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…Macbeth archetype. There are many ways to play Lady Macbeth. It can be done in a Jackie O. suit" ("Toriphoria The Voice of Tori Amos"). The Professional Widow speaks to her mate much in the same way that a black widow spider would: "Slag pit/Stag shit/ Honey…

…the endearing as well as the ridiculous sides of human nature. His great tragedies— Hamlet (1601?), Othello (1604?), King Lear (1605?), Macbeth (1606?), and Antony and Cleopatra (1606?)—look deeply into the springs of action in the human soul. His earlier dark…

…could well be linked to feelings in 'Macbeth' by Lady Macbeth, when she feels dreadful about how her husband has had to kill the King, until the reality sinks in and she sees the immense power she could gain by his death. In Act 5 Scene 3, Romeo visits…

…Shakespeare lived from 1564 to 1616, Edward de Vere from 1550 to 1604. The stagings of the plays correspond with the Shakespeare years rather than the de Vere dates (i.e., the likes of King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest appear to have been written after de Vere…

…, and without thinking he killed Polonius, when he was behind the wall tapestry. Coleridge contrasts Hamlet to Macbeth, another Shakespearean character. Hamlet proceeds with the “utmost slowness”, while Macbeth with a “crowded and breathless…

…and the whole mainstream of Modernist development (Lucie-Smith 61). The Ashcan school’s leadership was itself founded on an exhibition in 1908 at the Macbeth Galleries. The exhibition was a protest against prevailing policies at the National Academy of Design…

…greatest works. Included were Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear. It was those plays that probably caused the King's Men in the Globe Theater to be ranked first of all of the play groups in London. In 1609, the company bought a theater called the Blackfriars…

…"procrastinated from thought" when he kills Polonius. Hamlet was startled, and without thinking he killed Polonius, when he was behind the wall tapestry. Coleridge contrasts Hamlet to Macbeth, another Shakespearean character. Hamlet proceeds with the "utmost…

…player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. (Macbeth: V.v.18-27) These Shakespearean verses lend William Faulkner the title of this novel…

…Kings are everywhere in Shakespeare, from Hamlet to Richard the Second, from Henry the Eighth to Macbeth; many of the plays contain a central element of a king or autocratic head of state such as Julius Caesar, for example. They focus more specifically…