In William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 116" the meaning of true love is portrayed through the creative imagery. ... William Shakespeare equates the meaning of true love with that of safety. ... This image is shown in "Sonnet 116" when Shakespeare writes, "it is the star to every wand"ring bark" (7). ... True love is the strongest emotion experienced by human beings and can withstand all trials and tribulations, including, but not limited to those of time, fear, anger, and grief. Shakespeare relates the idea of true love to the idea of strength through the image he creates in the lines "O no, it...

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Yet she makes no order for this to change nor does she more than mildly rebuke those who think that a woman on the stage is the 'beginning of the end'. ... The 1998 film, Shakespeare in Love, cleverly altered the way in which audiences viewed Shakespeare by adjusting the temperament of the film with a modern lens. ... The set of Shakespeare in Love is a clever conception of London in the 1500's and convincingly reveals to the audience the possible conditions of how Shakespeare may have lived (Fitzsimmons, 2012). ... As per Dusinberre (2012): "The female gossip networks gave...

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Doubt the truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love" (Shakespeare quotes hamlet). ... They were not able to escape their destiny, but by using foreshadowing shakespeare helped us understand why. In the lines "I fear, too early: for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall fearfully begin his fearful date with this night's revels and expire the term of a despised life closed in my breath by some vile forfeit of untimely death" (1.iv.112-117) Romeo is foreshadowing his death which is the most crucial part throughout the whole poem. ... The author al...

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Without Desdemona, Othello feels incomplete as he has no one to talk to about his daily adventures and Desdemona has no one as manly in her life. ... " (Shakespeare Act 5 Scene 2 Lines 0-17). ... Whenever she feels is necessary, she backs herself up and stands up to Othello, "Why I should fear I know not, since guiltiness I know not.... " (Shakespeare Act 3 Scene 4 Lines 76). ... He has no way of knowing that she will always love him and he is afraid to lose the love he thinks he will have forever. ...

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There is no subject more exciting than sexual jealousy when it deals with love and passion. When passion is separated from the crime it no longer looks despicable but instead romantic. ... Rising to the top with little or no help from others demonstrates the ambition of Othello. ... (Amour,127) Playing on the fears and weakness of others, Iago continues to use trickery to obtain his devious goal. ... (Shakespeare,42) Also in his deception he uses Roderigo, who had once hoped to win Desdemona. ...

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Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet are forced to show their love for others. When Romeo marries Juliet, he is forced to show love and respect for Tybalt. But when Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo's genuine love for Mercutio overshadows his love out of duty, and Romeo kills Tybalt, which leads to hi...

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Troilus's Love For Cressida In the Shakespeare play Troilus and Cressida, Troilus seems to think that he is very much in love with Cressida. ... On line 69 he tells Cressida, "O let my lady apprehend no fear. In all Cupid's pageant there is presented no monster." Saying to her have no fear in doing this no monsters are here. ... There is no use for one glove or one sleeve. ...

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I get the impression she has been hurt in the past by Benedict, and now will not allow any man, let alone Benedict into her heart for fear of being hurt again. ... Beatrice's feelings towards Benedict are made clear from the very start when she asks of the messenger, "I pray you, is Signor Mountanto returned from the wars or no". ... I believe that Shakespeare presents the couple as being rather insecure. ...

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The love they share at the end of the first act is that based on looks, beauty and idolisation, and for Romeo this is no longer an unrequited love as was his love for Rosaline. ... Shakespeare uses this type of monologue to inform the audience of a characters feelings and thoughts. ... Shakespeare has chosen to use deep imagery in this scene, portraying fire and explosions, ownership, wealth and music. ... Shakespeare's use of imagery in this scene relate to the light/dark and day/night motifs used earlier in the play. ... There is no doubt that from their original meeting to their final...

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It is always important when reading Shakespeare to remember that Shakespeare was writing for an Elizabethan audience so therefore we will interpret and respond differently to the situations presented to us. ... Critics suggest that the way Claudio idealises Hero is his way ofhiding a fear and hatred of women.? I personally do not think that Shakespeare was trying to portray Claudio as against women. ... Shakespeare has been criticized for making Claudio's rejection of Hero too cruel along with Beatrice'sKill Claudio? ... At the very beginning Beatrice sarcastically asks of Be...

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The opening scene of the play shows that she is a woman to be feared and represents the common people's views. ... Cleopatra cannot resist and interrupts him with: "No, let me speak". ... Which is also a reference to Antony's speech in Act 4 Scene 14, line forty- six: "Since the torch is out, lie down and stray no farther." ... Cleopatra's role in society at the time is often question and Shakespeare's choice of play during that period is often linked to Elizabeth I, who had died three years previously (1603). ... Cleopatra is shown to be no ordinary women. ...

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When her husband, the Duke of Albany, shows his disapproval and outrage at her actions, she shows no fault or guilt. ... At the end of the play, Goneril fears the consequences of her disgusting actions; after the success of a final scheme, she stabs herself and dies. Goneril's character is one of selfishness and she shows no moral fibre. ... Regan, the King's middle daughter, proves to be the most fierce and brutish of all Shakespeare's female characters. ... Regan grabs a sword and slaughters the servant, a gruesome brutality not shown in many of Shakespeare's females. ...

