… ROMEO AND JULIET Does Romeo and Juliet need an introduction? Of all Shakespeare's plays, it has been the most continuously popular since its first performance in the mid-1590's. It would seem, then, the most direct of Shakespeare's plays in…

… put an antic disposition on." He maintains this false sense of madness throughout the play, though his sanity is put into question by other characters. His selective 'madness', self-belief in his sanity, and the reasons he holds for his 'mad' outbursts…

… used to show aspects of Hamlet's motives, intentions and his state of mind, though they cannot be completely relied on for a wholly accurate account of his motives and intentions, due to Hamlet's irrational, distressed and depressed state of mind at…

… a person really had to look closely at. Shakespeare foreshadowed allot in his books. Foreshadowing means what hints Shakespeare gave us during the book to try and make us see what is going to happen in the end. Foreshadowing is subject to interpretation,…

… That Make "Oedipus the King" A Tragedy A tragedy is a drama that presents a hero with a powerful force that he must overcome. The tragic hero must be someone of importance, who in the beginning is happy and utterly miserable by the end. The powerful…

… literature Elizabeth the 1st was the last Tudor monarch. She was born in Greenwich on 7 September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and hid second wife, Anne Boleyn. She became a queen in November 1588, succeeding to the throne on her half sister death. …

… pair of star-crossed lovers'. This implies that from the very beginning, the young couple were destined to fall in love and then die. 'Star-crossed' refers to the astrological outlook on destiny that was much more widely accepted when Shakespeare…

… about the present situation in Athens, where she believes the Peloponnesian war has been continuing for far too long. The audience learns through the first scene that their husbands who departed to fight the Spartans have left these Athenian…

… Heroes are typically the world's saviors. Everyone wants to be one, although most of the true heroes in society are not recognized as they should be. Heroes are by definition those that are much admired or display true courage. For example, Hercules…

… intelligent people can see the same thing yet perceive it differently based upon their attitudes. Many look at the ugliness of London and reveal in it while others compare it to beauty as a counterpoint. London in the eighteen hundreds was not a pleasant…