… in order to allow characters to disclose their innermost thoughts and feelings. Iago, then 'defies convention is an ironic character as he is duplicitous even when alone. Iago's soliloquies serve the purpose of creating dramatic irony and developing…

… of a tragedy who begins with greatness, but is endowed with a tragic flaw which causes a drastic fall from greatness. Despite his/her fall from greatness, they usually win a moral victory in the end. They are responsible for their own fate,…

… poetry arose as a reaction to the extremes of Petrarchism; one problem with Petrarchan poems is a kind of predictability-the conceit is found, presented, & elaborated, but there are few subsequent surprises. Donne and his followers like…

… The Hobbit, the heroic nature of the main character, Bilbo Baggins, is demonstrated through a series of mental and physical challenges that are depicted in this novel. At first, Bilbo is foreseen as a humble, timid, and cowardly character but as…

… and widely recognized as the greatest dramatist to ever live. His plays show a great knowledge of human behavior, shown through portrayals of a wide range of characters. He had a large vocabulary, using almost 30,000 different words in his plays.…

… of lies, deceit, destruction, false promises and lost hopes. Also strongly displayed in the novel is the power of persuasive speech or propaganda. Written by Englishman George Orwell, the novel satirically relates to communist Russia; it's dictatorship,…

… Shakespeare and Mary Arden. William Shakespeare was the third out of the eight children born to the Shakespeares. Little is known about Shakespeare's childhood other than going to Stratford grammar school. He married at 18 to Anne Hathaway who…

… shows many different kinds of love and marriage. There is the mature love of Theseus and Hippolyta; the more frantic, passionate and unstable love of the young people; and the power struggle between Oberon and Titania. The emphasis is both on…

… images of both sickness and disease; these images support the theme of political corruption. This theme can be examined by focusing on three distinct aspects of the play. These include: the foreshadowing mood in Act I, the fact that all of the novel's…

… In Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is constantly dealing with pain, most often as the one suffering. When the play opens, Macbeth is a celebrated war hero, however when the highest form of power being his is waved in front of him, Macbeth…