Whiles I may'scape/ I will preserve my self... (2.3.3-6). ... Rosalind decides to cross-dress: ...Because that I am more than common tall/ That I did suit me all pointes like a man?... Lears' complaint against the luxurious attire of Goneril is connected to that notion: Thou art a lady;/ If only to go warm were gorgeous,/ why, nature needs not what thou gorgeous wear'st,/ Which scarcely keeps thee warm (2.4.269-72). ... Thou serv'st me, and I'll love thee (1.4.90). ... In line 132, Lear uses the pronoun "I" with relation to power : "...I do invest yo...

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• Grade Level: High School

The term "the Moor- is used to refer to him on countless occasions: "To the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor- [1.1.125] and "With the Moor, says'st thou?... By looking at Othello's colour and race in relation to his social struggle, the post-colonialist aspect of the play can also be analyzed. ... We must, however, also look at Othello's social rank in relation to others - he is a general, one much needed by the state, as the Duke said "Valiant Othello, we must straight employ you/Against the general enemy Ottoman- [1.3.48-49] In terms of importance, he is ranked much above tha...

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• Grade Level: High School

The third witch says: "All hail Macbeth, thou shalt be King hereafter!" ... "The Prince of Cumberland - that is a step, On which I must fall down, or else o"erleap, For in my way it lies." ... They greet each other with relation to the letter. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

As I have read, Tennyson's notions of time are initially dependent upon the strict division between human time and time existing in nature, the first is linear, the second one is cyclical. ... As we can see in section 13 the poet is confused by this intertwining of dream and reality and I think that for the poet the appropriate solution is death, in order to remove this grief.  What is more, in section 95 lines 42-43 time and death appear as cause and effect; however, this relation is only true for human time. ... I agree with the opinion that Tennyson, throughout the poem, tries t...

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• Grade Level: High School

Bringing together the works of Said, Loti, and many other important literary sources, I will look critically at the historical interaction between the West and ˜The Rest' and analyze key subtopics including but not limited to; geopolitical issues, bi-orientalism, how the views of the Orient have changed throughout time, multifaceted issues within The Orient, and why the West is so interested in The Orient. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In fact, she was so infatuated with the image of herself that she would have remained had God not taken her away to meet her mate: "Pleas'd it return'd as soon with answering looks/ Of sympathy and love, there I fixt/ Mine eyes till now, and pin'd with vain desire - (IV, 464-466). ... Perhaps the best illustration of the relation of Eve and Adam in the matter of superiority is upon returning to their initial meeting where she runs away, and, after being called bac...

• Word Count: 4036
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• Has Bibliography
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Plot Overview IN THE STREETS OF VERONA another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the...

• Word Count: 13391
• Approx Pages: 54
• Grade Level: High School