... of his loyalty as a son for the honor of his father. King Hamlet returned from his grave as a ghost to tell Hamlet that he was "Doomed for a certain term to walk the night…Till the foul crimes done in (his) day of nature were burnt and purged away". In order for King Hamlet to leave purgatory, Hamlet was required to seek "revenge (for) his (father's) foul and most unnatural murder" through killing Claudius, the murderer "with traitorous gifts" who killed King Hamlet. Claudius became aware that Hamlet knew the truth and that he was conspiring against him. As a result, he devised a fight in which Hamlet was slain by Laertes. However, before Hamlet died he man ...

... factory owner) feel very guilty for contributing towards the death of Eva-Smith who also becomes known as Daisy Renton during the play. But Moral guilt is not the major issue put forward in the play. The major issue is that of how class-conscious England has been put forward in the play and how the Capitalist's and Socialist's are shown. Birling is a ruthless industrialist who worked extremely hard to make his money, and when he finally reaches the top his wealth and popularity is threatened by a suicide scandal. The characters are a mixture of Capitalist's and Socialist's, Mr Birling being a self made upper-class Capitalist, his wife also has great belief in th ...

... Cawdor's title, he believes that the other prediction, namely his kingship, must come true. Banquo notes the danger inherent in believing (and subsequently acting on) the witches' predictions; he says, "Were such things here as we do speak about?/Or have we eaten on the insane root/That takes the reason prisoner?" Act I, scene 3, ll.83-85. MacBeth is quite overwhelmed when he hears that he is now the Thane of Cawdor. However, almost immediately, he starts thinking about how to bring about his rule as king. "{Aside} Two truths are told, As happy prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme.—I thank you, gentlemen. {A ...

... first triumph that we witness, but as we know there is always some other adversity to overcome. That is what we do , we travel with her through her life and experience the joys and pains that she experiences. While on this journey we find out some important things about our leading lady. First we discover that she is a woman with a mission and that she will go through any length to get it. We also find out that love is very important to her. for example she has a man that is courting her and is a womans dream. He is handsome and rich, also has a good family name. In fact her grandmother who is very important person in her life tells her that she should accept ...

... Just as at the "Who" concert the people in the rear of the line were in an acquisitive panic to get into the stadium. This pressure was recognized by the police in the front of the line and due to poor communication nothing could be done to stop it. A large gate "gate C" was finally opened to let off the pressure in front. This is when the true disaster occurred. People funneled straight onto the already full pens and created the stampede which killed the 95 people. People in the rear were in an acquisitive panic and the people in the front who were getting crushed were in a fearful panic. The emergency gates would open but the police, not realizing the ...

... she immediately began plotting to murder King Duncan. Our first indication of Lady Macbeth’s ambition and dark nature is evident when she says, “…That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements. “ (I: v: 39). She continues her speech by asking the spirits to “unsex me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty! /Stop up the access and passage to remorse” (I: v: 41-45) to give her the courage to commit the act and not feel guilty afterwards. Lady Macbeth is further characterized and begins to make her thoughts known to Macbeth when she greets him with, “Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor! Greater than both, by the all-hail h ...

... the Players. But this is where all the similarities end. In his conversations with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Hamlet becomes suspicious of the purpose of his old friends' visit and he is perceptive enough to see through the outer disguise into the interior motives. He forces them to reveal that they have been sent by the King to find out what is causing Hamlet's "transformation" ( 2.2.5). Hamlet admits his sanity by telling his good friends that his "uncle- father and aunt mother are deceived." (2.2.348) Why does Hamlet admit his sanity to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Is it an another attempt to at deception, or is it to implant a sense of trust between Ha ...

... is a literary term defined as one’s fatal flaw. Every character must have at least one. “ Hamartia, as Aristotle describes it, merely qualifies heroic perfection (Levin, 133).” is excessive thinking. “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” (5, ii, 230). His constant hesitation is attributed to rationalization. It is his hesitation, rationalization, excessive thinking, all combined, to almost literally become his fatal flaw. It is his indecisiveness that almost kills him. Although from the very opening of the play, Hamlet recognizes that it is his filial duty to avenge the murder of his father by killing the murderer, his uncle, h ...

... all the characteristics that Bradley identifies as belonging to a tragic hero, and more than that although there might appear to be comic elements in the play King Lear that the tragic elemen seem to outweigh the comic. Therefore, the position taken by Knight is not accurate in describing King Lear. The tragic hero, according to Bradley, is a person who suffers tremendously, whose suffering goes beyond him. The tragic hero also takes the action that produces the suffering and calamity which leads to death. Other characteristics of a tragic hero are as follows. The tragic hero is a person who is of high degree, and his welfare is intimately tied up with ...

... as Ophelia, Laertes and Polonius because of his own fears of being hurt as a result of the overwhelming anguish he faced after his father’s death. He truly wanted to avenge his father’s death and what he felt to be his mother’s betrayal for remarrying but he couldn’t bring himself to do it. Hamlet was unaware of anything that had been going on in his home until he returned from school. Once he arrived at what he thought would be the comfort of his family, he was given the news that his beloved father had died and his mother married his uncle weeks after. This discovery, along with everyone else’s ability to recover from the shock and grief so quickly, spoiled any ...