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…visions of their predicament, in the classical way that Creon of Sophocles' Antigone does, or in the way Othello and Macbeth do. Orthodox and recognizable tragedy necessarily involves a process of learning and exorcism, which is manipulated by the tragic figure…

…, but Luster says he won't go down there for fear he will see Roskus's ghost like he did last night, waving his arms. Analysis of April 7, 1928: The title of this novel comes from Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act five, scene five, in Macbeth's famous speech about…

…Othello (probably 1604), King Lear (probably 1605) Macbeth (probably 1605), Antony and Cleopatra (probably 1607), Coriolanus and Timon of Athens (probably 1606-8). (These last two plays, along with Troilus and Cressida, surely Shakespeare's least liked…

…the world in a different way, a message found in myriad works from A Christmas Carol to Macbeth but the quantification of perception has frequently been questioned. Just as the establishment of Greenwich Mean Time contributed to the commodification of time…

…of the brothers' sister, Caddy Compson. Taking his title from a soliloquy in Shakespeare's Macbeth which refers to life as "a tale told by an idiot," Faulkner called the novel The Sound and the Fury. After The Sound and the Fury was published in October 1929…

…being single or double. De Witt shows double doors on each side. I think the gesture in Macbeth, when the murderer shows the thanes where Duncan lies in the sleep of death by saying "This is the door" (II.iii.50), helps to affirm that the flanking doors were…

…something which is good fatal just like the futile feud between the Capulets and Montagues that makes Romeo and Juliet's love toxic. The tragedy of this play is different to Shakespeare's other plays like Macbeth, in the sense that there isn't an evil villain…

…and 78-79, write 34+ (not 34-79). * Treat titles of works that appear in titles in quotation marks as you would standalone titles: "The Role of Fate in Macbeth" (an article about a play). * Abbreviate the names of months except for May, June, and July. Article…

…been singled out as a target for vituperative GOP and right-wing attacks. She has been referred to as Lady Macbeth of Little Rock, the Winnie Mandela of American Politics, the Smiling Barracuda and That Dowdy Feminazi. They say she is a political liability…

…(1954), Throne of Blood (1957), an adaptation of Macbeth, Yojimbo (1961), and Kagemusha (1980), were ironic adventure tales that far transcended the usual Japanese sword movies, a genre akin to U.S. westerns. Kenzi MIZOGUCHI is known for his stately…