Essays 31 - 60
This essay presents a discussion of Hamlet's character. The writer argues that Shakespeare's characterization of Hamlet focuses on...
the physical in a dramatic and practical way. While Aristotle saw the heart as just a physical organ, he had an idea that seemed t...
derives from the fact that it seems as if it had a familiar or conventional meaning. One might be tempted to try a nonliteral int...
In five pages this paper analyzes war's futility in a comparative poetic analysis of 'Poor Man' and 'WPA.'...
In three pages this paper analyzes what is meant by Prince Hamlet's 'antic disposition' remark in the first act of William Shakesp...
In five pages this research paper considers the religious aspects of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in an analysis of Hamlet's acti...
In eight pages this paper examines how the views of Aristotle and Plato on God's existence, poetics, and forms concepts differed. ...
is counterfeit and he gets into trouble for using the cash. He gives it away freely and frequently and makes himself appear quite ...
death of Hamlets father. Hamlet then starts to speculate about how much his mother was involved in this plot. Because of this p...
major argument in favor of poetry; that it was an educational tool that could be used in the instruction of moral values. Sidne...
plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...
were old With which she followed my poor fathers body Like Niobe, all tears;-why she, even she,- O God! a beast that wants discour...
and how do his views regarding death change throughout the course of the play? Why Does Hamlet Die at the End?...
away in the most inaccessible part of the abbeys labyrinthine library, where it remained for decades" (Essay on The Name of the Ro...
things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...
has credible reasons for his melancholy state, as his father has been dead only two months, and his mother has already remarried. ...
a character claiming he is "sick at heart," sets the stage for all the struggles that will take place (Shakespeare I i). It is the...
move from one emotion to another. There is depression, sorrow, despair, anger, frustration, and perhaps a bit of madness mixed in ...
is affected by parental behavior. Sometimes, there is no reason other than the childs own psychological makeup. It does not seem t...
In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares Laurence Olivier's 1948 Hamlet adaptation with Franco Zeffirelli's 1990 interpret...
In six pages Hamlet, his mother Gertrude and stepfather Claudius are analyzed within the criteria Aristotle established regarding ...
education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...
will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...
In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...
the immortal soul so that man can survive (PG). The mortal and the immortal soul were each housed in different areas in the body (...
This paper discusses Richard Kraut's commentary on the intellectual elitism of Aristotle an defines virtue in this overview of Ari...
In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...
In a paper consisting of seven pages the concept of marriage rooted in friendship is a view shared by Barbara Whitehead and Aristo...
defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophies of Socrates and Aristotle with virtue concepts being the primary ...