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Act I. I The scene revolves around the supernatural aspects. The ghost appearing in front of the two skeptic people and vanishing without uttering a single word gives lot of room for speculation and story to build around. The ghost remains mystery as none of the characters in the play knows whether the ghost is…

The American Dream is the fairy-tale by which fairness of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest need for goals to be achieved. In the 1950’s Americans was able to go after the American Dream, with big hopes towards the future Americans were able to own homes and start families. In the 1946…

After being looked over by Othello for the second-in-command position, and hearing the rumor that Othello slept with Emilia, Iago’s wife, Iago’s jealousy gets the better of him, and he devises a plan to ruin Othello’s life. However, Othello does not suspect anything considering Iago’s reputation of being an honest man. Villains are often associated…

According to Matthew Walker, Professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, “the two most common triggers of chronic insomnia are psychological:  emotional concerns, and  emotional distress” (Walker 244). In other words, worry and anxiety. The consequences of insomnia or lack of sleep were a health concern in Shakespeare’s England just…

Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby utilise narrators Tom Wingfield and Nick Carraway respectively to explore how the past can limit an individual. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald employs peripheral narration, which allows the audience to capture detailed recounts of Nick’s past. This enables Nick Carraway to communicate from…

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet turned out to be one of his greatest works of all time. The play includes a conflict amongst two relatives who feel like they should rule their land. Hamlet is the son of the late King Hamlet. His character is intriguing because the traits he possesses are very unordinary. Even though Hamlet…

The play, “Hamlet”, written by William Shakespeare, has got to be one of his best plays. Despite the play having a not to complex storyline, there are a few uncertainties within the plot when it comes to different topics. This being said, we are left to wonder the true feelings Prince Hamlet has for Ophelia….

Shakespeare was a great seer. Anyone who doubts this needs to think of Othello from an imaginative point of view and the idea that it was written way ahead of its time. In the play, Shakespeare made the bold decision to tell a tale of a bewildered and doomed mixed-race marriage and ended it with…

John is a character in the story that was not introduced to the story right away, however, when John enters the story he is officially one of the main characters. John was introduced into the story as a savage. He was born on the New Mexico savage reservation and was aised there. However, with his…

Both Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare display certain characteristics towards their fortune tellers that eventually lead to their downfall. Both Oedipus and Julius decided to ignore their fortune tellers because of their powers Oedipus hears his fate by his fortune teller by the name of Tiresias, on the other hand…