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It could be argued that the ultimate downfall of Othello is due to his hamartia. His fatal flaw in the play is presented to be his jealousy and this interpretation makes him solely culpable. Howe...

Yes to Justice: 

Ciclical images, which would suggest things are coming full circle within the lives of the characters. From the top of my head, I remember the line: wide skirted plaines' to descri...

Context: Curley's wife is the only woman on the ranch, she is alone in a mans world. Immediately this marks her out to us, as contextually she would have no power or stat...

The play-within-a-play highlights the feeling of paranoia built up throughout Hamlet. In performance, it makes the audience highly aware of their perspective as witnesses to both truth and lies. The whole...

Language: To analyse language we analyse the poet's choice and use of lexis. It's helpful to ask: What connotations does a word carry and why might the poet have chosen to use this specific word? What lan...