Megan Clauhs

One of the major differences between the mechanicals and the aristocrats is the way in which they speak. Take, for instance, their introductory scenes: the aristocrats speak almost entirely in...

This speech is essentially Romeo's "Something's Coming" moment. In this scene, Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio are all headed to crash the Capulet party. Though going to see Rosaline, Romeo appears...

The love between the members of the house of Capulet is as complex and dysfunctional as most families today. While Lady Capulet is the picture of a devoted wife, her relationship with Lord Capulet...

One of the major themes in Much Ado About Nothing is cuckoldry. At the time Shakespeare wrote this play, cuckold jokes were extremely popular. Benedick suggests at one point that he's afraid of...

The ending of the novel is a reference to the Tralfamadorian concept of time. The Tralfamadorians understand that time does not move forward nor backward, but every second in time happens at once,...