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these affectations are frivolous, egotistical, unnecessary, or wholly misplaced. However, when assigning the singular title of “The Bard,” no such frivolity or error exists. William Shakespeare is The Bard, and a man who shines brighter than any other in the firmament of English literature. The stature of William Shakespeare is eternal. No one is quoted more than The Bard. Shakespeare’s words and phrases exist as the threads holding the meaning of Life’s tailored fabric in perfect fit. Yet,…

Individual have a unique approach for dealing with conflict. As the conflict evolves, people alternate playing roles like the hero, the victim, and the villain in each situation. The protagonists in famous plays like Hamlet by William Shakespeare and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams encounter this role changes throughout the play and should be perceived as tragic figures considering their heroic virtues are insufficient to defend themselves from self-destruction contrary to simply…

As seen throughout the play Goneril, King Lear and Edmund are all given a sense of entitlement through an evil persona placed on them by either Shakespeare himself or in the case of King Lear, his daughters. Through lies and deceiving others, each individual wishes to further themselves as they each feel a certain sense of entitlement. By the end of play however the sense entitlement has lead to the…

father. In this story Shakespeare was supporting Christian beliefs in divine justice. Instead of proposing easy answers to the plot and story of King Lear, Shakespeare makes you think and ponder about the role of God and divine justice, as well as putting some historical accounts and original writings during this time period. When Shakespeare was writing King Lear, English had survived many years of civil war, political, and religious disturbance. (Metzger, 2000) Shakespeare also used many…

Of the thirty-seven plays he wrote, William Shakespeare’s tragedies are his most popular and enduring works. The majority of his tragedies have had incredible impact and are studied more often in schools. Shakespeare’s tragedies often feature characters built around archetypes and his most famous tragedy, Hamlet, is no exception. Hamlet makes use of archetypes like the tragic hero, the villain, the suppliant, and the foil in order to create characters that are familiar while also building upon…

Pulling from both sides of the discussion, Terence Eagleton in his book Shakespeare and Society: Critical Students in Shakespearean Drama emphasizes a balance, a fusion of two views, personal spontaneity and social responsibility. This discussion comes down to what people consider when they make choices, the near term and their needs and wants or what is best for or required by society, respectively, the later is generally pro-institution. Although there are two sides of the discussion,…

There are many themes in any story written by any author no matter what time period they write in. Shakespeare is a very intelligent man and has many themes in every play he writes. Hamlet was written sometime before 1602 by William Shakespeare when he lived in England. Hamlet is a very interesting play because we watch the main character slowly fall and not be himself anymore. He is at ahigh point in life and he slowly just gets worse and lower in life every day. The play Hamlet is a very…

the letter, and continues to ask what exactly the paper is about. Edmund answers “nothing, my lord’ (Shakespeare 1.2.33). After having a conversation about if it was really nothing, Edmund finally reveals the letter but pending the evil schemes described in the letter on his brother, Edgar. Gloucester does asks Edmund if Edgar written the letter and “has ever sounded like this before” (Shakespeare 1.2.73), which seems as though he is in some kind of disbelief about this plan of action, but…

Often the most important themes in literature are developed in scenes in which a death or deaths take place. In the play Othello by William Shakespeare, the death of the character Desdemona serves as the climatic breaking point where pervasive racism and sexism can no longer exist without resulting in detrimental harm to the involved parties. It is Othello’s prideful hamartia that, combined with sexism, is the catalyst that ultimately destroys both his and Desdemona’s life. In Othello, the cast…

The Infatuation with Power and the Destruction of Self in King Lear An ambitious nature is one of which is common within various characters in William Shakespeare’s plays. It describes an individual of whom holds earnest desires, be it for power, fame, wealth or honour. It is often that these characters are linked with destruction and it is particularly evident in William Shakespeare’s King Lear. Within the tragedy, it is the infatuation of power which leads to the destruction of self. This…