Essays on William Shakespeare Page 32

Although Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is considered a comedy, cruelty runs rampant throughout the entire text of the play. Most of the characters exhibit some form of cruel behavior toward one another, including Lancelot who is cruel to his father Gobbio when he runs into him on the street. He engages the old man…

Romeo reached over Juliet and cried into her arms. He looked down at her with weak eyes as he opened the bottle of poison. Romeo tells her how much he loves her and that he has to be with her the rest of his life. If the only way to be with her is to…

The issue of madness is one of major importance in this play. IsHamlet truly mad, meaning insane? Or is he merely angry? Does he feignmadness and use it as a guise? Or does he place himself so dangerously closeto the line between sanity and insanity that he crosses it without evenrealizing it? Or is he…

In order to rot, one must first be fresh. In order for there to be evil, there must first be good. In order to die, one must first be born. Thus, the natural state of mankind revolves, as does a garden. William Shakespeare makes this point abundantly clear in his play Hamlet. Using a minor…

Through The View Of A Reader, The Reasons Why Macbeth Is More Guilty By His Actions Then Lady Macbeth Is By Hers.Macbeth is a very exciting story containing all kinds of plots and murders. The characters that are killing and are planning murders are all very deceiving and treacherous. Two of the most dangerous criminals…

Shakespeare’s Definition of a GhostThe American Heritage Dictionary, published in 1973, defines a ghost as,”the spirit or shade of a dead person, supposed to haunt living persons orformer habitats. ” Unfortunately, this simple definition does not explain where aghost comes from or why it haunts. When used in the context of Shakespeare’sHamlet, this definition seems…

William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is a play in which a man by the name ofMacbeth, who is presented as a mature man with an uncertain character. At the beginningof the story, Macbeth’s character was a character with strong morals. As the play went onthough, Macbeth’s morality lessened immensely. After killing Duncan he was veryparanoid and feared…

In the play Hamlet, Hamlet has many different personality traits. Three of these characteristics are that Hamlet is depressed, clever, and hesitant. Throughout the play you can see these characteristics in Hamlet many times. It is obvious that Hamlet is depressed in this play. His depression can be seen in Act I scene II lines…

Shakespeare and the MoviesWhat is it about the works of William Shakespeare that appeal to us today? Is it the poetry, the violence, the humor, or the romance? Is it because all of these things relate to our times? No. These aspects of Shakespeares plays have always appealed to audiences. Shakespeares plays are timeless, and…

Othello: Shakespeare’s Most Tragic PlayWilliam Shakespeare have written many plays. His most tragic play is Othello. Othello is also the name of the main character in the play, he is quite hard tounderstand. In order to have a better understanding of Othello’s character,examining his changes throughout the play, flaws and why he is considered atragic…