According to Shakespeare keeping the balance between these extreme forms of relationship is the best way to complete life and love. ... Katahrine goes more with vulgar and offensive words like, "No cock of mine. You crow too like a craven." ... Beatrice is disgusted by Benedick's being a soldier "I pray you, how many hath he killed and eaten in these wars?   ... If Shakespeare would have written "The Taming of the Shrew" later, Katherine could have been more complicated and brilliant. ...

• Word Count: 1831
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

He tells her to "not believe his vows; for they are brokers, Not of that dye which their investments show, But mere implorators of unholy suits, Breathing like sanctified and pious bonds, The better to beguile"(Shakespeare, 1.3.127-131). ... She is oppressed by every male she encounters in the play, this is particularly evident when Hamlet verbally attacks her for seemingly no reason: "Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool; for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them" (Shakespeare, 3.1.138). ... Let in the maid that out a maid Never departed more"...

• Word Count: 1574
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

William Shakespeare has come to be known as arguably the finest sculptor of language through his plays and poems. ... Interestingly, Othello does not make an appearance until Act I scene ii, where Shakespeare uses his first appearance to contradict the audience's expectations that were developed in scene one. ... 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 fa...

• Word Count: 1558
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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? ... As Shakespeare and the Elizabethans saw it, by these women corrupting the structure of power and the natural order of society's function, they deserved to be punished with death. ... 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 ...

• Word Count: 1753
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Heroes and role models come into your life and help to mold and shape the person you will become. ... Role models like Shakespeare and Euripedes have withstood centuries because we value their contribution to society. ... People like Martin Luther King junior and Neil Armstrong will last forever for their greatness. ... The President may seem like a figure that can withstand the test of time, but do they really? ... They are made up of qualities and characteristics that we would like to have in our own lives. ...

• Word Count: 1317
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare demonstrates the recklessness of Hamlet is the main cause of his death. ... Like mirror, literature is reflective. ... 'It is about time I caught you doing things maids are not meant to do. ... I'll make you proud,' Krishnan said, his voice cracking.... I said the same thing to my mother; "I'll make you proud"(150). ...

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Act II, Scene I of Shakespeare's Othello, Iago voices his strong misogynistic opinion towards women-that every woman is the same, shrewd monster whether pretty, ugly, smart, or dumb; and that only when women are obedient and submissive, they are worth praise. ... When Desdemona defends her friend and fellow woman, Iago responds, "Come on, come on; you are pictures out of doors,/Bells in your parlors, wild-cats in your kitchens,/Saints in your injuries, devils being offended,/Players in your housewifery, and housewives' in your beds" (2.1.109). ... Iago claims that all wo...

• Word Count: 1417
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate