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Themes are central to understanding A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a play and identifying Shakespeare’s social and political commentary. Love The dominant theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is love, a subject to which Shakespeare returns constantly in his comedies. Shakespeare explores how people tend to fall in love with those who appear beautiful to…

Masculinity, during William Shakespeare’s time, had many different and opposing sides. The battle between the opposing sides of masculinity ultimately causes the death of many of the young male figures in the play. Mercutio is a scene-stealer and one of the most memorable characters in all of William Shakespeare’s works. It is through the character…

Does Othello really love Desdemona? People often ask themselves what is love? My definition is love may be defined as when one person has a deep connection and understanding for another person. When someone is in love they will cherish and care for their partner as much as possible. Every relationship tends to have problems…

Revenge. Revenge causes one to act blindly without reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, however this principle is not always a justified one to follow. In Julius Caesar, Antony seeks to avenge the death of Caesar. Antony acts on emotion which leads to the demise of Brutus, who…

“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved,” as quoted by William Jennings Bryan, in my opinion, is the one sentence moral of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Even from the preliminary lines, people…

In Macbeth Shakespeare develops the idea of the conscience through two characters; Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. In the beginning of the play Macbeth seems to be the genuine hero, and generally he is a good man. Macbeth even praises Duncan at certain points before he murders him. Macbeth remarks, .. hath been so clear in…

Shakespeare was born April 23, 1564 in the town of Stratford, England. His father, John Shakespeare was a glove maker and his mother May Arden inherited land so they had some money. As a result of his father having money he did not have to stay home and help out as much. He probably unlike…

Romeo and Juliet, said to be one of the most famous love stories of all times, is a play anchored on time and fate. Some actions are believed to occur by chance or by destiny. The timing of each action influences the outcome of the play. While some events are of less significance, some are…

The Old Man and the Sea is a simple story, so simply and precisely told, that it invites the reader to fish for symbolism. We feel something more must be at work here then the surface plot. The text does seem to offer hints and clues, and critics have taken these tips and developed rather…

He knew he could never get through it all again. “I don’t want to go through that hell again.” The Sun Also Rises In the works of Ernest Hemingway, that which is excluded is often as significant as that which is included; a hint is often as important and thought-provoking as an explicit statement. This…