Sith

Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most interpreted plays for the most part being due to the several themes interpreted in it. “There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.” (A.I,S.4,98) With one of the earlier quotes in the play setting the atmosphere for Hamlet, it is clear that one of those themes are appearance vs. reality. Appearance vs. reality is a major theme in Hamlet that is constantly embedded throughout the entire play. Appearance vs. reality plays itself in Hamlets play within a…

In a soliloquy in Act IV Scene iv, Hamlet is going on and on about how he’s still alive and able to say that he still has to carry out the promise he made to the ghost, but “Sith I have cause and will and strength and means/ To do ’t. “(4.4.46) He states that he has the strength here, but within his first soliloquy he says his uncle is just his father’s brother “but no more like my father / Than I to Hercules" (1.2.6) which…

In Shakespeare 's “Hamlet” the main character Hamlet is experiencing an emotional battle as most teenagers do. He has found out that his father was killed by his uncle Claudius in a plot to take place of the throne. Throughout the story Hamlet continuously expresses the fact that he must avenge his father, but by being the kid he is, he tries to find an excuse for why he hasn 't yet. In one of the first few scenes of the story Hamlet is confronted by a ghost like figure, who is later detailed as…

"That it should come to this!" (I. i. 137). This well-known quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, expresses Hamlets conundrum, in which Hamlet’s world starts to fall apart. It’s also the beginning seeds for Hamlet’s hatred of King Claudius (his uncle). Hamlet’s deep seeded hatred towards King Claudius derives from Claudius marrying his mother. The hatred also comes from the fact that he was the one who murdered his father. The quote is the start to one of the most important themes of the play;…

American actor Samuel Leroy Jackson came into this world on December 21, 1948. He is the highest-grossing actor of all time, and his films have earned over $27 billion worldwide. He is one of the most famous performers of his generation. The Academy honored him in 2022 with the title of "a cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres, generations, and audiences worldwide" for his work. Mother Courage and Her Children, which Jackson performed in 1980 at The Public Theatre, was his…

She informs the others on the pilgrimage, “For, lordynges, sith I twelve yeer was of age, / Thonked be God that is eterne on lyve, / Housbondes at chirche dore I have had fyve,” (4-6) this was uncommon, particularly for a non-noble. The Wife of Bath justifies her marriages because she has interpreted the Bible…

Science fiction for children is a form of fantasy literature that takes real science and extrapolates the science to form fantasy stories. Science fiction teaches students how real science ideas work but tweaks it so that it does not become real. Back when society carried boom boxes and radios to listen to music around the house on the way to the beach, when nobody could peacefully listen to music because they had headphones that weighed a lot. A writer by the name of Ray Bradbury introduced a…

A Writer’s Greatest Tool Shakespeare is the most commonly known playwright in our world today. By High School, every student in the United States has heard of and most likely read one of his plays. Shakespeare has become part of the culture in America, as well as most of the world and that is a wonderful and interesting thing. One man in the 16th century wrote plays about topics that are still interesting and in some ways still prevalent. Shakespeare worked on his writing, improving on every…

A husband truly in love with his wife, turns murderous, and ends up smothering her to death even though she has only ever been completely faithful, trustworthy and loving to him. Iago showed Othello at the beginning of the story that he was an honest and trustworthy man, had Othello come to the realization Desdemona was a strumpet on his own, and disguised a plan to prove Desdemona’s adultery. The play Othello, is like a puppet show and Iago is the puppeteer; controlling the outcome and fate of…

" In double knavery - How? - how? - Let's see. After some time to abuse Othello's {ear}. That he is too familiar with his wife. He hath a person and a smooth dispose. To be suspected, framed to make women false. The Moor is of a free and open nature That thinks men honest that but seem to be so, and will as tenderly be led by th' nose as asses are. I have't. It is engendered. Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light" Act 1.Sc.3, 437-448). This quote clearly…