Lady Jane Grey

Jane Austen led the reader and Catherine to believe the spunky General Tilney to be the typical gothic novel’s murderous husband in her book Northanger Abbey. Catherine held a healthy suspicion of General Tilney, even if it was only prompted by her overactive imagination as a gothic novel fangirl. I believe that Jane Austen’s parody wasn’t created in order to belittle the fans of gothic novels, but for the sake of the reader as a cautionary warning of the imminent danger within the bounds of…

the throne, as ‘A step on which [he] must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in [his] way [to the crown] it lies’ (Act I, Sc IV, 48-50). Correspondingly, Lady Macbeth’s impact over, and desire to advance her husband is shown when Macbeth states ‘We will proceed no further in this business’ (Act I, Sc VII, 31) in regards to the murder of Duncan, and Lady Macbeth calls him a ‘coward’ (Act I, Sc VII, 43) and asks ‘Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself’ (Act I, Sc VII, 35-6) to encourage him…

Lady Macbeth subjects Macbeth to a whirlwind of manipulation, sparking within him the temptation and desire to commit a crime that he previously lacks the courage to go through with. “Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art…

five audiences see the real Lady Macbeth shine out and her evil intentions unfold. Lady Macbeth breaks down and says “Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark”. Darkness and light is an important symbol in act one, the word night is invoked at any time something terrible is going to happen. The literal night is is corresponding with the evil intentions the Lady Macbeth is willing…

though, hold dark truths within them. Lady Macbeth is one of the most controversial characters in the play. Her outward appearance being that of an innocent woman, in reality she has a dark soul. After receiving a letter from her husband, which tells of his new title as Thane of Cawdor and of the prophecy the witches gave him, Lady Macbeth states, “Yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way” (1.5. ). Lady Macbeth…

The three characters I would give gifts to are Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, and Macduff. I would give Lady Macbeth a gold star for doing a good job covering up her husband’s deed. “Woe, alas! What, in our house” (Macbeth Act 2 Sc 3 li. 64-65). Lady Macbeth did a good job pretending that she didn’t know anything about Duncan’s death; therefore, this action deserves a golden star. The next character I would give a gift to is Macbeth. I would give Macbeth a flashlight so he could see in the dark. In…

Shakespeare’s The Tempest possesses an artfully woven in commentary of the state of the New World, while never directly referencing the situation as it unfolds. Caliban, the bastard and demon-spawn of a witch, acts as a stand in for the indigenous American people, while Prospero, the play’s hero, plays the role of the European settlers. While on the surface the line between who is good and who is evil may seem clear cut, with close reading that distinction quickly fades. While Shakespeare does…

In Robert Pack’s poem “An Echo Sonnet: To an Empty Page”, the narrator is uncertain about what comes with death. He worries about his future and what may happen to him. As the narrator asks questions into the emptiness, he finds answers in the echoes of his voice. Robert Pack uses literary devices such as rhetorical questions, selection of detail, metaphors, juxtaposition, and connotation to construct the meaning of his poem. Beginning in the first quatrain, the voice is very anxious and…

The play Antigone by Sophocles and the play Macbeth by Shakespeare both have characters Creon and Macbeth, who demonstrate the traits of a tragic hero because Creon and Macbeth are good, consistent, and lifelike. Macbeth is good because he fights against the rebels and helps Scotland. By giving Eteocles a proper funeral Creon is seen as a good man. They are both consistent because Creon keeps enforcing the law and Macbeth tries everything to stay king and does anything he needs to do to stay in…

Macbeth just killed Duncan and is now talking to Lady Macbeth and he is “afraid to think what [he] [has] done” (Shakespeare II.ii.66). Macbeth is lifelike because he feels guilty for what he had to do to become king and he does not feel good about it. Even though he killed Duncan for his own selfish…