This foreshadows why Othello acts as vehemently as he does when he becomes convinced of Desdemona's infidelity. ... When Othello finds out 5 Cassio, the accused adulterer, has a look-a-like in his possession; Othello thinks Iago's case is proved. ... Thinking he has proof beyond any reasonable doubt, Othello acts characteristically by getting caught up in emotion and lost hopelessly from all reason. ... "William Shakespeare's Othello,"" Blooms Notes. ... Shakespeare, William. ...

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Specifically, romantic love and Shakespeare builds upon the intense passion that is eminent at the first sigh between Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare tends to depict love as not only a expression of two people's feelings, but also a violent and overwhelming power; possessing both Romeo and Juliet. ... Her willingness to commit suicide is confirmed when she says, "If all else fail, myself have power to die" (Act 3, Scene 5, Line 242). ... Romeo challenges fate by crying out "Then I defy you stars" (Act 5, Scene 1, Line 24), depicting that their love is against destiny. ... Thus leading Romeo...

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• Grade Level: High School

Specifically, romantic love and Shakespeare builds upon the intense passion that is eminent at the first sigh between Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare tends to depict love as not only a expression of two people's feelings, but also a violent and overwhelming power; possessing both Romeo and Juliet. ... Her willingness to commit suicide is confirmed when she says, "If all else fail, myself have power to die" (Act 3, Scene 5, Line 242). ... Romeo challenges fate by crying out "Then I defy you stars" (Act 5, Scene 1, Line 24), depicting that their love is against destiny. ... Thus leading Romeo...

• Word Count: 972
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In Shakespeare's comedic and light-hearted story the Twelfth Night, Olivia, a rich countess of Illyria, is the constant admiration of Orsino, Duke of Illyria. ... Cesario states, "With adorations, and fertile tears/ With groans that thunder love, with signs of fire," wooing Olivia with his passionate words expressing the Duke's undying true love (I, v, 244-5). ... Olivia acts on impulse, especially in love. ...

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In The Tragedy of King Lear, William Shakespeare draws our support for his villains as well as his heroes, asking us to explore what drives someone to action. ... Shakespeare tests our sensibilities in letting us meet his villains intimately through their soliloquies. ... The genre of King Lear is unquestionably tragedy: tragic because of the absence of love within these five acts. ... Shakespeare leaves his readers to wonder whether it is Gloucester's own fault, as the irresponsible father, that Edmund has turned against him. ... Says Goneril, "Pluck out his eyes" (III.vii.4-5). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"The Merchant of Venice", one of Shakespeare's comedies, is based around a group of Venetian Christians. ... Shylock believes he acts with his daughter's best interests in mind. ... (Act3, Sc1, Line54-5 and 62-3) Antonio is a pillar of the community and Shylock is a hated moneylender. ... And their talk is of music, Shakespeare's recurrent symbol of harmony." Brown believes, Shakespeare broadened his theme of commercial wealth to include love and personal relationships. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Problem of Hamlet In Shakespeare's timeless tale of Hamlet, Hamlet is described as having very many problems. ... In Hamlet's first meeting of the ghost, (Hamlet I, 5, 1-98), the ghost tells him that he has all the qualities and requirements to avenge his father's murder. ... Basista 5 Oedipus Complex is the positive libidinal feelings of a child toward the parent of the opposite sex and hostile or jealous feelings toward the parent of the same sex that may be a source of adult personality disorder when unresolved. ... He finally acts when all that he could ever love h...

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• Grade Level: High School

Cleopatra acts very much over the top in this scene, and one begins to question when she stops and her play-acting begins. ... Through Act 1 Scene 5 Cleopatra complains to Charmian that she misses Antony. ... 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). ...

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• Grade Level: High School