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In Othello, William Shakespeare's tragic heroine is represented as a keen, battle hungry, adventurous and feisty young woman. ... Lovesick and confused, Desdemona expresses her belief that no woman would actually commit such a crime. ... Another aspect of Desdemona that would inhibit her fear of the afterlife is that she is a Christian. ... She has plenty of courage, and no reason to fear death. ... Works Cited Shakespeare, William. ...

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This is an unfortunate theme in "Macbeth", one of William Shakespeare's most famous tragedies. ... "With the valor of her tongue, " she encourages him with her advice to carry out this act without fear. Many scholars of Shakespeare's work have suggested that Lady Macbeth is the one true character of evil. ... Women of that time had no rights, especially political. ... (3.2 5-7) "Macbeth" is one of William Shakespeare's greatest tragic stories of all time. ...

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We all know that most, if not all, of William Shakespeare's tragedies, are, well, tragic. ... In Othello, Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to reveal how love and respect can so easily be turned into hate and betrayal, ultimately leading to death. ... Right before he does this Othello says, "no more of that. ... Also in the beginning, "If it were not now to die, Twere now to be most happy; For I fear my soul hath her content so absolute that not another comfort like to his succeeds in unknown fate (Act 2, Sence 1)." ... Furthermore, to prepare the reader for a shocking discovery and to conve...

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Ophelia, a character from the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare, is the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and lover of prince Hamlet. Even with these three people in her life, she really has no one there for her who "truly" looks out for her best interests. ... "Perhaps he loves you now, and now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch the virtue of his will; but you must fear his greatness weighed, his will not his won, for he himself is subject to his birth" (Act 1 Scene 3, Lines 17-21). ... He degrades her for no reason other than the fact that she follows her father's orders. ...

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When you first consider Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the first thing to come to mind is, more often than not, the theme of love. ... One of the major themes of Shakespeare's imagery is that of light. ... There is no obvious relationship between her and her daughter, but she still sees her, almost, as a belonging, which she cannot identify with emotionally. ... Although she approves to such an arranged marriage, the Nurse also sees Juliet's point of view, and definitely shows no pressure to the young girl. ... She describes Paris to Juliet as "a man of wax", trying to persuade...

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Of all the characters in Shakespeare's Othello, none is more complex and of great depth and dimension than "honest" Iago. ... What marks his consummate villainy is the willingness to be absolutely evil-to have no qualms about being diabolical and no strains of human morality tugging at his conscience. ... 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). ... Extremely base and forward language used by Iago shows no sign of remorse or sympathy in any situation, using his play o...

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And the qualities, which make this masterpiece of Shakespeare -Hamlet - a heroic character, have certainly laid him vulnerable to sufferings and destructions in his life. ... Hamlet's tragic flaw is his indecisiveness, which stems from his fear of being sent to hell for his sins on Earth. ... This fear prevents Hamlet from feeling the many joys of life including loyalty to his family and ambition. ... It seems that Hamlet at times, makes no decisions and instead projects the image of an indecisive, inactive and passive individual, a romantic incapable of action who is in some ways snivel...

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In Othello by William Shakespeare, the two main characters Othello and Desdemona have a starstruck love; but that does not mean they have no issues. ... " (3.3.98) Fear overpowers Desdemona as she refuses to admit the true whereabouts of the handkerchief. The one small mistake of misplacing it has escalated into rage from Othello and fear from herself, and created an unhealthy relationship between the two. ... Iago convinces his wife to steal it from Desdemona since he knows that it has a lot of sentimental value and that Othello will be angry when he finds out his wife no longer has it. ...

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Harold Bloom, an American literary critic, says that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's relationship is the "best marriage in Shakespeare" at the beginning of the play, equal in love and ambition. ... According to Lady Macbeth, there is no "illness" or badness in his personality. ... What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? ... At the news of his wife's death, Macbeth, who has now lost all sense of fear and has almost lost his conscience and the feeling of pain, speaks words, which are not the ones that would be expected from a loving husband "She should ...

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Marva Collins No work is insignificant. ... Ann Landers Nothing in life is to be feared. ... Muhammad Ali Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. ... Anne-Sophie Swetchine To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. ... No one can do it for me. ...

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Hamlet and Ophelia Shakespeare's Hamlet is a play about the quest for revenge and the tragedies that become of it. ... Ophelia is a weak and innocent character with no thoughts of her own. ... Hamlet, upon seeing how his own mother could be capable of such betrayal to her husband, now fears that all women are capable of the same thing. ... Like many people, Hamlet doesn't realize the value of what he had until he could no longer have it. ... Hamlet doesn't immediately decide that he no longer loves Ophelia. ...

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After reading William Shakespeares' Romeo and Juliet, you have a better understanding of the characters then when we are first introduced to them. ... Juliet had no one to turn to and ask for help. ... Fate could not have been changed whatever was meant to be would happen and no one could change that. ... Through language, Shakespeare presents these changes as well as foreshadowing the eventual tragedy Romeo and Juliet's death.   From this point on in the play there are no more comedic or romantic scenes.   ...

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Women like Hero were easily slandered as, in Elizabethan times, female sexuality was something feared by men. ... The idea of male honour was largely based on a fear of cuckoldry. ... She is also described as "No equal for [Don Pedro's] birth". ... When giving her husband the handkerchief, it is unclear whether she does this out of loyalty or out of fear. ... No, I will speak as liberal as the north" - She stands up to her husband, valuing justice over her duties as a wife, and showing loyalty to Desdemona. ...

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