One of the most commonly noted factors in Othello is the presence of racism, and often asked is how Shakespeare himself felt about the black Moor of Venice ; certainly by the end of the play Othello has embodied the stereotypes of the day, but I believe the Bard of Avon did this simply to ...
Shortly before the English engage the French for the final time in Henry V, King Henry comes upon a group of his most senior officers-among them the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Bedford, the Duke of Exeter, Sir Thomas Erpingham, and the Earl of Westmoreland-just as his uncle, Earl of Westmoreland, is commenting, “O, ...
It is a commonly accepted opinion that William Shakespeare is the greatest writer to ever live. Having written many of the most popular plays ever read, ranging from Macbeth to Romeo and Juliet, one cannot doubt the quality of his play Hamlet, which is considered one of the greatest plays, specifically tragedies, ever written. Shakespeare ...
An Elizabethan drink which remained popular until the Victorian Era, Wassail is a hot spiced wine enjoyed at Christmas and New Year celebrations. Its origins are said to date back to the fifth century, though ale would have been more common both then and in Elizabethan England as a base for the drink, given that ...
William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice has recently caused controversy in high schools because of the Jewish stereotypes depicted in the play through Shakespeare’s character, an outsider Jew named Shylock. Schools have elected not to read the play out of fear that it will encourage anti-Semitism amongst high school students. Rather than ignoring the ...
I Love, marriage, and relationships were common themes in Elizabethan England as they are today. William Shakespeare’s Othello epitomizes a classic tragic love story based upon the fatal consequences of an interracial marriage. Othello’s “blackness” and Desdemona’s virginal “white” innocence clash in the play, with devastating consequences. At the heart of this clash lies a ...
The character of Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s greatest literary achievements. She possesses a manipulative cruelty that influences the characters to do evil. But the true genius of Lady Macbeth is perhaps overlooked by casual readers of Macbeth who are unfamiliar with Elizabethan society. Shakespeare appealed to the audiences of his day by transforming ...
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