Essays 451 - 480
in The Merchant of Venice proves to be quite willful, openly defiant of her Orthodox Jewish father Shylock in her elopement with t...
on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...
In six pages William Shakespeare's protagonist is analyzed in terms of his emotional extremes, which collectively represent his tr...
In five pages this paper discusses the portrayal of men and women within the context of this work as it has been presented in the ...
In seven pages the symbolism surrounding the use of the terms Denmark and King are examined within the context of Shakespeare's tr...
In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...
In five pages this paper assesses Polonius's advice to his son Laertes 'This above all: to thine own self be true' with in the con...
the King. Macbeth, while in a different conflict, is a man who, for the simple sake of his ambition, is willing to murder his k...
In five pages this paper discusses how the play's text reveals the Danish queen to be guilty of adultery and murder conspiracy in ...
In five pages this paper evaluates whether the protagonist of William Shakespeare's play represents a man of action or if inaction...
In five pages the ways in which the modern world is reflected within the tragic and comic characterizations William Shakespeare cr...
her father Polonius is an aide to Claudius. We do not actually see Hamlet going into Ophelias room, but hear about it from her tro...
three months after the murder of her husband. In Measure for Measure, its protagonist is not a man of illustrious social status. ...
In five pages this paper analyzes Shakespeare's tragic protagonist in terms of the Prince's godlike view of himself. One source i...
have a woman who does not necessarily understand what is going on with Hamlet. Both of them are deeply concerned with Hamlets ment...
(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...
ultimate sleep that all people must experience. In this scene he is talking to Ophelia and perhaps, in a roundabout way, telling h...
Hamlets touch with reality begin to influence him very strongly. This is first seen through Ophelias words of her encounter with h...
harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, / Thy knotted and combined ...
the ghost of his father who tells him that Claudius has murdered him and stolen his Queen. Hamlet vows to avenge his fathers death...
wife. Claudius states, "Though yet of Hamlet (the late king was also named Hamlet) our late brothers death/The memory be green" (I...
and leave her father, or suffer through this madness with Hamlet. While she is still deciding, her father is killed and she is sur...
that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...
of the careful construction lends enough credibility for the reader to suspend disbelief, but all the while, when one backs up to ...
Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...
where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...
In five pages this paper examines Shakespeare's tragic protagonist in terms of the resentment he felt towards his father and how t...
of Hamlets famous soliloquies, except for the ones which heightened dramatic impact, such as "To Be or Not to Be." He shrewdly ch...
"Hamlet" examines numerous concerns that are central to the fundamental tribulations and despairs of being human. Hamlet questions...
the same way the Ghost has presented himself to Hamlet" (Kozokowski 126). Poison In the end of the story we see the people of ...