1. Shakespeare and His Honorable Villains
(III; iv; 11) " A bloody deed-almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry with his brother. (III; iv; 29-30). ... "I loved you not" (III; i; 117) "Get thee to a nunnery Marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them" (III; i; 135-137). ...
In Act III, Scene 5, Juliet sticks up for Romeo when the Nurse is verbally attacks Romeo. ... (Act III, Scene 5, L. 237-244) Because Juliet loves Romeo, she sticks up for him, "Ancient damnation! ... (Act III, Scene 5, L. 237-244) The love between Romeo and Juliet and their friends impacts their actions and decisions. ... (Act III, Scene 1, L. 57-59) Romeo loved Mercutio that in the middle of the deadly fight, he tried to save his friend. ...
(II. iii. 245). ... By penetrating their deepest fears and concerns, he then uses them to "make the net that shall enmesh them all" into a jealous web of hatred (II. iii. 356). ... For example, the friendship and honesty Iago falsely imposes upon Othello makes it difficult for him to conceive the possibility that Iago's motives are fowl, therefore believing him to be a person "of exceeding honesty, [who] knows all qualities, with a learned spirit" (III. iii. 45). ...
(III, ii, 111-119) Ophelia will not accept Hamlet's lewd advances. ... (I, iii, 104-108) Polonius continues on about Hamlet's false love, but the personality of his character suggests his true intentions are so his daughter's relationship does not interfere with his pursuit for power. ... (III, iv, 38-40) After discovering the body's identity, Hamlet feels Polonius' murder is not enough and proceeds to berate the corpse. ... (I, iii, 109) Her innocence allows her corrupt father to control her love, the emotion often associated with virtue and peace. ... (I...
Lovers are often stopped from falling in love, but lovers have faith to help them love each other. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers are paused from falling in love, due to two family feuds. Fate leads Romeo and Juliet to meet and to die. Romeo and Juliet are fat...
Olivia proclaims her love to Cesario by saying, "Yet come again; for thou perhaps mayst move/ That heart which now abhors to like his love," revealing her incapability of not falling in love with Cesario and feeling unable to stop what is happening in the matters of love but let fate take it's course (III, ii, 162-3). In another encounter with Cesario, Olivia believes "If one should be the pray, how much the better/ To fall before the lion than the wolf" (III, I, 127-8). ...
Is he mad, or is he not mad - that is the question. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet was thought to have gone mad or insane. There is reason to believe that he was mad, however, there are clues that suggest other wise. Hamlet truly was not insane because of his physical and emotional abilities th...
Shakespeare writes about a young male who does not know the true meaning of love. Since he is still a teenager, he has not yet lived long enough to know the difference between true love and infatuation; hence, he falls in and out of love without difficulty. In his search for love, his immaturity is...
I have picked a long speech that was made by Benedick about Claudio. It's located in the Act II Scene III. Benedick started by saying "I do much wonder that one man, seeing how much another man is a fool when he dedicates his behavior to love, will, after he hath laughed at such shallow follies in...
Hamlet is a play of love and love lost. The first lost love is Hamlet's father. When Hamlet loses his father, he turns to two people to replace that love: his mother, Gertrude, and Ophelia; both of whom betray his love. Gertrude betrays that love by marrying her brother-in-law, Claudius, and Oph...
Kelly Sherriffs Since the beginning of time manipulation has been part of the human psyche. In the play Othello by William Shakespeare, Iago is a perfect example of this character trait. He uses his power of deception to play with the emotions of other characters, who in turn all fall victim to...
King Lear Mental blindness can also be explained as refusing to see the truth because of one's personality. In King Lear, written by William Shakespeare, the theme of blindness is clearly displayed in the characters of King Lear and Gloucester. Both characters are blind to the truth because of t...
This parallels to Lucretius's explanation of the body and mind existing as one, asserting that 'interwoven are the elements from their origin, which constitute their common life; and neither body nor mind has power of feeling, one without the other, but by the joint movements of both united sensation is kindled for us in the flesh" (III, Lines 331-336). ...
Lady Macbeth is a controversial figure. She is seen by some as a woman of strong will who is ambitious for herself and who is astute enough to recognise her husband's strenghts and weaknesses, and ruthless enough to exploit them. They see her in her commitment to evil and in her realisation that the...
Romeo and Juliet Two households both alike in dignity, In fair Verona where we lay our scene From ancient grudge, break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean: 5 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-crossed lovers ta...
"Star-crossed lovers- is perhaps the most memorable phrase from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet - and perhaps the subject of the most debate. Were the young characters the masters of their own destinies or were they victims of fate? Few readers question, though, the second part of the two-word phra...
Love is presented in many different forms in the play. One of the ways is "young love" as seen between Hermia, Lynsander, Helena and Demetrius. The quote 'The course of true love never did run smooth' is a comment from Lynsander and sums up the play as the characters in the play will face hurdles a...
Dante is sent to hell as a intervention from Virgin Mary because of his sins that he committed that he has not yet realized and as Dante walks through the path and then meets the gates of hell where he then encounters a sign that says, "abandon all hope ye who enter here" (Dante III. 9-10), and mean while along the Journey he sees Beatrice who, a spirit from heaven, who he is madly in love with and she watches over Dante throughout his journey so Beatrice sends Virgil to guide Dante so Dante could be safe throughout his journey in the nine circles of hell. ...