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In Act II Scene I of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the scene opens to reveal the devastating aftermath of Prospero’s magic storm. The passengers from the ship (King Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, noblemen Adrian, Francisco, and the councilor Gonzalo) find themselves shipwrecked on an island; the beautiful landscape and seclusion of the island inspires Gonzalo to…

I killed my best friend. This could be the beginning of a remake of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. “Julius Caesar is perhaps Shakespeare’s most renowned and frequently-read play. The historic tragedy includes not only the tragic downfall of Caesar, Rome’s leader, but also of Brutus, his lieutenant” (Hood 9). Marcus Junius Brutus…

In the play Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus touches one of the fundamental political problems – the nature and essence of power. The bearer of the highest and unlimited power in this play is Zeus. Aeschylus endows him with features that do not evoke sympathy from the audience: Zeus in this tragedy is despotic, cruel, and, at…

Did you know that William Shakespeare wrote nearly 40 known plays, covering comedies, tragedies, historical plays, tragicomedies, and romances, and more than 150 sonnets? William Shakespeare was born in April of 1564 and passed away from an unknown cause in April 23, 1616. He was the oldest surviving child of John and Mary Shakespeare. While…

YOU are a woman living in the 1870’s, there is great news: wife beating is illegal in most states, battering laws are put in place, BUT there is one catch, that doesn’t really matter because those laws are not enforced meaning that your suffering is ongoing. Finally, in 1920, women are finally given the right…

William Shakespeare was an English poet and a playwright. He wrote thirty eight plays and one hundred fifty four sonnets. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest writer in the English language. His work included tragedy, comedy, and historical works. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. William Shakespeare…

Fence scene in the play involves Troy speaking and waring with Mr. Death. Troy spefifically said, “I’m gonna take and build me a fence around this yard. See? I’m gonna build me a fence of what belongs to me” (Wilson 2.2.41-42). After Troy’s mistress died from giving childbirth, he saw the mortality of his life…

Friendship CASSIUS: “Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness and show of love as I was wont to have: You bare too stubborn and too strange a hand over your friend that loves you. “ This is a scene in where Cassius speaks to Brutus on…

At first, Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams’s seems like a selfish women stuck in her past. In some ways this is correct, but, she is much more than that. Her kind and caring nature, and love for her children have been overpowered by her negative dialogue. Her character is extremely complex…

Morality plays were common in the 15th and 16th century in Europe, but what defines something as a morality play? According to Encyclopedia Britannica, a morality play is “an allegorical drama in which the characters personify moral qualities (such as charity or vice) or abstractions (as death or youth) and in which moral lessons are…