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Cordelia's death highlights the injustice and brutality of the world in which the play is set. Her death ends Lear's last hope of happiness, and exposes fully the foolishness of his efforts to force his d...

Knowledge is a subject which often arouses much controversy, as much today as in the Jacobean era. Biblically, knowledge was often associated with overreachers, primarily Eve who commits original sin. Dur...

I would suggest that the student looks at 3 areas, form, structure and language. In terms of form, is it a poem, and if so, does it follow a particular rhyme and rhythm? Is it an extract from the novel, a...

The novel was proclaimed to be a 'cautionary tale' against Enlightenment desires for knowledge, including the scientific pursuit of new technologies. Frankenstein's scientific endeavours transgress the bo...

To regard Macbeth as a ‘butcher’ is far too restrictive a term for the complexity Shakespeare intended for his character. A ‘butcher’ is someone who kills in excess without remorse or proper reason, where...