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Desdemona, and Iago. Both Othello and Desdemona, thanks to Iago’s jealousy and betrayal, end up being the central focus of tragedy. As readers/viewers make their way through this illustrious play, they are given first-hand knowledge of Iago’s intentions and deceitful tactics. When Othello was first performed in the early 1600’s, the audience was so affected by Iago’s deceitfulness that they would often shout at the characters in the play, warning them of Iago’s intentions. They even went so…

One of the great artists of all time, William Shakespeare, had a famous saying, “A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man thinks himself to be the fool.” As cliché as this sounds, William Shakespeare consistently wrote about topics that he was not very familiar with himself, and therefore whenever he wrote on these subjects the reader can always tell that Shakespeare tries to be as vague as possible while still getting his point across. In the book Macbeth, there are many sciences,…

witches one with the initial prophecy with each of the three witches say, “First Witch: All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!/ Second Witch: All hail, Macbeth, Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!/ Third Witch: All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!” (Shakespeare I.iii.51-53). While the second time occured after Macbeth becomes paranoid about being dethroned, he seeks the knowledge of the witches which they say, “First Witch: The power of man, for none of woman born/ Shall harm…

When forbidden love crosses two young individuals, the best is not intended for them. William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and romance. In the play, two young lovers named Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, cross paths and end up falling head over heels for each other. However, their families have been adversaries for years but that does not stop them. They still pursue their dangerous love for each other behind their loved ones back. This results in deaths of them…

analyzing the titles, one can assess that Sonnet 18 seems positive while Sonnet 130 seems negative. This is because the first 126 Sonnets were speaking of a “Fair Youth,” and Sonnets 127-152 are speaking of a “Dark Lady” (Dautch). Although Sonnet 18 and 130 have the same theme of love, William Shakespeare portrays love, through his use of imagery, in two different ways. First, the two poems share the same theme; however, they are portrayed differently. The theme of both poems is love, but this…

nonsensical phrases and a lot of repetition, as it will be shown below. The presence of Repetition gives a particular rhythmic sonority, with a lot of unconnected phrases that create a well-planned net to be discovered. When analyzing structure, the first thing that catches the attention is that it must be a challenge for the actor to perform the speech because of its length of the monologue, this being over 700 words; the lack of punctuation, and the apparent…

Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe. It was first published in 1604, eleven years after Marlowe’s death and at least ten years after the first performance of the play. Doctor Faustus is the story of a man coming to grief by his unbridled thirst for knowledge and power which leads him to his final damnation. It is a play of deep questions concerning morality, religion and man’s relationship to both. This play actually feeds the desire of the supernatural beliefs of the Elizabethan…

Throughout history, people have been writing about love that cannot be, but even with all those stories out there, some of them engaged the reader more than others. Each story that is written has the same main idea and plot, but yet they are so different. All of them show that nothing good can come for a fued or segregation.Two stories that grabbed the attention of everybody worldwide are Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, and “Pyramus and Thisbe” by Ovid. While Romeo and Juliet…

will critically be discussed in terms of different characters’ actions and their choice of words. According to DeLuca (2015) words can be a powerful tool when it is used for deception. The first technique that…

Lear appears to grow throughout the course of his story and eventually learns the importance of humility before his tragic death. For example, Lear is very condescending towards the fool for the first half of King Lear, but eventually proves his worth as a person and redeems himself before he dies. The first acknowledgement of this change is where the text reads, “My wits begin to turn.- / Come on, my boy. How dost, my boy? Art cold? / I am cold myself” (III. ii. 73-75). The concern he shows for…