to the star-crossed...

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Every time a film based on Shakespeare's work is produced, it is common nature to lower your expectations for originality's sake. ... By removing certain dialogue, you run the risk of taking away the film's credibility to be an accurate representation of Shakespeare's work. However, by removing unnecessary dialogue, Zeffirelli makes the play much more accessible and prone to popularity, unlike the long-winded BBC versions and others like it. ... In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the clothing, weapons, and setting are all very true to the Elizabethan-era customs. ... In this sen...

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William Shakespeare's, The Merchant of Venice, is an abiding play in terms of the values and ideas. ... 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. ... This perhaps in...

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I want the life brought back to the words of Robert Frost and William Shakespeare and I want to see the value and beauty of the English language restored. ... 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. ... Texting has been defended as simply talking with your fingers; e...

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Today, Shakespeare's poetic language would leave viewers perplexed. ... He turns Shakespeare's original play into a distinguishable, modern film. ... 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: ...

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern wander through Tom Stoppard's play like a virgin on their way to the lake in a modern day slasher film. ... This goes along the same vein of the virgin being asked plot setting questions you know she should reply no to but instead answers yes every time. ... Guildenstern is the virgin in this instance as he says "Nononot for us, no like that. ... Just like the virgin in the boat house, death has finally chased Rosencrantz and Guildenstern upon a boat where they find themselves in a dark confined space. ... The play portrays awareness of death as the ever-...

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Strong Women of Othello William Shakespeare often described the women in his plays as being strong, confident individuals, much different from the stereotypical roles of the time period in which he lived. ... "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. When Shakespeare wrote Othello, women had few rights and little power in society. ... Let husbands know their wiv...

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William Shakespeare often described the women in his plays as being strong, confident individuals, much different from the stereotypical roles of the time period in which he lived. ... "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. When Shakespeare wrote Othello, women had few rights and little power in society. ... Let husbands know their wives have sense like them. ...

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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". ... In the las...

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We can see this as Puck is an excluded and disliked character in Act 2 Scene 1 when one of Titania's fairies tells Puck "you are that shrewd and knavish sprite". ... Later in the play, Bottom shows irony when he says "What do you see? You see an ass head of your own, do you?... By showing the attitude another character has towards Puck, Shakespeare develops his character and displays Puck as an outsider among the fairies. This is key information for the audience as for the remainder of the play Puck is not treated with any particular distaste; misleading us into to believin...

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Exploring a ruthless reality, William Shakespeare's Macbeth highlights human nature's desire for power, and the lengths one will go to obtain it. ... Shakespeare's characterization of the key narrative figures, use of imagery and symbolism, depicts the respective roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the ensuing tragedy. ... " 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.... Shakespeare created a manipu...

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Shakespeare uses the interplay of racial prejudice, and its religious and social significance to craft the corruption of Othello's relationship with Desdemona. William Shakespeare also uses juxtaposing colors through the use of animal imagery and racial slurs to show racial difference and illustrate the issue of race. ... Further on in Act 1 of the play we soon find out that Othello is not at all like the description of Iago. ... ""O, would you have had her!... As Shakespeare uses animal imagery, racial prejudice of the Venetian society and Othello's insecurities in his pla...

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In response, I understand where Graff is coming from, and I also understand the importance in fitting in with society so you don't look completely feeble or naive by any means. ... In one sentence Graff claims, "We assume that it's possible to wax intellectual about Plato, Shakespeare, the French Revolution, and nuclear fission, but not about cars, dating, fashion, sports, TV, or video games.... Graff's mindset seems to be that having knowledge on cars, fashion, sport, or TV is just as important as having knowledge on Plato, Shakespeare, or different wars throughout our wor...

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Hamlet In the opening scene of Hamlet Shakespeare introduces us to vital background information that evokes the action of the main plot. ... Bernardo notes that the ghost is "In the same figure, like the king that's dead" and then questions himself "Looks it not like the king". ... Marcellus then questions "Is it not like the king", Horatio then tells the others "Such very armour he had on/ When he the ambitious Norway combated;/ So frown"d he once, when, in an angry parle,/ He smote the sledded Polack on the ice" Horatio also informs the others "In what particular thought to work I k...

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At the start of the ceremony Claudio asks Leonato "Will you with free and unconstrained soul Give me this maid your daughter? ... This cleverly worded metaphor explains that instead of being sweet and pleasant like a fresh orange, she is now ugly and sour as she is no longer a virgin. ... Later on Claudio uses a religious reference to describe Hero's deception " he says to Hero "You seem to me as Dian in her orb But you are more intemperate in your blood than Venus ". ... Through this, Shakespeare has shown how important virginity was. ... Shakespeare has combined deeply hurtful ...

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John Donne, one of the infamous Metaphysical Poets, is known to some only by random quotes such as "for whom the bell tolls" or "no man is an island", but to others he is as important a writer as Shakespeare and thus has been valued as such in many forms. However John Donnes popularity is not universal and although he may be well known, he is not necessarily well liked. ... He says "to read (the metaphysical poetry) you need only count syllables, but to read Donne you must measure time, and discover the time of each word by the sense of passion". ...

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In the play "Macbeth," William Shakespeare depicts a thane and his wife who viciously become heads of political power in Scotland through foul behavior and foolish decisions. ... The Macbeths' relationship mirrors their political power in many ways, and with any good marriage or kingship, you need to have trust. ... Once again, at the beginning of the play the Macbeths' were committed to each other, and although they might have showed commitment in a weird way – like helping each other murder Duncan – they would nonetheless do anything for each other without any...

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