Like in our world, wealth, power, and nobility can buy many things and influence many people, but true love, real love, is something that is very rare and precious and can not be bought like other materialistic needs or wants. ... I think that this movie is very precise and detailed because it looks as if it would closely resemble what sixteenth century England would look like physically, with the close proximity of the buildings, no sewage disposal except for out of a window, and the clothing that an actual Englishman would where back then. ... However, if you could erase the unhealthy lifest...

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The irony in 'Heaven doth truly know you are false as hell' conveys how Desdemona's 'heavenly true' innocence ultimately suffers under Othello's misplaced trust in Iago. ... Through the complete deterioration of Othello's language which becomes littered with powerful imagery 'Like to the Pontic Seaeven so my bloody thoughts shall ne'er look back', Shakespeare emphasises the transition of Othello's character from the former proud, noble man to one consumed by jealousy. ... Finally Othello's emotive dialogue 'I scarce did know ...

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In distinguished plays such as Hamlet, one can see traces of Kyd's influence in aspects like that of the Machiavellian character Claudius, Hamlet's play within a play, and the most obvious of all, the fact that Hamlet, in and of itself, is a "Revenge Tragedy". ... As far as Kyd is concerned, the only time you might actually see or hear his name get brought up in an everyday setting is in a New York Times article titled "Further Proof of Shakespeare's Hand in The Spanish Tragedy". ... Having been dead for almost 400 years, the air that is continuously blown in...

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