... than his conscience. At first, Macbeth had the itch to be king, but he did not have the will to scaratch it. We can see that Macbeth is not a cold-blooded monster in that the very idea of killing Duncan horrifies him, and in Act II he tries to tell Lady Macbeth that he will not go through with the murder. The character of Lady Macbeth is therefore required to provide Macbeth with the extra will-power to fulfil his royal ambitions. Macbeth is almost 'forced' by Lady Macbeth to murder Duncan. After committing the murder, Macbeth seems almost delirious and he says that "...all great Neptune's ocean....hand". We can ...

... and Kent are speaking of Lear's intention to divide his kingdom according to a test of love. It is this test of love which causes Lear to banish his most beloved daughter Cordelia. When asked how much she loves her father, Cordelia replies that she loves him according to her bond, no more nor less . This response angers Lear and causes him to ban her for her refusal to comply. Lear is held to the belief that she does not love him. He believes that the daughter which had loved him the most (and who he loved the most) has broken his heart. He is suspicious and bans her because he thinks that she is the only dau ...

... into his ear while he was sleeping peacefully in his garden. Subsequently his murderer succeeded in taking over his victim's throne by marrying the sexy queen dowager. Thus, there is enough to revenge: anyhow, a fratricide is a disgusting crime. Coupled with a sexual relationship that by the ethics of the time was considered as incest. But worst of all: it is a regicide, which to an Elizabethan was outright sacrilege. Though Hamlet is fully aware that it is his task to clear things up, he keeps on procrasti nating and has got many excuses for not acting. The explanations are valid, and the only pecu ...

... art was exhibited in architecture, sculpture, and painting. Most of their artwork was created for religious or political aspects of their lives. Some architecture, like the Parthenon, was created for political reasons. Like most Greek architecture, it has very delicately shaped stone columns in the style of Doric, which are plain and simple, Ionic, which have some details, and Corinthian, which have lots of details and design. The buildings of the time also were shaped in interesting forms like circles, ovals, or squares. Religion was also an important on Greek art. They gave many tributes to their gods and goddesses ...

... whether Hamlet’s madness is real or pretend depends on the definition of madness. If the term includes being very annoyed, then Hamlet might be called mad. If, on the other hand, madness is having complete loss of reason, not sane, then Hamlet’s spoken thoughts alone prove him to be sane. By his own words, Hamlet is feigning, and it is that his pretend madness is never assumed except in the presence of the king or those whom he considers the king’s agents (Hankins 127). The train of events from the death of his father to the revelation of the ghost has profoundly disturbed Hamlet. He realizes it himself a ...

... friend of Hamlet, joins the watch on the third night. The Ghost appears, but will not speak, and Horatio fears that the apparition means a bad future for Denmark. The kingdom is already on the brink of war. Fortinbras, rash young Prince of Norway, is raising an army with which, it is expected, he will try to recover lands forfeited to Denmark after his father had been killed in battle by the elder Hamlet. He wants to reclaim his lands as well as his honor. Claudius, the new king and Hamlet’s Uncle, thanks the assembled courtiers for their helping him take the throne of his brother. He then quickly marries Ge ...

... life was not one smooth ride without any bumps or collisions, but rather it was kind of unpredictable filled with jarring incidents at every corner. The other reason for the director's use of cuts and camera movements was he wanted to make sure people remembered that they were watching a movie and that they were not in some fantasy land. At one point in the middle of the film there was a scene with Vertov's wife clipping and editing the movie in a studio. Then there was a still-frame before the movie continues. This was done so viewers would again realize they were watching a movie, because too often people tak ...

... around all of Padua. Bianca, on the other hand was very sweet and charming and beautiful; for these reasons many suitors wooed her. Kate was presented to be much more intelligent and witty than Bianca, but, ironically, she could not compete with Bianca because of these witty comebacks and caustic remarks she made (Dash 830). All of the men who desired Bianca needed somebody to marry Kate, as it was customary for the older daughter to be married before the young one. Finally, Petruchio came along to court Kate, saying he wanted to marry wealthily in Padua. It appeared, though, as if Petruchio was the kind o ...

... has them take it to one extreme or the other. There is one person he leaves out of that type of characterization though, and she is Rosalind. Shakespeare singles her out as the only person in the play that has a level head on her shoulders, and he leaves it up to her to straighten everyone else out. This essay will explore what Shakespeare included in Rosalind’s character that makes her the only balanced person in the play, and it will also show how she balances the other characters out. The first action taken by Rosalind that indicates her balanced state is when Duke Frederick has banished her from his cou ...

... Through the play, his life gradually becomes worse because he drinks too much and has many girlfriends. People start to dislike him and he loses his apartment. Then more and more people start to dislike him and he moves from job to job and location to location with nothing but Ekart to see him through. But then he realizes that he is finally in love - with Ekart, but she doesn't love him and makes it obvious by having other men and women in her life. So, Baal kills her since he can't have her for his own. By the end, Baal has nothing but himself to blame for his condition. His drinking problem and his problem of ...