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Margaret Edson's Wit and Ovarian Cancer

die, as well as informing us that humor is a large part of her inherent nature in terms of dealing with the fatal realities. In...

Iphigenia by Euripides and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

and changes his mind. He will not sacrifice his only daughter because of Menelaus unfaithful wife. (The impetus behind the Trojan ...

Women in The House of Bernarda Alba by Garcia Lorca

give it up once Agustias is married. Poncia warns Bernarda that the women are going crazy being locked up as they are and that she...

Yasmina Reza's Conversations After a Burial Analyzed

see that three of his children are present, adults in their 40s. They are Nathan, Edith, and Alex. "Also in attendance is Pierre, ...

Othello by William Shakespeare and 3 Different Perspectives

directors. Because of the intimacy between stage performers and the audience, Shakespeares prose is able to serve as a feature pe...

Comparative Analysis The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages the portrayal of moral issues in these three plays is analyzed. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Tartuffe and Don Juan by Moliere

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares two of Moliere's plays in terms of their similarities and differences as they pert...

Tragic Heroes in Death of a Salesman and Oedipus

A 10 page analysis of the tragic hero as he manifests in these two classic plays. Twists of events affect these heroes differentl...

Amy Tan and Tennessee Williams on Mother and Daughter Relationships

the freedom and opportunities offered by America. In other words, this immigrant mother means well. She simply wants her daughter ...

Orson Welles' 1952 Film Othello

Iago - played by Michael MacLiammoir Iago is roughly thrust into the cage, and by means of a creaking iron wheel and pulley, the ...

Identity Search of Denmark's Prince Hamlet

fact that this protagonist seems to have an identity through his blood. He seeks revenge, but he also seeks to find out who he is ...

Blame and King Lear

In five pages William Shakespeare's elderly protagonist is examined in a discussion of whether or not he can be blamed for the tra...

Tragic Characters in Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

In five pages Octavius Caesar, Enobarbus, Cleopatra, and Antony are analyzed in order to determine which emerges as the most tragi...

Euripides' Medea and Ibsen's Nora

society has determined what their roles are and how long they are to enact them. Enter Nora and Medea, who both prove to have min...

Comparative Analysis of Settings in The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

as they seem. It is recommended that the student who is writing about this topic consider that Messina is also the center of law,...

Religion and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

plague that threatens to annihilate most of its citizens. This plague is interpreted as an act of the gods, who are voicing their...

Thematic Comparison of 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Othello'A Comparison of Themes in Othello and Romeo and Juliet

a marvelos contrast in dark and light, which is aptly used in a good deal of his plays. Both in Romeo and Juliet and in Othello, t...

Attachment Among Shakespeare's Female Characters

of the common viewpoints regarding interpersonal interactions inherent in Elizabethan literature. The relationship between Hermia...

Analyzing Richard III and Macbeth by William Shakespeare

receive our duties, and our duties / Are to your throne and state, children and servants, / Which do but what they should, by doin...

Social, Nationalistic, and Religious Grievances in the Iran Revolution of 1978 and 1979 and Lebanon's Hezbollah Movement

In seven pages this paper discusses the roles religion, nationalism, and social issues played in these two uprisings. Five source...

Analyzing Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

him. His long-suffering wife Linda bolsters Willy with her quiet strength. She allows him to groom sons Biff and Happy to excel ...

Literary Work and Social Commentary in Fences by August Wilson

This essay examines Wilsons celebrated play while exploring its social relevance, dramatic action, and merits as both a literary w...

Macbeth's Tragic Nature

acts cowardly. Much of this comes from predictions of three witches, and after the deaths begin, the witches make further predicti...

William Shakespeare's Henry IV Part I

will (Shakespeare PG). It has been said that Hal is felt to be Shakespeares version of the ultimate Machiavel, based on Machiavel...

Predictions of the Trio of Witches in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

almost always determined to meddle in the business of the divine or the immortal. As a result, there is never a truly positive out...

William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, and the Presence of Oracles

matters into his own hands, a reality perhaps perceived by the oracle. He believes the predictions of the witches, and thinks that...

Revenge and Doubt in William Shakespeare's Othello and Hamlet

and situations in black and white terms. Therefore, he is less tolerant of sin and more judgmental then his Danish counterpart. Wh...

Government's Role in Poverty

the effects of poverty. Galbraith states that the politicians are mislead into believing that poverty is caused by inadequate envi...

Machisma And Machismo In The Plays of Lorca and Marquez

other because they are in competition for available males. They are devious toward each other as well as toward their mother beca...

Money, Society, and Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and Lilio's Play London Merchant

in the play, the audience is shown how "honest merchants...contribute to the safe of their country as they do at all times to its ...