The poem seems to take place in the late autumn season in the cold where leaves begin to fall from trees. ... Within the first quatrain, he compares himself to the trees that are losing leaves in the cold. ... It differentiates himself different then individual in modern society, for example when he states "yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang, (Line2, Sonnet 73) I would've written, 'While the leaves appear to be yellow, the more time goes by, fewer and fewer may hang until eventually no more yellow leaves will be left". His choice of words when it comes to ordering th...

• Word Count: 1745
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The controversial end scene of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" leaves many unanswered questions in the mind of the reader. ... The first one is in the prologue where it says, "star crossed lovers" which shows that it is inevitable that Romeo and Juliet fall in love. ... If Romeo and Juliet had not fallen in love than the events that occurred after they met would have never happened, but no one can control whether or not you fall in love and who with, which suggests fate was the over-riding influence in the play. ...

• Word Count: 390
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

A tragic hero from Greek plays to 19th is usually a person of high status and standing who has to endure some sort of fall. ... Julius Caesar also has a very high position in society and therefore he is a tragic hero because he falls from this position to the lowest position one could fall to, the conspirators kill him. ... Then fall Caesar" (Julius Caesar III. i)! ... A tragic hero also leaves the audience feeling cleansed and because Julius Caesar died for the good of Rome, the audience, which represents Roman citizens feels cleansed. ... Caesar and Brutus both fall from high social posit...

• Word Count: 660
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

(Scott 336) Titania leaves Oberon as a result of the arguments. ... This leaves Hermia to wake up alone. ... Also, when the men fall in love with her, she feels like the "butt of a joke." ... The lover's fall between these two worlds and are affected by both. ... The lover's fall in and out of love like dolls, and like dolls...

• Word Count: 2837
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: High School

The fact that O starts out as a character with a questionable background detracts from the "tragedy" of a great and heroic military commander (Othello) falling from his high pedestal. ... Overall, the movie was very enjoyable because it is a new interpretation of Shakespeare even though as an independent work it leaves much to be desired. ...

• Word Count: 570
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The ultimate act of selfishness is betraying family and friends. In Hamlet by William Shakespeare, several acts of betrayal occur to shape the plot. These include Claudius betraying the king, Hamlet leaving Ophelia, and Claudius attempting to kill Hamlet. The plot of the story revolves around the or...

• Word Count: 750
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Pucks tries to do something good but he accidentally puts the potion on Lysander instead of Demetrius, causing Lysander to fall in love with Helena. ... In doing this Shakespeare grabs on to the reader's perception and leaves them in a astonished pander. ...

• Word Count: 1474
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In the play Othello by William Shakespeare the character of Othello transforms during the course of the play from a respected and honored General to a fallen man, due to the unfortunate sequence of events that transpire through both coincidence and Iago's evil designs. Othello's inability to judge o...

• Word Count: 692
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The play ends with a relatively happy ending: Miranda and Ferdinand fall in love, Antonio and Prospero make-up and Prospero regains his title in Milan, and Ariel is finally granted freedom. ... Shakespeare does not clearly answer this question, and leaves the question to be pondered by the audience. ...

• Word Count: 1395
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In Willa Cather's short story Paul's Case we learn of a young man who is fighting what he fears most: to be as common and plain as his world around him. How others perceive Paul only encourages him to fulfill his dream of escaping his monotonous lifestyle. Paul feels he is drowning in his everyday...

• Word Count: 983
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

With elaborate schemes, lies and betrayal, two sisters dramatically bring about the fall of their King, their monarchy, and themselves, while the third stands in bold contrast as a heroic symbol of light and resolution. ... Before she parts with her husband, the King of France, she reveals to her sisters that she knows of their lies and treachery, that they do not and can never love their Father in the ways they have stated, saying, The jewels of our father, with washed eyes Cordelia leaves you. ...

• Word Count: 1537
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

Falling for the Moor General with his death defying tales of bravado and woe ( and that sexy charisma most black men have). ... Desdemona ignorance towards Othello and Cassio's real reason for fighting ( Othello's suspicions about her infidelity ) leaves her trying to fix up the relationship between the two men. ...

• Word Count: 1595
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Othello's fall is greatly hastened by Iago. ... Through this act, not only does he rectify the wrongdoing he committed, but also leaves his present life, absent of Desdemona, in the hope to rejoin her in the afterlife. ...

• Word Count: 1660
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Yet unlike Titus's abrupt, spiritual reasons for dismembering and killing Alarbus, Tamora exudes with sinister appearances of hatred as she describes the pit, which is an indication of Lavinia's rape and disfigurement: "here nothing breeds," and the pit would "make such fearful and confusèd cries/As any mortal body hearing it/Should straight fall madly, or else die suddenly" (2.3.98, 102-4). ... Not only is Tamora orally able to indicate Lavinia's persecution, she is able to see Titus's fall after he sees his dismembered daughter; Titus does go mad, and, unexpectedly...

• Word Count: 2903
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

"Let Rome in Tiber melt and the wide arch Of the ranged empire fall. ... It may fall between tragedy and history .However T.S Coleridge rates it one the finest history play as he says: 'Of all Shakspeare's historical plays, Antony and Cleopatra is by far the most wonderful. ...

• Word Count: 2903
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Undoubtedly the highlight was William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, this play is about two young men who fall in love but it has great obstacle to be together, the enmity between their families. ... 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
• Approx Pages: 10

Many critics regard "King Lear" as the greatest, and most tragic, of William Shakespeare's plays; indeed, some claim that it is the most tragic play ever written. And yet, it is difficult to see why we should regard "King Lear" as a tragedy for the King is basically a pathetic old man, vain and fool...

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

Satan disobeys God, and the uprising led by him in the Heaven results in the fall of Satan and angels from the light to darkness and suffering. ... Nevertheless, his pride, defiance, and desire to gain more authority than God makes him rebel against God and eventually fall down to Hell together with other rebellious angels. ...

• Word Count: 4910
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

King Lear is one of the greatest tragedy play written by William Shakespeare, which portrays the intense suffering from the blindness through Lear king of Britain and the earl of Gloucester. According to Dictionaries, blindness is defined as "unable to see and lacking of sight, but blindness that...

• Word Count: 3449
• Approx Pages: 14
• 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