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Macbeth - Blood Shakespeare?s classic play MacBeth is the story of a young and ambitious noble, MacBeth and his wife, Lady MacBeth living in 11th century Scotland. When MacBeth is told by three witches that he will become King of Scotland, his mind begins to wander. He considers killing the current king, Duncan, but he soon dismis...
Everyone who is mortal has at least one flaw. Some are more serious than others. For example, some people have addictions to gambling, while other people can?t remember to put the milk away after they use it. After a while though, a person?s flaws come back to haunt them. The tragedy MacBeth is no exception to this. In it, many of...
In the Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio recognizes, respects and desires Kate?s intelligence and strength of character. He does not want to conquer or truly tame her. He is a man who is very confident in himself and does not want or need someone to massage his ego. Petruchio seems to me to be a man of sport and challenge and likes to...
Shakespeare?s tragedy is a detailed description of the consequences of one man?s decisions. This fictitious man is Lear, King of England, who?s decisions greatly alter his life and the lives of those around him. As Lear bears the status of King he is, as one expects, a man of great power but sinfully he surrenders all of th...
Hamlet - Cultural Identity In William Shakespeare?s play Hamlet, the concept of cultural identity is explored through Hamlet?s isolation which is created by the conflict between his duty to his father, and his duties to the monarchy and society. Hamlet is isolated from his society due to his turbulent emotions which result from his...
