In assessing the extent of aggressive comedy in Twelfth Night it is important to look at the source material. ... These undertones show that Twelfth Night is based upon a turbulent story. ... It is important to note that it ends without bloodshed; which is typical of sword fights in Shakespeare's Romantic Comedies. The sword fight gives Twelfth Night aggressive comedy in the literal sense of the phrase. ... I would go further in saying that at times Twelfth Night has undertones of the Revenge Tragedy genre. ...

• Word Count: 1722
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School

Darkness and night both exemplify the image of evil and the tone for the play. The obscurity of night conceals all the underlying burdens. ... Banquo notes the sky as clear by saying " There's husbandry in heaven;/ Their candles are all out " (II.i.4-5). Banquo says this to his son, Fleance, about the night coming faster than a usual night in Scotland. ...

• Word Count: 1978
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School

She described how she would sit and gaze at him when he perused the newspaper or how she would leave sweet notes in his lunch pail. ... The poet expresses her love for her husband, Robert Browning, who is also a poet who wrote "Meeting at Night. ... " (l.5-6) Browning is saying she loves him whether it is day or night. ...

• Word Count: 1336
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: High School

As May notes, these people more that other people questioned matters beyond their vision (39). ... The form of supernatural used by Shakespeare in Mid-Summer Night's Dream is the harmless fairies. ... In the first pace, it comes at night when it is cold and lonely, it can't speak unless spoken to, and it comes for a purpose "to revenge his murder. ...

• Word Count: 1725
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School

She had to "sneak out" to the balcony late at night so she can talk to her Romeo. ... On a good note, due to Romeo and Juliet's death, that caused the parents of the Capulet and Montague's to reconsider their feud and became friends. ...

• Word Count: 1287
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• Grade Level: High School

He also notes that Hotspur, like himself, had to prove his worth through battles and praises his fortitude; "To bloody battles and to bruising arms. ... He rants in a fury to his father and Worchester: No; yet time serves wherein you may redeem Your banish'd honours and restore yourselves Into the good thoughts of the world again, Revenge the jeering and disdain'd contempt Of this proud king, who studies day and night To answer all the debt he owes to you Even with the bloody payment of your deaths: Therefore, I say " (I.3.180-187) This is a typical "hot...

• Word Count: 1335
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He has established a very cheerful court of admirers and as Phyllis Rackin observes Hamlet's black clothing, no less than his bitter grief, associates him with the cold night of the opening scene in opposition to the spurious brightness and warmth of Claudius's court. ... As literary critic Morris White notes, His government works smoothly. ...

• Word Count: 1814
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Francisco notes, ''tis bitter cold, And I am sick at heart' (I.i. 8-9). ... The now fully grown Hamlet attains salvation after he is poisoned, and this is hinted at by Horatio: "Good night, sweet prince; / And the flights of angels sing to thee thy rest' (V.ii. 370-1). ...

• Word Count: 1879
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School