This line shows the colonization-like actions of Prospero in relation to Caliban, supported by Prospero's next line "thou most lying slave." He refuses to admit that he was wrong in taking over the island and enslaving Caliban.

This line really highlights the colonizing nature of Prospero to both Caliban and the island. After attempting to be helpful and kind, Prospero captures and controls him. At the same time however, it is impossible for me to think of Caliban as innocent as he tries to rape Miranda, even though I understand that Shakespeare wrote it that way to dehumanize Caliban. It reminds me of Othello, because even though he was punished and manipulated because he was black, he still murdered his wife. Looking through different lenses helps to remove the action from what we think is the author's intention.

To me Ariel seems to have some sort of Stockholm syndrome, as Prospero set him free but he is still captive to Prospero, and at the beginning of the play Ariel seemed mad at Prospero for keeping him longer than he promised, but throughout the play becomes more and more obedient and loving, as we see in this line. He is not only doing his tasks, he also wants Prospero to love him and care for him.

Ariel reminds me a lot of Puck in Midsummer. He narrates what he is doing and what the characters are doing, and uses magic. He is also serving a master (like Puck serving Oberon) but seems to have a lot less freedom within their relationship. This could show a different side of magic than we see in Midsummer, one with less agency and more aggressive control on the part of the magician.

This line shows a lot of Beatrice's character as she is very outspoken even while her father is threatening to kill her sister. Similar to Emilia she defends another woman, but unlike Emilia she does it immediately before the lie gets out of hand and she is punished. However the main reason Leonato believes her is because a man, the Friar, speaks up.

Dogberry is a very interesting character as he plays both the Rustic and the Fool. He messes up words all the time but at the same time he has power through the law and uses it correctly to fix misunderstanding and manipulations at the end of the play.

I feel like we focused a lot on how Beatrice goes against gender norms in many ways, especially how she speaks, but in this scene we get to see Margaret also speaking in a very "unladylike" manner that would probably not be tolerated if men were in the room. This also seems to highlight the purity and conformity to norms that Hero represents.

I feel like this conversation, and especially this line, really show that Beatrice and Benedick do fit well for each other and love each other. The part of me that is reading this with a Shakespeare view of the world sees this as completeting the goal of "fixing" the two lovers who didn't want marriage, the current day me really enjoys how well they fit together and does think they love each other. This is one of the first plays to make me actually care about a couple.

This entire exchange between Helena and Hermia, while not full of innuendos, still show the intimate relationship they had together growing up. What could be seen as Helen being jealous also shows that she still thinks Hermia is beautiful and perfect.

Here we see Puck playing the role of the Fool and the chorus. He is giving the audience exposition and explanations on what is happening and what to focus on going forward. Same as the fool, he rhymes and is very mischievous and can mock or make fun of other characters.

I feel like this moment shows a point of no return for Cornwall and Goneril. Before this they were doing much more harmless things that seemed motivated by money and a dislike for their father. However plucking out someone's eyes showed a turn for me in their true motivations and how deep their greed and need for power runs.

The Fool uses the word wit multiple times, to me alluding to the fact that the King continuously almost gets his wits back and realizes what he is doing, but keeps falling short. The Fool seems to be trying to get him on track and start focusing but he cannot seems to get him back to his normal self.

The Fool is a very interesting character to me, as he seems to the be one of the only character in any Shakespeare play I have read who is completely honest and blunt. I think he adds a lot of not only humor but commentary on the characters. For example in this scene he keeps explaining why Lear is a fool for giving away his money.

Very early in the play we see the need to control women, especially by their father. This continues throughout the play, however in this one we see a flip in the power dynamic with the daughters gaining control over their dad and using him for their gain. We also see the women have power with their husbands, and it seems to me like they are more equal in the relationship.

This line really emphasizes the fact that a man being cuckolded is the worst thing a woman can do to him, as it shows that a husband can not keep his wife from disobeying him. Othello embodies the anger and violence held against wives in this time.

Both Desdemona and Emilia are very "good" wives- obedient and quiet. However this is a huge power flip moment in the play for Emilia. This entire scene she is not only actively going against her husband, she is also yelling at Othello, a man and a man of power, about how terrible she is. Like we discussed in class, I was definitely rooting for her in this moment. Not only is she flipping the power dynamic, this is the first time in the play someone is actually communicating and trying to tell the truth.

This seems to me like Iago fearing the "otherness" of Othello. If Othello can marry a white woman and have power over her, that is a threat to the other men who have less power. By bringing Desdemona's father into the equation, Iago is trying to take power away from Othello.

The way the other characters view Othello is very strange to me, as people seem to hold very opposite opinions on him at the same time. He is an amazing leader in the military who is respected, but at the same time the fact that Desdemona is married to him is the same level as her throwing away her life with her family.

Henry V is really trying to put himself in the same space as the soldiers by saying that he does not care about gold or clothing or fancy things, all he cares about is honor and his "brothers". This seems disingenuous to me, as many other times in the play we see him bargaining for gold, or starting a war just for his ego so he can say he is ruler of France.

The very first scene with Katharine is completely focused on her body as she learns english words for different body parts. This gives us the information that her character is going to be boiled down to objectifying her body, by Henry V but also by the French King and Burgundy as they basically trade her to Henry V.

This soliloquy by the Boy, and the Boy in general, seems to represent the common man in England. He is not part of royalty, he is not a true soldier, nor is he a criminal or a traitor. His perspective is unique from everyone else's, and we get to see how war affects people aside from royalty.

This quote is meant to show the growth of Henry V throughout his life. Since Shakespeare wrote plays about the King's father, which showed Henry V as a very immature and impulsive person, this line shows the audience how mature and "fair"of a leader (except for the bloody wars) he has become.

Giving away beauty means not being selfish, and the last two lines are saying, again, that the person's beauty will live through his writing.

Uses a lot of repetition of word within these sentences such as " use/usury" "that/that" and ten 4 times throughout the sonnet. Use and usury could be the greed that he writes about a lot, and emphasizing the number ten- calling the person a "10".

"Wasteful", very similar to greed, takes away beauty and youth until the one he loves is "sullied" and "decayed".

This sounds like he is saying that beauty needs to be stored some place before it inevitably diminishes from the world and the person.

Shows his common theme of greed, with beauty being too much, leading to bareness (aging and winter) due to greed.