.... are a few examples of contemporary themes that are manifest in The Merchant of Venice that are still issues that we discuss, worry, and care about today. A key theme in the book is love. There are many loving relationships in this play and not all are the type that involves the love that a man has for a woman, or vice versa. Bassanio and Portia, Jessica and Lorenzo and Gratiano and Nerissa are all types of love that involve a man and a woman, which are of course relevant to today's society. When one looks deeply into these relationships, they would see parallels to the ones of today. For instance, the concept that all three marriages will probably not la ....

.... are either familiar to the audience or which could have been inserted skillfully into the body of the play with greater dramatic effect. It seems almost as if Shaw was afraid that his audience would not understand the play and he felt compelled to make his ideas clearer in the epilogue. The action of the epilogue takes place 25 years after Joan has been burned. King Charles has a dream in which many of the characters of the play appear. These characters, including Joan, either explain their behavior that we've seen throughout the play or relate some historical fact that Shaw must have seen as necessary for the audience to be aware of. The first character that appears at ....

.... his manhood. He appears to be a very strong individual before all of this occurred, being very stable mentally and being a hero in the eyes of his countrymen on the battlefield. All of this changes as the play progresses. The “angel” on one of his shoulders is telling him how kind this male ruler has been to him and the country of Scotland. The little “greedy devil” on his other shoulder that wants to be King finally overcomes the “angel.” His mind finally warrants him the justification to kill King Duncan. He has deep regret for what he has done shortly thereafter. The murder of the King is the first to slowly break down his now fragile emotional state. He feel ....

.... previously by the Pope. I believe that Thomas More was treated unfairly in A Man For All Seasons for two reasons. First, Henry promised to leave More out of the divorce proceedings, and then he broke that promise. Second, More was treated unjustly during his trials. Early in the film, King Henry paid a visit to More, his chancellor. During the visit, it became apparent that the King thought of Thomas as more than a chancellor; he viewed More as a friend. Henry respected More's opinion, and became extremely frustrated with his many attempts to persuade More to accept the divorce. Finally, when the King realized that More could not accept the divorce, he promised to exe ....

.... religion, and remembering. The film starts out with an African-American model taking pictures on a beach. "Sexy" pictures are being taken of her by a white photographer. A man named Sankofa is screaming at her in his native language. As this happens she precedes to hide behind the white photographer. As time goes on, in the film, she follows the tour group into the cave and in trying to find her way out of the cave she is transported in to another time. She goes back to slave times. It is here that she finds her roots. She remembers what her ancestors went through and how she was disgracing them, now. She experienced what her ancestors went through, from the brand ....

.... Kadiye was one of great reverence because he was believed to be one with the spirits. “Igwezu: With you, holy one, my questions must be roundabout. But you will unravel them, because you speak with the voice of gods…?” The Caddie was never to be questioned or disobeyed. For generations the townsfolk gave of their harvest to the Kadiye so he could appease the serpent. “Igwezu: And ever since I began to till the soil, did I not give the soil his due? Did I not bring the first oil upon the altar?” No one questioned where the goods went, because it was almost blasphemous to do so. “Makuri: I must go after him [Kadiye] or he’ll stir up the village against us. ....

.... itch to be king, but he did not have the will to scaratch it. We can see that Macbeth is not a cold-blooded monster in that the very idea of killing Duncan horrifies him, and in Act II he tries to tell Lady Macbeth that he will not go through with the murder. The character of Lady Macbeth is therefore required to provide Macbeth with the extra will-power to fulfil his royal ambitions. Macbeth is almost 'forced' by Lady Macbeth to murder Duncan. After committing the murder, Macbeth seems almost delirious and he says that "...all great Neptune's ocean....hand". We can already see that he is sorry for what he has done. When Macbeth orders Banquo's murder, he is still in tormen ....

.... between the generations. These events contribute to the themes of authority, power and loyalty, judgment and wisdom. Overall, it emphasizes the general themes of the generation gap. Symbolism contributes to the themes authority and power in King Lear. These symbols are represented by material things. For example, in [Act 1 scene 1] when Lear is dividing up his land, power and authority to his three daughters, depending on how much they can verbally express their love for him. [Lines 52-53] "Which of you shall say doth love us most? That we our largest bounty may extend where nature doth with merit challenge." The land that each daughter received is the extent ....