Ghost Dance

warped sense of reality and justice. This is the factor that makes them the most alike. Hamlet and Don Quixote can both be considered vigilantes. They both seek out justice, but through different means and for different reasons. Hamlet, haunted by the ghost of his father, feels obligated to right the wrong done by his uncle by any means necessary. Don Quixote seeks justice for the world for the sake of achieving the same honor and prestige of the fictional knights that he so often read about.…

Emilia is a character in the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare. She is Iago’s wife, and Desdemona’s attendant. She is a woman of practical intelligence and emotional flexibility. She is deeply attached to her mistress and distrustful of her husband. She follows Iago in her wifely duty but with time she develops a strong loyalty to Desdemona and, at the end denounces Iago’s ties to defend Desdemona’s reputation. There is a sense of mistake which is irrevocable, like an arrow released that…

There were many diverse characters in this play that stayed true to themselves. Hamlet stayed true to himself and to his mission the whole play but was very false to others. Claudious stayed very true to himself but was extremely false to the rest of the kingdom. Horatio was also very true to himself and his friend hamlet throughout the play. Throughout the story many characters stayed true to themselves, but certain characters revealed they were false to others. Hamlet was very true to…

In both the time periods of the play Hamlet and Shakespeare’s life, the fundamental basis of morality was established through the ideas of Christianity. By critically analyzing Hamlet through the Freudian psychoanalytical lens, it may be inferred that Shakespeare projected his personal views of Christianity and its followers by using the character Claudius as a tool. In the beginning of the play, Shakespeare uses a shallow but religious morality to create an illusion that Claudius is a good man…

Hamlet, the main character in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, is an impulsive character. Whose mother marries his uncle and he learns the unfathomed truth that his father was murdered by somebody who he didn’t expect, King Claudius a greedy man who wanted his brother’s throne. Shakespeare’s play was also tragic. From the death of Hamlet’s father to his very own harrowing death. In Hamlet’s first soliloquy he shows that he is angry with his mother for marrying her husband’s brother.…

feast and seen the ghost he said, ¨ Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble: or be alive again, And dare me to the desert with thy sword; If trembling I inhabit then, protest me The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow! Unreal mockery, hence!¨ ( Act 3 scene 4 lines 103-108¨ This happened right after Macbeth meets with the murderer to discuss about Banquo’s death. The murder says he killed Banquo…

credibility to the ghost. If Hamlet were to see his father's ghost in private, the argument for his madness would greatly improve. Yet, not one, but three men together witness the ghost before even thinking to notify Hamlet. Another reason why the ghost had to be real is that what he was telling Hamlet was proved to be true. Hamlet could not be imagining the ghost because Hamlet did not know the exact details of how Claudius killed the king. Hamlet used the play he directed to test what the…

A theme that is strongly laced between these pieces are guilt and shame. In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus and Jocasta are overwhelmed with the guilt and shame for breaking the basic rules of moral truths. The disapproval against incest and killing others, especially their own blood relative. “Alas, alas. It’s come out so clearly. Light, let me see the last of you now, surrounded by those I ought to avoid-born from them, living with them, killing them,” (Sophocles, 1211-1214) emphasizing the beginning of…

When faced with a life-changing decision, one can be paralyzed by fear which may prolong the struggle. In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the young prince of Denmark has been told by his father’s ghost that he was murdered by his uncle Claudius. Hamlet desires to avenge his father, yet he is also fearful. In this soliloquy, he weighs the decision for action against inaction. Through the use of figurative language and nuances, Shakespeare implies that when an individual struggles with inner conflict,…

Blame is a funny thing. When something bad happens, everyone has to find a scapegoat, someone to blame for why what just happened happened. There is always blame to be placed. Everyone is going to find someone different to blame, and have a reason for why they are correct. When it comes to the confusion in the woods in Shakespeare’s, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Oberon, not Puck, is responsible. He was driven by jealousy and a personality that forced him to meddle in other people's business.…