King Claudius

C. Janse van Rensburg 25018175 Assignment 8: The power of words in “Othello” ”Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs” (Hurd, s.a.). Shakespeare uses different techniques in “Othello” to express the way in which the power of words can have a negative effect on different characters. With reference to “Othello”, the way in which Shakespeare incorporates these techniques, namely words as a form of power, words as a way to shape characters’ identities, and the use…

Throughout the play we see hints of whose fault it is for the actions and eventual downfall of Macbeth. Macbeth is responsible for the death of King Duncan and his fellow people as he is mentally weak and easily manipulatable, greedy for power, and acts without thinking. First we should take a look at how Macbeth's weak will leads to him killing the king. Macbeth is first and foremost a fighter and a warrior with great pride…

John Updike originally conceived his novel The Centaur as a companion piece to Rabbit, Run, published two years before. If the earlier novel was about a life-embracing man constitutionally unable to sacrifice himself for any person or idea, the later one is its opposite: a novel about a man obsessed with his own death who is nevertheless able to sacrifice himself for the betterment of his family. He thus exchanges his literal, physical death for a series of smaller, spiritual, daily deaths—the…

There is no denying that Shakespeare has presented many themes in his play, Julius Caesar, throughout the course of the plot. In the play there has been many instances where trust and lack thereof has factored in many of the outcomes of the story. Lies, deceit, and distrust has killed many, hurt relationships, and angered people. Those who displayed loyalty and honesty have prevailed against obstacles. In Julius Caesar, the themes of how lying will lead to problems while truthfulness will help…

me to believe he was a little.. off and, undoubtedly, depressed even before the problems started and slowly got into a deeper hole of madness. At the beginning of the play, Hamlet’s objective is to avenge his father’s death by proving his uncle Claudius murdered him. There are some events that prove Hamlet going insane, such as when he spoke to the ghost and blindly believed in what he said, which served as the basis for the plot. But, how exactly can we define madness? According to the New…

Disney’s The Lion King, Mufasa has a son, and as he went to save him, he died. So his son, Simba, ran off for around 15 years, and then Nalla found him, and got him to come back to be king again. When he got back, he got in a fight with Scar because Scar wanted to stay king, but in the end, Simba won and Scar died. The movie and the play almost have the same plot, but they are different. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The king’s brother, Claudius, killed him because he wanted to be king. When Hamlet…

temptation of power is what causes two of the main characters, Macbeth and Claudius, to act in ways by which would violate their normal moral values. The ideology of obtaining power in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Hamlet influences both Macbeth and Claudius’ perceptions. In Macbeth, Macbeth himself can be seen as a prime example of power causing corruption. It all starts with the witches’ prophecies that he will become king. This thought is what pushes Macbeth to do unthinkable things, that before…

William Shakespeare's Hamlet can be compared to Disney’s Lion King, because of their similarities of characters, plot line, and intervening themes of loyalty and power. Both stories center on these themes and even progressively change together when the main characters morals start to change and fade. Throughout Hamlet and The Lion King there are examples that link both of these plots together. The first example being both stories is the king being killed and the revenge is being sought after by…

Both Simba and Hamlet were sent away by their uncles following the deaths of their fathers. In The Lion King, Scar murders Mufasa and then encourages Simba to run away after convincing him that he caused Mufasa’s death. In Hamlet, Claudius sends Hamlet to England in order to keep his murder of King Hamlet a secret. Simba and Hamlet were sent to exile in order for both uncles to prosper as kings without rumors of wrongdoing that could damage their reputations. Simba and Hamlet differ due to their…

In the stories “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles and the movie Hamlet by William Shakespeare, dealt with the topic of fate. Even though the yet the plots are different both stories have common themes one of them being regicide. In Oedipus the King the past was revealed as the play progressed. In Hamlet the reader already know what is going on. Oedipus’s story surrounds him avoiding his fate. King Lauis and Queen Jacasta received a prophecy from the gods, saying that their son was going to “kill…