After murdering King Duncan, his wife tells him to wash away the blood from his hands and exits. ... The distorted view of manliness that Lady Macbeth instilled inside Macbeth has taken root and budded in his heart as he now believes that being a man is about being cold-hearted and willing to do anything to get what one want. Another characteristic of masculinity that Macbeth believes is that men do not have to involve their wives in matters of importance and, therefore, does not tell him wife his plan. ...

• Word Count: 3108
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

These highly subjective sonnets are wonderful tales full of love, deception, and betrayal. ... The first quatrain introduces the theme with the image of reflected beauty, "Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest" (ll. 1). ... The final portion of the sonnet tells how Shakespeare's beloved differs from the summer in various respects. ...

• Word Count: 3329
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Many critics regard "King Lear" as the greatest, and most tragic, of William Shakespeare's plays; indeed, some claim that it is the most tragic play ever written. And yet, it is difficult to see why we should regard "King Lear" as a tragedy for the King is basically a pathetic old man, vain and foolish, rash in his judgment and incapable of controlling his emotions. This characterization seems to preclude viewing Lear on the Aristotelian model of a tragic hero, as someone raised above the ordinary level of humanity, except in the most conventional sense of his social status. Moreover, in ...

• Word Count: 8939
• Approx Pages: 36
• Grade Level: High School