.... he still had no intentions of making things right and wished to further carry out his plans as ruler of Denmark, even though he had many opportunities to re-establish the balance. He chose to continue on with his evil deeds, and by doing so, ended the lives of all the victims that were caught in his destructive path. Thus, Claudius was, undoubtedly, the main character who brought upon the upheaval of Denmark. Nothing, not even the possibility of forgiveness from the heavens, prevented him from planning Hamlet's murder. When plot upon plot failed, he finally created a seemingly flawless way to kill Hamlet, using Laertes as his wea .....

.... essence of the Jewish woman's eternal struggle. It is the story of a young girl, in love with learning but forbidden to do so by Jewish tradition. Upon her father's death, Yentl disguises herself as a boy to attend a yeshiva (religious school) and continue her studies. She befriends Avigdor, a male scholar at the yeshiva, and falls in love with him. Driven by her love for him, Yentl will do all that she can to ensure that he is near her and that her secret is not revealed. Yentl struggles with her secret until the day she can no longer remain silent. She tells Avigdor what she has done, and of her love for him, but he cannot a .....

.... sin. This ideal itself, and the whole concept of determinism, is quite common in the workings of Greek and Classical literature. A manifest example of this was the infamous Oedipus of The Theban Plays, a man who tried to defy fate, and therefore sinned. The logic of Oedipus' transgression is actually quite obvious, and Oedipus' father, King Laius, also has an analogous methodology and transgression. They both had unfortunate destinies: Laius was destined to be killed by his own son, and Oedipus was destined to kill his father and marry his mother. This was the ominous decree from the divinatory Oracle at Delphi. King Laius .....

.... passages in the play she says - “There was always somethin’ …tellin’ me I might have got it all wrong. But I’d just play another record or buy another dress an’ stop worryin’. …’Til … y’ have to decide whether it’s gonna be another change of dress or a change in yourself.” This tells us exactly why she decides to come on the course. She realises that she doesn’t really enjoy her life as much as she thinks she could, and that until now she had been covering those thoughts up by buying a new dress or putting on another song. Right from the very start the playwright indicates to the reader or audi .....

.... that he is a Montague that is in love with a Capulet; his family's sworn enemy. The Montagues and the Capulets have been feuding for many years. Romeo is a Montague and he is born into the feud. He does not like it and he feels that it is a waste. Romeo has to disobey his family so he can be with Juliet. In this play, Romeo's tragic flaw is that he is always melancholy, miserable, and downcast, and Romeo is always in love, and when he falls in love, he falls hard. Romeo is depressed over Rosaline. Romeo is very disheartened over her and it seems he has been like this for some time already. Montague tells us this when he .....

.... Allan and he found no reason to continue living. Although Blanche had no intentions of hurting Allan, enough damage was done to prompt Allan to shoot himself, his mind and body destroyed. The harsh treatment dealt by Mitch to Blanche near the end of the play is strikingly similar to Blanche's treatment of Allan Gray. Mitch is a friend of Stanley's whom Blanche falls for during her visit to New Orleans. The relationship between Blanche and Mitch had been developing steadily. Both characters felt the need to settle down in life and both saw the image of marriage at the outcome of their relationship. It did seem as thou .....

.... you have gathered. This knowledge will amount to something useful. Organized facts can be applied to the solution to the puzzle of truth. Oedipus’ second purpose to finding the truth is to find the killer of King Liaus. His motivations to finding the assassin is to prove his own innocence to the people of Thebes. While having these motivations in him, he makes a proclamation that if anyone knows who the killer is, they must come forward and tell the truth. He also damns a curse on the head of the murderer. A curse of exile and banishment from the city and from the people of Thebes. He’s trying to gain and keep his .....

.... payments for money owed. "Three thousand ducats. 'Tis a good round sum./ Tree months from twelve, then let me see, the /rate--" (1.3.112-114). Upon this Bassanio asks Shylock if he will really owe him any interest; Shylock reacts as almost offended, and further explains that Bassanio will indeed owe him interest. For both Macbeth and Shylock, this is the beginning of the end. Macbeth's greed starts to become a problem when people start figuring out the truth behind Duncan's death. Macbeth realizes that he is well beyond to point of no return and that the only thing left to do is to keep eliminating people whom may potent .....

.... evident when you consider that he already has divided up the kingdom before the praising even begins. As evident as he gives each daughter her land before hearing the next daughter's praise. Thus the who thing is just a show and an ego boost to himself. It is because of his love for praise that makes him react so strongly to Cordelia and Kent when they do not act as he would like them to. It could be said he is like a child who doesn't remember all that his family has done for them, but only sees them saying no to a piece of candy. In the play, this is shown in his banishment of Cordelia and Kent. Kent is probably one of the most .....

.... is not as competent in his relationship with Desdemona. Once the suspicions suggested by Iago are brought to his attention, it takes little convincing before he is willing to seek revenge against both Desdemona and Cassio. The contrast in his quickness to judge his own wife versus the trust he has in Iago reveals the lack of competence in romantic relationships that had not been clearly evidenced until this scene. The temptation to blame Desdemona and hide his incompetence, reveals to the audience a weakness that Othello had previously tried to mask. Cassio is tempted by Iago as well. At first rejecting the offers to drink, .....