Romeo and Juliet - as characters, as symbols of love, and as symbols of innocence torn apart by a hardheaded society - are cultural icons so ingrained in society that they are often synonymous with the very concepts they represent. After centuries...

Many film adaptations of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of “star-crossed lovers” have been made, both in the original setting and more modern ones (Shakespeare Prologue. 6). Two movies that exemplify this are Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and...

Life's greatest tragedies will scorch madness and vengeance into the hearts of those willing to toss aside their humanity. Hamlet, consumed by calamity, names himself an Archangel of Death in the Shakespearean tragedy. A striking historical play...