.... as a traitor and a coward. The female characters in Hamlet seem to have very few redeemable qualities. Shakespeare effectively demonstrates how dependent women are on men by showing that, without men, women cannot function as emotionally stable or sound individuals. After the death of her husband, the King, Gertrude hastily remarried the late King’s brother, Claudius. Gertrude’s marriage to Claudius was a deplorable and sordid disappointment to Hamlet who was appalled by the speed with which his mother recovered from her widowhood. “Within a month, ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears had left the flushing in her gallèd eyes, she married. O, most .....

.... and of course, nature itself in the form of the storm in King Lear. The idea of nature is first introduced by Cordelia in the very beginning of the play. When Lear asks Cordelia to tell him how much she loves him, Cordelia responds by saying that she loves him “according to my bond.” (1.1.102) Cordelia means that her love for her father is based upon the law of nature and involves the clearest recognition of her filial obligations. It is this very law which Lear himself depends on when he expects to be revered and obeyed both as a king and as a father by all his daughters. Shakespeare demonstrate this idea when he points out that at a later point in the .....

.... Which smoked with bloody execution,/ Like valor's minion carved out his passage/ Till he faced the slave;"). Macbeth was even undiscouraged when he was attacked by the King of Norway, "assisted by that most disloyal traitor, the thane of Cawdor." Lady Macbeth convinced her husband to murder Duncan by putting his manhood and courage at stake (I,7, "When you durst do it, then you were a man;/ And to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man"). As Macbeth started degrading he lost some bravery (IV, 1, "That I may tell pale- hearted fear it lies"). In his fight with Macduff, some of his old courage and strength returned. Macbeth .....

.... grows and Roman repression grows along with it, this in turn leads to the people of Jerusalem to revolt in 70 AD (Miller V). If this attack had been made in some dark alley with no spectators would the people react the way they did? The marketplace of old Jerusalem, can be compared to the media of today. What better place to get the public informed about your reasons and purpose for attacks than the news. Albert gave a good definition of terrorist's objectives when he stated: "Terrorists try to exercise influence over targeted officials on nations through intimidation of the public and arousal of sympathy for the social and political causes they espou .....

.... Andronicus,” which takes place after “Julius Caesar,” the old republic has vanished, and a new, imperial Rome has emerged; however, like the previous government, this one is flawed. By carefully developing Aaron, a Moor in “Titus Andronicus,” and Brutus, a senator in “Julius Caesar,” as ceremonial characters driven by ritualistic, almost artificial motives, Shakespeare shows the political chaos that their violence breeds. “Titus Andronicus” basically is a story of cyclical revenge, of how a father avenges the death of his two sons, and of how a mother avenges the death of her son. It begins with Titus returning to Rome after victoriously battling against th .....

.... notice that throughout the whole history writers have always been returning to this subject no matter what century people lived in or what their nationality was. In the comedy Much Ado about Nothing written by William Shakespeare in 1600, love is the major subject discussed by the author, which is presented to the readers. The author does not give a direct answer to this question - he lets the reader find it and think about it from his or her own point of view. There are two love relationships developing throughout the plot. The reader witnesses "love from the first sight" between Claudio and Hero, and laughs at Beatrice's scorns and attitude towards Bened .....

.... defeated his good nature. When Duncan named Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland, Macbeth decided on the murder of Duncan. When Duncan arrived at Inverness, Macbeth controled his ambition for the time being and did not kill Duncan. The failing of his decision was soon reflected by Lady Macbeth who called him a coward. From then on, after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered into a life of evil. Since he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be with his friend Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the king, and now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches said about Banquo's son becoming the king. Macbeth wa .....

.... at a restaurant where one of Willy's sons, Biff, realizes that his father does not know or understand him as much as he should and that they have spent their whole life living lies. This is important to the theme because it shows the reader that when you lie to those you care most about you form a non-existing relationship because to live a lie is to not live at all. 5. Internal conflicts are what move the plot along for the most part. Throughout the story the characters are trying to live with who they are and also trying to please everyone else. The internal conflict of acceptance is what they all have to deal with and that is what moves the .....