The speaker is giving his beloved an ultimatum as it were. ... The speaker of the poem opens with a question that is addressed to his beloved, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" ... The final portion of the sonnet tells how Shakespeare's beloved differs from the summer in various respects. ... The speaker then starts to promise to talk about his beloved, that is so great and awing that she is to live forever in this sonnet. ... And so by doing this it is then carrying the beauty of the beloved down to future generations and eventually for all of eternity. ...

• Word Count: 3329
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Her want a power that sleeps for hours then their parents bury and Romeo to learn first your going to the tomb of Juliet death and seeing that she was dead decides to take a bottle of poison without knowing that Juliet was still alive, when Juliet leaves the tomb realizes what he had done and decided to bury her beloved dagger and so this love story ends in a tragic end. ...

• Word Count: 2527
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The forbidden fruit; a beautiful fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, that God warned Adam and Eve not to eat. In their temptation, they decided to take a bite, thus resulting in severe consequences, death being the worst of them all. Many authors and story-tellers have used the forbidden fruit to inspire their own ideas. A vast amount of literature finds their roots in the story of the fall of Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit. Such a piece of literature is The Tragedy of Macbeth, a play written by William Shakespeare in 1606 for King James I, the king of England. ...

• Word Count: 3108
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Taming of the Shrew Gender Roles in The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare's play, The Taming of the Shrew has always been an important play for those who study gender and its depiction early literature. Its heroine, Katherine, is such a strong willed and overpowering character in the...

• Word Count: 2530
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

In the play "Othello," Shakespeare presents us with another male dominated society where women are inferior. Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are rejected by their partners, but love them completely and unselfishly. All three women are in unbalanced relationships, feeling more for their self-centered men who appear unable to reciprocate. Nevertheless, these women display genuine feelings toward each other unlike any of the male-male friendships. Desdemona and Emilia are both married to career military soldiers. ...

• Word Count: 4504
• Approx Pages: 18