In most of Shakespeare's work, they seem to dramatize the most when there is a broad disconnection characterizing the male versus female relationship. ... Throughout Shakespeare's work, there is at least one major leading character that unifies the whole play to which they are a female. ... Throughout Shakespeare's work, there is at least one major leading character that unifies the whole play to which they are a female. ... Throughout Shakespeare's work, there is at least one major leading character that unifies the whole play to which they are a female. ... Throughout Sha...

• Word Count: 1855
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Both Shakespeare and Sophocles clearly attack the conventional patriarchal biases that women are associated with tenderness and love. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth serves as a complete counterexample against those biases. ... Both Shakespeare and Sophocles portray Lady Macbeth and Antigone as direct counterexamples against this stereotype-Lady Macbeth being a sinister, evil villain and Antigone being a fearless, heroic warrior. Both Shakespeare and Sophocles also challenge the other fundamental patriarchal bias that women are acquiescent, passive, and submissive to authority. On...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we discover that Macbeth is a tragic hero. ... At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a hero very clearly. ... Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth, started to leave her in ignorance of his plans. ... Soul of Macbeth have been destroyed since Macbeth love Lady Macbeth very much, as shown in Act I, Sc. 5, p.58, "My Dearest Love." ... This nemesis shows an additional force beyond Macbeth's control. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As is only expected in traditional tragedy, Shakespeare's dark tale Macbeth, concludes with a righteous character, Malcolm, the heir to the Throne of Scotland, commenting on what has passed. ... Ominously, Shakespeare opens the play in 'thunder and lightning'. The three witches collude to meet with Macbeth 'upon the heath'. ... Lady Macbeth is absent from the opening scenes of Macbeth; this indicates the position of women in an autocratic patriarchy. ... Macbeth is distraught by the impending murder and when Duncan arrives, it is Lady Macbeth who greets him, promptin...

• Word Count: 1419
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Shakespeare has specifically used cousin to show that Macbeth is such a beloved man and his loyalty to fight for king has earned King Duncan to regard him as a blood relative. ... Nevertheless, Shakespeare leaves subtle hints for the audience that foreshadow the prevalence of Macbeth's true nature. ... Shakespeare has done this in order to render him as a tragic hero. ... Shakespeare had to make sure that the audience has a clear idea of Macbeth nobility and Similarly, Dr Jekyll is also respected amongst the wise and his fellow men though his dark side is shown much more physically tha...

• Word Count: 1776
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Before Shakespeare's formation and death he was just an ordinary poet among many others. ... In 1592, at the start of Shakespeare's career, a well-known writer at the time named Robert Green insulted Shakespeare by naming him an "upstart crow". ... If seen from a more positive perspective, this gave Shakespeare a huge opportunity and caused his popularity to increase, this lead Shakespeare to be taken more seriously and people were beginning to get influenced to giving Shakespeare interest because it implied that regardless of his education and his class, Shakespeare was ca...

• Word Count: 2217
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The 1998 film, Shakespeare in Love, cleverly altered the way in which audiences viewed Shakespeare by adjusting the temperament of the film with a modern lens. ... The set of Shakespeare in Love is a clever conception of London in the 1500's and convincingly reveals to the audience the possible conditions of how Shakespeare may have lived (Fitzsimmons, 2012). ... This theory is stabilised via many of his female characters such as Lady Macbeth and Gertrude in Hamlet, as according to Dall (2000): "Through Gertrude's marriage to Hamlet's uncle and also through Lady Macbeth...

• Word Count: 1880
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Shakespeare was completely different. ... Finally in 1594, the literary talents of Shakespeare were recognized in print. ... In contrast, Edward de Vere's death in 1604 would have bar him from being the author of several majestic tragedies believed written latter such as Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear; the fact that the quality of de Vere's published earlier poetry likely before 1585 is vastly inferior to that of Shakespeare; the specific knowledge the plays and poems infer certain prominent people in the Queen's court connect with associated events; similarities in Shakespear...

• Word Count: 1431
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although these two eras differ in many other ways, the most illustrated differences deal with the realm of drama, starting with the Medieval Cycle dramas and culminating in Shakespeare's King Lear. ... We can see the double plot/sub plot structure becoming more and more significant and taking on more importance in plays such as Gorboduc, The Spanish Tragedy, most of Shakespeare's works, and ultimately in King Lear. ... We see the culmination of the destroyed safety of the Medieval world in Shakespeare's plays including Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, and King Lear. ...

• Word Count: 1596
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate