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The Relationship between Hamlet and Horatio

The Dynamics of the relationship between Hamlet, and Horatio. Horatio is the only person in the play that Hamlet trusts. Horatio is one of the two people who know for certain that Hamlet’s madness is an act. Horatio is the only friend/family Hamlet has. Horatio…

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The Ambition that drove Macbeth

Ambition is defined as, having strong want or desire for more than you have. In Macbeth, ambition plays a giant role in the devolvement of the characters. The three witches are the source of ambition within the story. It’s as if they control the negative…

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The Play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.

In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare represents four types of love: forced love, parental love, romantic love and complicated love. At the beginning of the play, we see a forced love between Theseus and Hippolytus, queens of the Amazons. Theseus…

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Romeo & Juliet and Antigone analysis

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Sophocles’ Antigone both develop a complex plot structure and show many similarities and differences. They share some common tragic illumination along with some uncommon tragic illumination, as well. Each of the plays ended in some sorts of fatalities, but…

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Chaucer’s Troilus & Criseyde: The Frivolity of Femininity

To be female is to be frivolous and inconstant. This is the position that Geoffrey Chaucer takes in his love poem, “Troilus and Criseyde”. The lovely Criseyde, with whom Troilus falls madly in love, is the epitome of frivolity and inconstancy, in her actions as…

William Shakespeare2 Pages

Troilus and Criseyde in Comparison to Hippolytus

In Troilus and Criseyde, a poem which presents tragedy as a necessary component of love, Chaucer explains that fortune, the planets, and free will all control the fall of the protagonist. These forces, none of which lead to his ultimate benefit, exist in two different…

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The Tragedy of Misogyny in Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida”

Echoing Homer’s Illiad, Shakespeare cites in the prologue to Troilus and Cressida that the Trojan war erupted because of the kidnap of Helen: ‘Menelaus’ queen,/With wanton Paris sleeps – and that’s the quarrel’ [prologue, 9-10]. We therefore believe from the outset that the war plot…

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The Problem of Value in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida

Why, she is a pearl Whose price hath launched above a thousand ships And turned crowned kings to merchants. (2.2.81-3) The world of ShakespeareÃ¢Â?Â?s Troilus and Cressida does not distinguish decidedly between the Greeks and the Trojans. Though the Greek camp is a makeshift assembly…

William Shakespeare4 Pages

Chaucer’s Use of “Tender” in Troilus and Criseyde

Chaucer is known for his talent at pushing his readers to step outside their preconceived notions regarding genre, characters, and themes. In addition to this, Chaucer uses words with double meanings to create ambiguity and depth throughout his works. Troilus and Criseyde is no different…

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Inevitability of Criseyde’s Choice

In Troilus and Criseyde, a Trojan prince, Troilus falls in love with Criseyde who is a beautiful widow. Pandarus who is Troilus’ friend and Criseyde’s uncle, helps Troilus by making Criseyde fall in love with him by fair means or foul. Troilus and Criseyde’s relationship…

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