Essays 301 - 330
theme of servitude and freedom" (Smith 1608). We learn that Ariel was once the servant of the witch Sycorax, who was banished from...
decision to transform a personal tale of forbidden love into a social commentary on increasing teen violence and decreasing morali...
his mother Queen Gertrude announces she eloped with Claudius, her brother-in-law who will now succeed Hamlet Sr. as King. The Pri...
not fixd His canon gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this wor...
Young Prince Hamlet of Denmark has been dealt two blows in rapid succession. First, while away at college, he learns his father h...
at war with the Turks, that not all of Othellos men are loyal to him, and that there remains a great deal of cultural suspicion ab...
opens by referred to her distant husband not by his titular name, but by his holdings and titles of lordship: "Glamis thou art", s...
the social acceptance that has been denied him because of his skin color. When Othello selects the relatively inexperienced Micha...
Analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act V, Scene ii), As You Like It (Act II, Scene vii), Richard III (Act I, Scene ii), The...
The depiction of jealousy in William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is the focus of this thematic analysis consisting of 5 pages. ...
William Shakespeare's comedy is analyzed in terms of how the relationships of Olivia and Orsino, Cesario/Viola and Orsino, and Ces...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at the Puritan Revolution and its impact on literature. Shakespeare's Prospero and Milt...
This paper examines how scapegoats propel the comedy of William Shakespeare's play in the characterizations of Don John, Claudio, ...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the cost of power in Shakespeare's tragedies. Richard III, As You Like It, and the ...
and suggests that he does not deserve his place in English letters. He quotes a number of other critics to support his view. This ...
Bards most impressive works, and for many, the archetypal ideal of a narrative "tragedy". The reason behind Othellos reputation is...
his darkest. It is concerned with power, ambition, and the exercise of pure evil. This paper examines the characters, setting, plo...
Shakespeares "Big Four" tragedies (King Lear and Othello are the others, since you ask) and they both involve the most horrific of...
one of his most vexing. This paper discusses him in detail. Discussion Iago is a fascinating study in evil; he sets out to destro...
grows older, his hatred will also continue to grow until he hates all mankind, not just the Athenians. The fact that Timon seems...
(Foakes 23). Until this time, many directors seem to see the play as a literal fairy tale for children and staged it as such; Broo...
strong man to dominate his wife. There were few constraints placed upon male behavior whereas for women it was quite the opposite...
lost her mother at an early age, was brought up in a very sheltered environment, with her father Polonius - one of Claudius best f...
He and his cousin, are talking. Benvolio tried to stop the fight between the warring factions. He believed that to fight was ign...
for fear Creep into acorn-cups and hide them there" (Shakespeare II i). This is a very magical surreal image, but also a very fun ...
him, he will show "great mercy" (II.ii.50). Henry then turns the discussion around to the real point of the scene. He asks the me...
an end to Tobys activities. Even Maria has warned Toby that the Lady Olivia is growing impatient with him: "Your cousin, my lady, ...
logic. The play consists of a quartet of couples - secondary characters King Oberon and Queen Titania, and Theseus and Hippolyta;...
things rank and gross in nature / Possess it merely. That it should come to this! / But two months dead! Nay, not so much, not two...
with a trio of witch siblings (described in the text as the weird sisters), who issue this prediction to the Thane: THIRD WITCH. A...