Orlando approaches Oliver with defiance and a confrontational attitude, arousing the audiences interest at this quarrel, and establishing his character: assertive, honest and bold, a character that every audience will like and take an interest in. ... This scene interests an audience as it has a great variety of tone, character and action. ... He is the test or measure of genuineness, and the audience will know to look out for his opinions and views in the future. ... Another character the audience will want to look out for is the Duke. ... There are many developing plot lines to look out ...

• Word Count: 1259
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Although Macbeth admitted in II, i that his intentions are rather grave, other characters throughout the play seem to notice his violent temperament as well. ... Macbeth is even prepared to take desparate measures "or, in this case, simply bribe Banquo " in order to secure Banquo's help, as evident in Act II, i, 34-35: "If you shall cleave to my consent, when tis,/It shall make honor for you."" ... As the play progresses, a character change is noticeable in both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. ... Macbeth is therefore not a tragedy because Macbeth is a violent, self-centered char...

• Word Count: 1270
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Though not in the first class of Shakespeare's production, it stands next to them, and is perhaps the finest of his historical plays, that is, those in which he made poetry the organ of history, and assumed a certain tone of character and sentiment, in conformity to known facts, instead of trusting to his observations of general nature or to the unlimited indulgence of his own fancy. ... When we examine "Antony and Cleopatra" the background of the play (the translation of Plutarc's work) is easily noticed for the plot of the play also remains close to North's history although ...

• Word Count: 1424
• Approx Pages: 6

The stories reveal a fatal error in judgement and a character flaw, which causes their downfall, suffering and enlightenment. ... A person's character is what an individual is made of and what we judge each and every person by. Lear posses a tragic character flaw of egotism. ... Lear measures his personal wealth in terms of possessions. ... Lines, Circles, schemes, letters, and characters! ...

• Word Count: 1747
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

All this leads to an increase in knowledge in both the characters of Nora and Helmer. ... Finally, the characters experience a reaffirmation of the value of life. ... The character of Torvald Helmer seems to fit this description. ... This, too, is found in the character of Helmer. ... If we look at this play as a tragedy, we may note that perhaps the greatest tragedy of the play is that it takes such drastic measures for the characters to realize the true nature of their interpersonal relationships, and to truly communicate with each other honestly and openly. ...

• Word Count: 1553
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

MACBETH Macbeth is presented as a mature man of definitely established character, successful in certain fields of activity and enjoying an enviable reputation. We must not conclude, there, that all his volitions and actions are predictable; Macbeth's character, like any other man's at a given moment, is what is being made out of potentialities plus environment, and no one, not even Macbeth himself, can know all his inordinate self-love whose actions are discovered to be-and no doubt have been for a long time- determined mainly by an inordinate desire for some temporal or mutable g...

• Word Count: 2254
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate