British Literature

Even though Shylock agrees to lend money to Antonio, they are not particularly friends. Shylock hates Antonio and thinks Antonio also hates him for the same reasons. […]

Shylock is a Jewish character in Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’, whose Jewish characteristics are bold but perhaps derived from people’s conceptions, not reality. Even though he is not the hero, he is the most complex character in the play and a core part of it. […]

Ophelia is the obedient daughter and loving partner of Hamlet, who is supposed to marry him. However, Hamlet’s aggression and behavior drives her to madness and she drowns. […]

Hamlet believes Gertrude and Claudius get married merely for lust and accuses his mother of that until she gets deeply affected. Gertrude feels guilt and regret, which Hamlet aims at from the beginning. […]

Many people have described Hamlet’s mother as a dull and shallow woman who prefers to live like a happy sheep among other happy sheep. However, this is what the readers wanted Gertrude to be like, not what she really was like. […]

Hamlet is able to put stagecraft to work as the test of Claudius’s guilt. In the process, he gives an important advice to the players about acting. It is small wonder that people have often seen much of Shakespeare himself in the character of Hamlet. […]