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In William’s Shakespeare’s Hamlet, characters are utilized to highlight the flaws and discrepancies of others. Through familial duty, actions, and vengeances of the two subplots of Hamlet and Fortinbras, it is evident that both characters are parallel to one another. Fortinbras serves as a foil to emphasize aspects of Hamlet’s personality, which enhances plot and character development. Fortinbras’ purpose of a foil to Hamlet, highlighting his traits, becomes evident in their intuitive to act…

On the other hand, some people might say that Hamlet takes long to avenge his father’s death because as George Detmold states, “ Perhaps the most significant reason why Hamlet hesitates , the critic concludes, is that although he is tempted by love, kingship, and even revenge, he is long past the point where he desires to do anything about them. None of these objects gives him a new incentive for living” (219). Detmold questions how come it took Hamlet approximately three months to take action…

Playwright, Friedrich Durrenmatt, in his play, The Visit, tells a sinister story of an old billionaire named Claire Zachanassian who returns to her childhood town and pays the town’s inhabitants to kill an old lover. One of Durrenmatt’s purposes was to make the citizens aware of the rising fascism Durrenmatt believed to have been happening after World War II. Friedrich uses The Visit as a symbol of the negative aspects of Switzerland’s fascism after World War II by using Claire and her bribe to…

Rosencrantz presents himself as a pit bull because like a pit bull puppy he is excited to have a new family, which is him basically sucking up to the King and Queen; therefore, he seems relatively loyal to the King like a pit bull since he tries to distract Hamlet from his madness as if he was a therapy dog brought in by Claudius. Similar to a yellow rose, Rosencrantz is presented to Hamlet under the pretense of friendship and some optimism he can earn confidence from Hamlet. Outwardly,…

Shakespearean critics rarely agree on much other than plot, but there is near unanimity on the subpar quality of Titus Andronicus. TS Eliot called it “one of the stupidest and most uninspired plays ever written” (Tricomi) in a 1932 essay and, except for a few contrarian academics, this accurately surmises the literary community’s opinion on this play. The characters are more caricature than personality and the language suffers from a lack of commitment. Shakespeare attempts to counteract this…

Levitating girl's, family tragedies, giant monsters, black and white photos and an island; the perfect ideas for a visually compelling and creepy book. Throughout the novel “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” it’s clear to see why Publishers Weekly 1 says it’s “an enjoyable, eccentric read, distinguished by well-developed characters, a believable Welsh setting and some very creepy monsters”. This is a trilogy opener, both rich and strange enough for adults to enjoy. “Miss…

Within the soliloquy, Ophelia is portrayed to be furious over Hamlet’s mad behavior since he pretends that he never loved her. In order to illustrate such a scenario, she begins her soliloquy, by reminiscing about the many nights they shared and uses the image of rosemary, in order to claim that they used to talk about marriage in plenty of occasions. This juxtaposes with Hamlet’s jests at her, where he claims that he despises marriage. Ophelia as well uses a series of dark imagery, ‘lunacy’,…

Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge. Although, love is the spark that ignites the flames of revenge. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, there are several characters that seek revenge when someone they loved are wronged. Love is the driving force behind Hamlet, Laertes and Ophelia’s plots of revenge. When someone chooses to wrong someone you love, your first reaction is to seek revenge. This is what happened to Hamlet after he…

We are all born with an alter ego. Many times we see that people in stories have such different personalities. Let’s face it we all know how to be well behaved and we all know how to act on impulse and do things that are completely out of this world. In my case I can be very quiet but when I go out and have a couple of drinks, I am very talkative and can act on impulse. With the two stories “Strangers on a Train” and “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” all the characters have an alter…

Soliloquys play the role of illustrating the inner thoughts of characters, while simultaneously advancing plot, and revealing something profound about the character. In Hamlet, by Shakespeare, soliloquys are used to express the motives and emotions of a young prince who wants to avenge the death of his father by killing the murderer, who happens to be his uncle, and his new stepfather. Throughout the play Hamlet, Shakespeare uses Hamlet’s soliloquys to reveal Hamlet’s high regard of moral values…