sexual relations with their mother.Oedipus was destined to kill his father and marry his mother, unknowingly to him. Oedipus and Hamlet were seen as similar characters as they were both loyalty, and in the eyes of Freud, wanted to love their mothers. Hamlet holds intense feelings for his mother as displayed throughout the play. This could possibly be seen as a way for Hamlet to replace his father after his death. Hamlet reveres his father and plans to avenge his death. Through the visions of the ghost
Within the Shakespearian pastoral romance The Tempest and the film Pleasantville, directed by Gary Ross, discovery is portrayed as a thought-provoking, transformative and serendipitous process. Both texts explore discovery through the lens of colonialism and exploration, providing a detailed insight into the ramifications of individual’s attempts to instill power and control over other human beings. In addition, both texts explore the notion of challenging authority through an exploration of the
Julie Stockton Professor Franz Potter Capstone Project - Draft June 6, 2015 The Gender Roles in Shakespeare Known as a fine interpreter of human thought and action, William Shakespeare often relied on gender roles and stereotypes to aid the audience in forming an opinion of a character or event. Since Elizabethan society made such great distinctions between the actions and feelings of men and women, it is only natural that the works from that era would also conform to those same great differences