Essays 1711 - 1740
In three pages this essay compares these two Shakespearean villains in terms of their similarities and the lack of sympathy each e...
In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Shakespeare employed the dual land and blood motifs in his historical play i...
In five pages this paper discusses how the concepts of law and justice are featured in the play's famous courtroom scene. There a...
In five pages the anti Semitic portrayal of Shylock, the Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare's play is examined in terms of providin...
in more ways than one. This could also be nothing more than the theory presented by Adelman, for much of what he says could eas...
In nine pages this Shakespeare comedy is analyzed in terms of its meaning, structure, theme, plot, and colloquial prose usage. Se...
becomes more and more obvious. Their words, which appear to be that demonstrating disdain, are words spouted by lovers who are con...
her father until an outsider convinces them that she did not break the rules or cross the boundaries of her social class....
In six pages this paper presents a definition of tragedy and explains how Othello structurally fits within the parameters establis...
In eight pages this paper discusses the images of love and death that reinforce the tragic inevitability of Romeo and Juliet. Six...
In five pages a character analysis of the Nurse and her role in the play are examined....
In five pages this paper discusses how the characters in this Shakespearean tragedy are better understood through the metaphors of...
In three pages this paper discusses how Petrarchan love issues are expressed in Romeo and Juliet's structure and language. There ...
In eight pages the deaths of these female characters are contrasted and compared. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Shakespeare's original tragedy with the contemporary interpretation Baz Luhrmann b...
In three pages this paper discusses how traditions of the Renaissance are represented in this Shakespearean tragedy. Four sources...
The powerful themes of temptation, guilt, heresy, and prophecy as they lend to the play's overall effectiveness are considered in ...
In eight pages this paper examines the witches from a psychological perspective in an analysis of their role in this Shakespearean...
In seven pages this paper analyzes relationships and self containment within the context of the play and Kate's 'shrewish' attribu...
(Henrys father) and his family from the land of their birth. Henry, initially, does not protest the banishment, as he has been ra...
This paper consists of eight pages and considers how Shakespeare treated women in his political plays with the emphasis being upon...
This paper consists of a five page analysis of Katharina's monologue in the fifth act's second scene in terms of its significance ...
In five pages this essay contrasts 2 of the speeches made by Katherina in the play in an analysis that argues Petruchio's abuse is...
In 5 pages the similarities and the differences between the ways in which Prospero treats servants Ariel and Caliban in The Tempes...
Elizabethan superstition with regard to ghosts helps to fuel the supernatural inferences in Shakespeares Hamlet, because the two e...
In five pages this paper examines the emphasis upon 'ear' and 'hearing' in the play and how this impacts Hamlet's encounter with t...
In nine pages this paper analyzes the tragic hero aspects of Hamlet's character in a consideration that also includes Shakespeare'...
In four pages this paper examines Aristotle's definition of tragedy and its criteria in a consideration of Hamlet and how the play...
In ten pages the 'nunnery scene' is among the topics discussed in a consideration of past and present societal misogyny and in a c...
In four pages this paper demonstrates how Shakespeare's humanist concepts transformed Prince Hamlet into the ultimate Renaissance ...