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… continually delays acting out his duty of avenging his father's murder. This essay will discuss how Hamlet's nature and morals (which are intensified by difficult events) prevent him from carrying out the task. In the opening scenes of the…

… published in the late eighteenth century. It was during this time that many political and social changes were developing in Britain. Blake lived his life as a poet through the Romantic period in history. In this essay, I will first examine two poems…

… Shakespeare in 1595 and performed to celebrate a wedding in a noble family. It was seen at the time as a light comedy and nothing more, but audiences and those studying the play have since discovered that the play is more dramatically complex than first…

… Frankenstein was part of a world still in shock at the implications of Charles Darwin's "dangerous" theories of Natural Selection and evolutionary biology, known collectively as Darwinism. Expectedly, Frankenstein is filled with allusions to…

… or tag. A name gives an object a sense of identity. Names of people, or humans, are more important than that of animals and objects. It can act as an indicator in many ways or it can act as a award or title. Our own names are something we do not…

… between the servants of two different families, Montagues and Capulets, which are enemies. The fight started due to an 'airy' word a long time ago and they, the families, don't know what they are fighting about. They fight because they hate each other…

… and throughout history, the Jewish religion has suffered most from it. They were convicted of heresy, and often killed because of their beliefs. Such is the kind of racial discrimination toward Shylock, the Jewish character in "The Merchant…

… intelligent brave and courageous Moor who won the heart of Desdemona. As the play unfolds his true characteristics is revealed. His character even being manipulated shows its weakness and flaws of his inherent character. His jealous nature, his vulnerabi…

… leaders began evolving. Prior to this change a good leader was seen as being a mighty warrior, someone who was skilful in the battlefield, but as demands of the world began changing, leaders began evolving into politicians. There was no need for…

… a play is through conflict. Conflict is interesting to an audience because it shows a person acting on their raw emotions rather than remaining restrained and reserved as society now demands. One of the main characters Shakespeare uses to highlight…