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For a drama to be great and memorable, it must have an attention-grabbing conflict. Some dramas even go so far to have multiple conflicts within one piece of work. For example, Hamlet shows evidence of both inward and outward conflict. The play was written in such a way that conflict is spotted throughout nearly the entire play. The conflict is not held between just two characters, but among many characters. Although Shakespeare’s language can be hard to decipher, the conflict is easily…

Shakespeare wrote many things one being “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” He wrote many things and they continue to carry on throughout the years. This play was written as a play and is acted out and wrote in a book. It’s about a man named Macbeth who wants to become king and will do whatever it takes to become king with the influences of his life. He lets things get to his head and ruins many things and isn’t liked by others. While watching the play I realized there were many similarities and…

Throughout William Shakespeare’s King Lear, the wizened former King of Britain goes through experiences wrenching enough to make any man lose touch with reality and sanity. Stripped of all power and worldly luxuries, Lear is cast out from both of the daughters who professed eternal love for him. Lear’s apparent progression towards madness is recognized by his family and advisors alike, and Regan even asserts to Lear that he “be rul’d and led / By some discretion that discerns your state / Better…

It is human nature to want power and to compete for it. William Shakespeare's final play "The Tempest" he writes about how Prospero, the duke of Milan gets overthrown by his brother Antonio. Antonio evicts Prospero and his daughter, Miranda out of Milan and into the raging ocean. This can show how the characters in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" struggle for power. In Shakespeare's play he uses conflict to demonstrate how "The Tempest" has a theme of struggle for power. In "The Tempest" conflict…

themselves to their plan, the Spirit the readers feel as they read both of these plays, and the Literature Shakespeare put into each play as he is writing them. Macbeth is a play almost completely centered around the theme Appearance versus Reality. The first time this theme is show is irony in Act I scene i line 10 “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”. All three of the witches are now saying this line as to foreshadow when Scotland wins the war and Macbeth says “So foul and fair a day I have not…

In the stories of 'Midsummer Nights Dream ' and 'The Tempest ' there are characters that are strong and weak. There are characters that are magical and normal. There are also characters that move the story/fantasy forward. The characters of Miranda and Hermia are strong, weak, normal and they move the story forward. In these two worlds there are agents of change and there are also captains that captain their own destinies, in some cases both. For instance, Miranda is the agent of change and…

In King Lear, Goneril treacherously conspires against the members of her family in an attempt to secure ultimate sovereignty. With the conclusion of Shakespeare’s play, she ruthlessly murders both of her younger sisters—first Regan: “Her sister / By her is poisoned; she hath confessed it” (King Lear V.iii.226-227), followed by Cordelia: “He hath commission from thy wife and me / To hang Cordelia in the prison” (V.iii.252-253). Here, the intersections formed between Shakespeare’s…

Shakespeare Ideal King "Love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, is it far safer to be feared than loved"(Machiavelli). Throughout Niccolo Machiavelli 's "The Prince" and Sun Tzu 's "The Art of War," they go in detail discussing what a ruler should know, how to behave, and what the most important characteristic a ruler can have. Another great well Known author is William Shakespeare, whom constantly in his plays shows what how he thinks the ideal ruler should…

William Shakespeare, the author of many famous plays and sonnets, once said, “Have more than you show, speak less than you than you know.” If this is the case then many people won’t be saying anything after trying to understand original Shakespearean writings. Thankfully for those people, there have been many more modern adaptations that are easier to read and understand. The English III class read through “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. The three different version that were analyzed were…

reinforces her malevolent nature because, as an audience, we see that she seems to be motivated to kill by revenge whereas Lady Macbeth is motivated by power and greed, Lady Macbeth’s greedy nature comes through Shakespeare’s use of her soliloquy. When we first meet her in Act 1 Scene 5 she is reading a letter from Macbeth. She then goes on to speak out loud of her feelings. “What thou wouldst highly, that wouldst wrongly win. Thou’dst have, great Glamis, that which cries, ‘thus thou do’ if thou…