… and death and gives our body and mind a chance to maintain, repair and protect itself. Lady Macbeth's true personality is revealed during the sleepwalking scene. Her character follows the pattern of decline, despair and death. This pattern starts when…

… are many different roles that Prospero plays. He has four major roles that I shall discuss as Duke of Milan, father to Miranda, master to Ariel and Caliban, and as a powerful magician. <Tab/>Prospero was the Duke of Milan as he was…

… In reading Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka one could presume the work to be a social criticism. Throughout this story Kafka shows how society can be split into into different sections, with Gregor representing the working man at the…

… audience more so then Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew? In my opinion, it is the more recently composed text that has appeal, but responders can still gain insight from The Taming of the Shrew. In both texts there are themes presented that reflect the…

… section to show that Medea is Vengeful "Death take you, with your father, and perish his whole house!" (Medea, pg20) "Oh, may I see Jason and his bride ground to pieces in their shattered palace" (Medea, pg22) Proud "A queen of is used to giving…

… born into an old Lincolnshire family and was the fourth of twelve children. He went to school with Frederick and Charles, two of his brothers, in 1815 at Louth grammar school. Tennyson left school in 1820 as he was unhappy but under difficult conditions…

… invites and resists interrogation. He is, more than any theatrical character before and perhaps since, a figure constructed around an unseen or secret core. " In this introduction to the play Stephan Greenblatt directly emphasises not only the depth…

… "The Tempest" the figure of Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, forms the key element of all actions and developments throughout the play. He incorporates absolute power over the other characters and generates the plot of the play almost uninfluenced.…

… both Emily Bronte and Thomas Hardy create societies that are enclosed by both natural and man made boundaries. In both novels people try to escape these boundaries and breach them with varying success. Freedom within these societies is very much…

… in Jacobean revenge tragedy. Examples include figures like Ford's Vasquez and Middleton and Rowley's De Flores. In 'The Duchess of Malfi', this is the character of Bosola. A malcontent can be identified by a number of traits. He is a discontented…