In The Tempest, Prospero's ultimate control over his daughter is shown by his ability to put her to sleep at will. ... Prospero's control over Miranda's consciousness is only one example of the power he holds on the island. ... The most famous quote from The Tempest concerns dreams: " We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.... Prospero acknowledges how important to our lives sleep and dreams are. ... It also shows us the character of Romeo as a romantic youth. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Ultimately, this kind of reading threatens to reduce King Lear to a form of melodrama, a story of the straightforward conflict of clearly identifiable and separable forces of good and evil, in which the outcome is tragic only in the sense of being disastrous for the main characters. ... Critics may go on speaking of the grandeur of Shakespeare's achievement and of Lear as a character, but if the standard readings of the play were correct, a more honest reaction would resemble that of Groucho Marx, when, in a meeting almost as improbable as Lear's encounter with Tom o' Bedlam, he...

• Word Count: 8939
• Approx Pages: 36
• Grade Level: High School

The main character Constance is a symbol of Christian faith and purity while other religions in the tale are depicted as evil. ... Sir Lancelot is a brave and heroic character who is in love with his queen. ... Virtue in Utopia is defined as the moral character of an individual who supports society, individuals who serve as pillars of society are to be considered virtuous. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

For this reason I will discuss certain magical characters of A Midsummer Night's Dream in separate chapters. ... The fairies interact with each other, but also with other characters in the play. ... However, according to Michael Taylor the fairies do not merely function in the play as an explanatory phenomenon for the human world and natural occurrences, but as characters equal in existence to the lovers. ...

• Word Count: 9832
• Approx Pages: 39
• Grade Level: High School