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A Comparison of A Midsummer Night's Dream with The Tempest

In this seven page paper these two classic plays are compared and contrasted in regard to allegorical reference, imagery, locale, ...

Threat of Chastity in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Measure for Measure

In twelve pages a discussion of whether or not Shakespeare represented chastity as threatening in these works concludes the chasti...

The Rude Mechanicals and Their Significance in A Midsummer Night's Dream

In five pages this research paper concentrates on how Shakespeare uses the rude mechanicals and the true purpose they serve in thi...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Function of Ophelia's Character

In five pages this paper discusses the play's second scene in Act II and the first scene in Act III in a consideration of the func...

Madness of Prince Hamlet of Denmark

In three pages this paper analyzes what is meant by Prince Hamlet's 'antic disposition' remark in the first act of William Shakesp...

Act I, Scene iii Analysis The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Lines 183-228

In five pages these lines are analyzed in terms of assessing Shakespeare's choices, his use of such literary techniques such as rh...

Othello and Emilia's Statement 'Thou hast not half the power to do me harm/As I have to be hurt'

skitters to the old event with a new trigger. It does not matter that it is a new person, a new time, or a new love. The memory...

Act I, Scene iii Analysis Othello by William Shakespeare

In five pages this scene's functions and effect on the play are analyzed in terms of what is revealed about character or character...

Act Three, Scene One of William Shakespeare's Macbeth

we see the same, though we know differently. Lady Macbeth, Lennox, Ross, the ladies and lords, and the attendants are not really i...

Act III, Scene 4 of King Lear by William Shakespeare

psychologist points out that Edgar discusses his own case lucidly, while indulging in unlimited incoherence in regards to everythi...

'Closet Scene' of Hamlet and New Historicist Criticism

prior to and following the death of Elizabeth I (Kelly and Kelly 677). Through certain key scenes in Hamlet, Greenblatt contends ...

Act One of William Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Development of the Protagonist's Character

(I.iii.118). Banquo replies with a warning. He tells Macbeth that "instruments of darkness" frequently tell the truth in order to ...

How Othello is Admired by Others in the First Act, Third Scene of Othello by William Shakespeare

an outsider, a theme which is emphasized in most critical analyses of the play, Othellos identity as the Moor in Venice was "not a...

'Time is Out of Joint' in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

before he sees the Ghost and receives his deadly mission. When the Ghost appears to him, Hamlet voices his apprehension as to th...

Act 3, Scene 4 of William Shakespeare's Othello

immediately to fetch the handkerchief. Emilia, Desdemonas maid and Iagos wife, comments: 4. "Is not this man jealous?" (III.4.99)....

Kingship and Leadership in Shakespeare’s Richard II

years because he seems to care a bit for the father of Henry, John of Gaunt. In these respects one can see that Richard II may wel...

Closely Reading Ophelia's 'Mad' Songs in William Shakespeare's Hamlet Act IV, Scene V

where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...

Fourth Act of William Shakespeare's Macbeth

with Macbeth as Malcolm states, "Come, go we to the king; our power is ready;/ Our lack is nothing but our leave; Macbeth/ Is ripe...

William Shakespeare's Othello Act I and Iago's Persuasiveness

(Shakespeare I i). In this we see a subtle indication that he has ended his anger and is now humble, doing what he must in followi...

Act I, Scene iii of William Shakespeare's Othello

Othellos stories that she would fall in love with this dark soldier. Furthermore, Desdemona has always been a meek and gentle daug...

William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' Act I, Scene III

they are in committing to marriage. The imagery evoked by "violet in the youth of primy nature" implies that Hamlet is interested...

Act Two, Scene Two of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

to address the illusions that nobody else was originally able to see. HAMLETS PSYCHE Indeed, Hamlet was at the end of...

Iago's Shame in Act 3, Scene 3 of William Shakespeare's Othello

for the Moor, and he does so with artful and apparent reluctance. He plants the seed of doubt for Othello without ever maki...

Act I Soliloquy of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper considers the ghost of Hamlet's father and his soliloquy in Act I of Shakespeare's play in terms of its p...

Act Five, Scene I of William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Prospero's Resolution

In five pages this paper examines what is responsible for the resolution Prospero makes at the end of William Shakespeare's final ...

Act One, Scene Three of William Shakespeare's Othello

In six pages this pivotal scene and its impact on the characters as well as its tragic implications are analyzed. There are no ot...

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare's Act IV 'Pound of Flesh' Trial

In five pages this paper discusses the fourth act of this play in which Shylock sues for a pound of flesh by Antonio in terms of h...

'What is Man?' and William Shakespeare's King Lear

In four pages the question regarding the nature of man is examined within the context of William Shakespeare's King Lear....

Act 2, Scene 4 of William Shakespeare's 'Measure For Measure'

Isabella's soliloquy directed to Angelo is the focus of this 3 page paper to determine its thematic relevance. There are no addit...

Relationships in Richard II and Richard III by William Shakespeare

he appears sincere and supportive, such as when Richard asks what one has said of him, and Buckingham replies "Nothing that I resp...