.... direction and a stable identity in the midst of all the evil about him (Lidz, 73). We clearly see that Hamlet is quite upset by his mother's quite hasty marriage to is uncle, and this causes some deep seeded emotional problems for Hamlet. I can not talk about Hamlet's emotional state without also going into the fact that Hamlet already suspects the King of killing his father, before the ghost tells him so (Leavenwoth, 34). First I will go elaborate on how Hamlet, at certain times, was clearly not feigning insanity, but that insanity only lasted for brief periods of time .....

.... feet wet ” (Folgers, p 40). Lady Macbeth is telling Macbeth that he is like the cat because he wants to become king but he won't get his hands bloody. However Lady Macbeth would find someone else to get their feet wet, someone to do her dirty work. In act 2 scene 4 line 15, the old man and Ross talk about the recent murder. The old man says that the killer, an owl made sure no one was looking and attacked the falcon and killed it. The owl, lower then the falcon on the chain of being usually eats mice, which is low on the hierarchy. But this time the owl eats the falcon w .....

.... be of a high status on the chain and the hero also possesses a tragic flaw that initiates the tragedy. The fall of the hero is not felt by him alone but creates a chain reaction which affects everything below him. There must also be the element of chance or accident that influences some point in the play. King Lear meets all of these requirements that has been laid out by Bradley which is the most logical for a definition of a tragedy as compared to the definition of a comedy by G. Wilson Knight. The main character of the play would be King Lear who in terms of Bradley wo .....

.... who he believed to be his real father. A while after he ran away he traveling down a road when he saw a coach coming. It contained his true father, King Laios of Thebes and his bodyguards. When they almost ran him over Oedipus attacked them killing the bodyguards and his father, thinking that they were highway bandits, and by doing so he unwittingly fulfilled the prophecy. When he realizes this he is devastated. This really contributes to the theme, that you cannot escape your past. The fact that he killed a king and his father no less, is a major factor in his exile l .....

.... the King” are a result of fate. For instance, Oedipus is forewarned of his fate. When he went to Delphi as a young man, he was told that he was “doomed to sleep with [his] my mother, doomed to murder [his] my father (1080).” For most of his life he was forewarned of this horrible fate. One could argue that it was this inescapable fate that led him to marry the Queen of Thebes and kill the King, unknowingly fulfilling his prophecy. Also, fate could have brought Oedipus to Thebes. Once he was notified of his prophecy he left Corinth to escape fate; however he ran tow .....

.... responsible. That person is Othello. Othello chooses Michael Cassio, whom Iago denounces as "a Florentine." (line 21) Iago has been beaten by a Florentine with (as Iago thinks) less military ability than him. This deep wound commands Iago to revenge. Iago cannot bear Othello's being a superior figure. Iago comments on Othello's going to war as "Another of his fathom they have none/ To lead their business." (lines 153-154) Iago insults Othello's skin color profusely behind his back. As the first part of his plan, Iago seeks to arouse Brabantio to the fact that the Moor has .....

.... so Sophocles used well known stories as plots. The audience didn't have to focus on understanding the plot. They already knew the story of Oedipus, which Sophocles used to his advantage. With well known plots the people's minds were open and Sophocles's messages were beaten into them. Almost like subliminal messages. But what messages would Sophocles wish to push on his audiences? Well, at the time, the people of Athens were declining in moral values, they were losing faith in the Gods, mistreating people lower than them and taking part in thefts, murders and other sins .....

.... language it is more sincere and filled with sweet seriousness. Romeo expresses his love for Juliet right at the beginning of the scene through the use of light imagery. He declares: "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon … Her vestal livery is but sick and green" Romeo connects the pale moonlight with sickness and grief and says that only fools have anything to do with it. Here Romeo refers to how foolishly he fell in love with Rosaline. He could also be referring to the court jesters. In those days Elizabethan court jes .....