Essays 31 - 60
good man, whom he has treated unjustly. Desdemona has, of course, been persuaded by Iago to defend Cassio, as he knows that this w...
In six pages this essay examines the self destructiveness of Shakespeare's tragic character and how this life negation contributes...
In five pages this essay considers how Shakespeare's historical play was later rewritten and revised in order to be more applicabl...
heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...
Cassius proposed that they assassinate Antony also, Brutus opposed it. He argued that the assassination of another man would make ...
This essay pertain to the theme of mercy and justice as exemplified in the trial scene of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." ...
This essay discusses Shakespeare's "Othello" and the role of gender, race and class. Five pages in length, four sources are cited....
This essay discusses the characterization of Christopher Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus" and William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," identifying ...
This essay presents a discussion of Hamlet's character. The writer argues that Shakespeare's characterization of Hamlet focuses on...
This essay pertains to William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Ben Jonson's "Every Man in His Humor," and how each p...
This essay pertains to Shakespeare's "Othello" and Rudyard Kipling's poem "If-," which lists various qualities that are required t...
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...
rest of the play. Major images in the play (clothes, light/darkness, sleep) Clothes: There are several instances throughout the ...
by King Claudius reveal him to be conniving, shrewd and lustful. Unlike Hamlet, who is preoccupied with questions concerning ethic...
in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...
well as a "Barbary horse" (I.i.111). As this indicates, the two men are particularly repulsed at the thought of Othello and Desd...
"teach" him "how to think and speak" (3.2.35) and "create" him new" (3.2.41), which is a reversal of the Elizabethan gender stereo...
of perspective came about. Though various ploys were attempted to regain old sorts of power, in the end, there was a rise in the m...
to share Iagos disgust and refers to Desdemonas acceptance of Othello as her "gross revolt" (I.i.134) and Roderigo shows his dista...
(I.iii.118). Banquo replies with a warning. He tells Macbeth that "instruments of darkness" frequently tell the truth in order to ...
coming to the island, as well as the history of the island prior to European intrusion. Before Prospero came, the island was ruled...
staged "fights" in movies and plays, these actions are real and therefore telegraph real emotion to the audience. When Katherina s...
is established that she has not yet reached her fourteenth birthday. Yet, she is also shown to be a practical, level-headed girl. ...
"cannibals" and the "Anthropophagi." Captured by enemies, he endured slavery, it is clear that Othello suffered and accomplished ...
Clare within the historical context of the work of Mary Ward, who established her "own missionary order, the Institute of Mary, in...
volatile for no apparent reason. The conflict, in other words, has no real foundation but it is tradition. The lovers marr...
In five pages this essay presents William Shakespeare's protagonist as a defendant in a contemporary inquest trial in which prosec...
In five pages this essay examines what tensions led to the disintegration of the Macbeth marriage within the context of William Sh...
thunders crack or lightning flash; Advanced above pale envys threatening reach...Then, Aaron, arm thy heart, and fit thy thoughts....
then Ill tell her plain She sings as sweetly as the nightingale: Say that she frown: Ill say she looks as clear As morning roses ...