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In the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, the male protagonist, Romeo, has a distinct personality. Romeo is impulsive as he often gets over past experiences quickly after acquiring a newfound opportunity. He also is mentally sharp and in certain occasions, Romeo connives to beat others through his intellect. Despite many of his other traits, Romeo possesses the contrasting quality of being courteous and polite. Each of Romeo’s characteristics plays a fundamental part in advancing the plot of…

After Macbeth murders Duncan, supernatural events start to occur. Macbeth speaks this speech because of the knocking he hears on his gate. This is mysterious and foreshadows the end of the play. The knocking portrays doom that's coming. Symbolically, Macduff is the one who is knocking because he is the one who destroys Macbeth in the end. It also represents the guilt of Macbeth overwhelming him. He says “ all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood” because blood is the symbol for guilt and he…

Guilt is defined as, the fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime. Insolence provides a negative feeling to the brain, this then leads to guilt. Guilt is a way of easing pain from the brain. Doing this allows the person to feel better; because they now know what they have done is wrong. Macbeth in Macbeth has a tragic downfall that leads him into a death spiral of terrible choices that is causing his guilt to become larger and larger. In Macbeth William Shakespeare shows…

Anne Bradstreet was born as Anne Dudley in Northampton, England in 1612. Her parents were Thomas Dudley, who was a steward of the Earl of Lincoln, and Dorothy Yorke. Anne became very well educated due to her father’s high position, which was unique because most women did not receive an education during this time period. Anne was tutored in many languages such as Greek, Latin, French, Hebrew, and English. She was also tutored in history and literature. When Anne was sixteen, she married…

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare is centered strongly around the ideas of love and marriage. The two main relationships in the play are those of Hero and Claudio and of Benedick and Beatrice. They both face several hardships throughout the story, before ultimately reconciling in joy at the conclusion. These trials help to show that no matter what, true love will sustain, and cannot be hidden or broken. Claudio and Hero’s relationship had a peculiar beginning. Claudio was too…

preceding are indubitably of utmost importance in Emma, for present are members of the lower middle class, the comfortable gentry, and the upper crust of Georgian society. Jane Austen, of course, was acutely aware of the predicament of the impoverished gentlewoman and comments on their position in Georgian society by showcasing the gauche meretriciousness of Mrs. Elton, the dependency of the Bates, and the unfortunate future as a governess for Jane Fairfax. In contrast to their more affluent…

In many pieces of literature the characters change over the course of the story. This is shown in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In the play Lady Macbeth changes into a completely different personality. At first she is a power-hungry woman that is very masculine in the way that she acts. She starts to change after Macbeth becomes king. Towards the end she changes to the point where she is stressed out about everything that she has done. In Macbeth Lady Macbeth changes from a selfish person to…

This in itself was a bad move (one should never talk about another person whilst trying to get laid), but he continues this note, saying how she told him to “chuse a gentlewoman for [her] sake.” This immediately tells Elizabeth that William wants to marry her only because he has to, because his source of income demands it so (he doesn’t care about her, only the money). This also encourages the idea that Elizabeth is merely…

Abraham Lincoln stated, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Macbeth, a play written by William Shakespeare, delivers a tale about the misuse of power. Throughout the play, characters demonstrate multiple ways in which power manipulates a person and vice versa. The play demonstrates this through brainwashing, fear, pride, and paranoia; thus, proving power corrupts. Even in today’s society, people are being corrupted by power and use it…

an opposite direction. Later Lady Macbeth knows nothing about the crimes in Scotland that Macbeth has committed. Tortured by the killing of Duncan, Lady Macbeth suffers a lot from sleepwalking. Later lady Macbeth rubs her hands continuously; he gentlewoman says it is an accustomed action with her, “to seem thus washing her…