Shakespeare and Company

soft’ned valor’s steel!” (Shakespeare 3.1., 109-113). Romeo claims his motive to kill Tybalt based off the death of his friend Mercutio and his love for his wife, Juliet. In reality, his true motivation of murder was because he allowed himself to succumb to his rage and take control of him. When Romeo says, “Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again That late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both

Macbeth’s Free Will The play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, is about a Scotsman who, after hearing a prophecy from three witches, decides to murder the king of Scotland so that he can gain power and become the king. After he does this, he kills many people in order to preserve his reign. Since Macbeth kills so many people, many people do not like Macbeth, two of which are Macduff and Malcolm. These two have had their families killed and seek revenge on Macbeth. To do this, they build an

Works In all of Shakespeare's tragedies, the hero must suffer and in some if not most cases, die. What makes a tragic hero? One has to be a man of high estate: a king, a prince or an officer of some high rank. It was common practice for Shakespeare to tell of his tragic hero through the voices of others around his hero. This way we can understand his conflicts, his struggles, and flaws. Usually the hero's own actions and obsessions bring him to his tragic end. (Bradley 2) v The calamities

starts upon the exit from the mother's womb. From that moment, time marches on until the inevitable death occurs to take one once again from the world of the living. Life and death fascinated various playwrights and authors of the Renaissance. Shakespeare made his interest in aging known in many of his plays and sonnets. He approaches this continuing theme from many angles. In many of his sonnets he talks about aging and how the image changes as one ages and gets older and less attractive. The most

William Shakespeare has just improved the amount of things I know in my life. I know how life back then was for someone as famous as Shakespeare. I know that he was just someone who was pretty much normal until he created his famous writing style. I can kind of relate to Shakespeare because our childhoods were somewhat similar in that we both grew up in just a middle class family. We weren’t really anything special until we went on to discover who we truly were. Learning about Shakespeare also helps

grudge” (Shakespeare 377) that he most likely wasn’t around to see be created. Then why does he care so much about keeping everyone in perpetual hate? My theory is that he uses the grudge as an excuse to satisfy his murder addiction. Without him causing

the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream one of the main themes is the difference between perception and reality. The idea that things are not necessarily what they seem to be is displayed throughout the play. This is significant because in this play, Shakespeare uses imagination to turn impossible things reality. The title alone also displays this very concept. Albert Einstein once stated "Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one” (Calaprice, pg. 21). There is a thin line between

Juliet, Shakespeare demonstrates how Romeo’s careless decisions to marry Juliet, kill Tybalt, and later kill himself for the sake of Juliet, all result in a tragic ending because

his mind and soul as he states he “will wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past That youth and observation copied there, And thy commandment all shall live Within the book and volume of my brain.” (Shakespeare I.v. 99-103). Hamlet fully accepts his divine duty given by the ghost and proclaims that revenge will fully be upon his mind. One critique elegantly elaborates on Hamlets proclamation that Hamlet sees himself “ As an agent of Gods Vengeance, Hamlet

In the well-written play of Othello, the author and playwright William Shakespeare, uses indirect characterization, euphemisms and specific monologues to reinforce the idea that even though Othello is a high ranking officer and skilled warrior he is still subject to racial prejudice from his colleagues, and this proves that skin color can be an influence on life no matter the attributes of an individual during this particular period in history. Shakespeare’s Othello is a romantic tragedy about a