In many of William Shakespeare's works, it is evident that Shakespeare is alluding the lack of intelligence and weakness of women. "Frailty, thy name is woman" (1.2.146), quoted by Shakespeare in Hamlet is an example of this. In Hamlet, Shakespeare depicts characters like Ophelia and Gertrude as demonstrating weakness and being tools of manipulation by the males in their lives. ... Overall, Gertrude displays that she is weak because she could easily be manipulated by men in her life and fears being alone. ... Ophelia and Gertrude are easily manipulated since they have no place ...

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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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When William Shakespeare wrote it. ... Shakespeare's work, though complicated, will never have just one meaning. ... Shakespeare will always be powerful and applicable throughout time. ... In today's society, there would be no difference in how the son of a mother might feel. ... That would have been the climax of the play and no one else would have died. ...

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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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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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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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Claire McMurdock 10.A Year 10 'Shakespeare' Assignment 'Romeo and Juliet' Discuss the ways in which Shakespeare creates dramatic tension based around the transformation of Juliet's character. 'Romeo and Juliet' is one of Shakespeare's famous love tragedies written during the Elizabethan times. Throughout the play Shakespeare creates dramatic tension by portraying a transformation in Juliet's character. Shakespeare uses the Elizabethan times and society to help him do this. ... But later on in the play these words become ironic, as Capulet&#...

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In The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare uses a variety of different ways to put across to the reader or audience his views on marriage and relationships. ... Bianca does nothing back to Katherina, and this is probably through fear. ... The Widow is given no name, and is just referred to as "The Widow," which shows just how important to Hortensio she really is. ... The message the Shakespeare was trying to display here was that some men get married just so they have a wife and the status of husband; it has no real meaning. ... The last major point that Shakespeare made was one of favouriti...

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In the play "Macbeth," William Shakespeare depicts a thane and his wife who viciously become heads of political power in Scotland through foul behavior and foolish decisions. ... Upon the first visit with the witches, the Macbeths' marriage was great, as there was no sign of trust issues, but due to Macbeth's flaw of vaulting ambition, he began to trust the witches, and rely on the weird sisters more so than Lady Macbeth. ... Macbeth became King but trust was lost, and his fellow soldiers became suspicious of him, even his fellow commander Banquo feared, "Thou play&#x...

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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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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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But here in the jungle he is worth nothing and is therefor submissive to his wife, but most important he has no pride. ... It is of course easy to say for a man who lives by the Shakespeare quotation: " By my troth, I can die but once; we owe God a death and let it go which way it will he that dies this year it quit for the next."" He has obviously faced death several times before, both in the jungle and in the war, and does not seems to know what fear is anymore. ...

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To Know or Not To Know To know or not to know-that is the question: Whether Gertrude is an important character in the play or not, What is the reason that Shakespeare includes her in the play? ... /Now fear I this will give it start again. ... She exclaims "O Hamlet, speak no more! ... Seeing someone claim that they are talking to someone and looking and seeing no one, and killing someone out of rage for no apparent reason would make you believe so. ... She obviously had no part in the poisoning of King Hamlet and played no role in the grand plan against Hamlet. ...

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Iago is the ultimate bad-guy and a good contrast with Desdemona for it is obvious that Iago thinks of no one else's emotions but his own. ... Othello knows no other than his life as a soldier, all that takes place out of the military, must some way be related to that lifestyle or he is lost. ... There are many themes and representation throughout this play, as with any play "especially Shakespeare, like the color of Othello's skin (a visual separation that amplifies Othello's mental separation from the other characters). ... Iago is able to fake an affair with Desdemona and...

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There can be no argument that D.H. ... Morel feared that Miriam would exclude her and tried to break up their relationship, while Paul, himself sickened at heart by Miriam's romantic love and fear of physical warmth, turned away and became involved with Clara Dawes, a married woman, separated from her husband Baxter, and a supporter of Women's Right. ... No other important English novel seems to offer quite such a stark illustration of an 'Oedipus complex' "4 What is "Oedipus complex"5? ... Morel is "a mother who is forced to desert husband on mentally, a mother who tur...

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