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Shakespeare in Cinema

as simplistic because it stars an action hero (Mad Max becomes Mad Hamlet) and cuts several scenes and all long speeches. Of cours...

How Circumstances Influenced Gus McCray, Dr. Jekyll, and Hamlet

seek vengeance for the father. Hamlet goes through many different changes because of the realities he has been told, and becaus...

Paternal Loss in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

now he is praying; And now Ill dot. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged" (Hamlet III iii). He stops, however, and truly...

Scene Analyses from Do the Right Thing, American Beauty, Thelma and Louise, and Taxi Driver

manicured lawns and rose gardens. But for every blooming rose, there is a thorn lurking somewhere, and through the frequent imagi...

Schizophrenia as Portrayed in A Beautiful Mind

his mind takes off into schizophrenic delusions. It is only towards the end of the movie that the audience realizes most of these...

Traditional Staging vs. Contemporary Cinematic Interpretations of William Shakespeare's Plays

inexperienced actors in the lead roles (Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). The play opens with the servants, Samson and Gregory,...

Analysis of August Strindberg's The Father

Circe and Medusa. In The Father,...

References to Hamlet and Hercules in The Father by August Strindberg

this paper discusses how women behave and the Captain's character in this analysis of August Strindberg's play The Father with ref...

Queen Gertrude's Guilt in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

may wish to add that Claudius and Gertrude both attempt to find out what is bothering Hamlet, which only serves to make it more pl...

Odysseus, Hamlet, and the Supernatural

note his passion for such in the following lines when Hamlet responds to the facts presented by the ghost: "Haste me to knowt, tha...

Children's Dramatic Roles

own. As a result of their inability to take responsibility for the prophecy they suffered at the hands of their son. Oedipus pu...

Strategy of Prince Hamlet of Denmark

of his day to day life that he would never be able to keep his plans from her. So, he has decided that he must pretend to sever th...

Temptation in the Works of William Shakespeare

possibility that Desdemona is cheating on him, and in domino fashion this suspicion turns to jealousy, hurt, anger, rage, and even...

Four Questions on William Shakespeare's Hamlet

true circumstances of her first husbands death, and the exact nature of her guilt. There does not appear to be much in the play th...

Heroism and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In 5 pages this paper examines the concept of heroism in a character analysis of Prince Hamlet, King Hamlet, Fortinbras and Claudi...

Tragic Heroism of Prince Hamlet

theater itself, and his own background upon the stage. Hamlet plays the clown with the other actors who arrive to perform ...

The Character of Tom in The Glass Menagerie

This research paper examines the character and dramatic function of "Tom" in Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menageri...

Virgil and Dante's 'Inferno'

In four pages the Virgil character is examined within the context of 'Inferno' and also considered as he actually existed as an ac...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Classical Philosophy's Influence

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Hamlet's characterization was influenced by the philosophies of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Plat...

Agamemnon and 'Oresteia' by Aeschylus

This paper consists of five pages and considers how Cassandra's rendition of events represents a play within a play as her word im...

Shakespeare's Hamlet and Iago As Icons of Madness

that evil, corruption, guilt, lust, and avarice can all cloud the mind of a good man. Consider another of Shakespeares characters...

Guilt of Hamlet in Mel Gibson's Film Adaptation

In 5 pages this paper analyzes how Hamlet's revenge transformed him into a man very much like his adversary Claudius as represente...

Morally Defensible Keeping of Secrets

their heritage and try their hand at living in the world as white people. Haizlip proceeds to graphically demonstrate the irony ...

Higher Education and the Problem of Racism

This research paper investigates Spanish/Hispanic racism within the context of the nation's institutions fo higher education. This...

Depression of Prince Hamlet

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Hamlet's depression is consistent with the motivations of his behavior. There are 4 sources c...

1984 by George Orwell and the Motto 'Ignorance is Strength'

In 5 pages the totalitarian state is examined within the context of novel contained within Orwell's futuristic novel, 'Ignorance i...

Gender Relationships in the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

even Hemingway himself consciously does not, that "blowing things heads off" is not the way to prove a mans masculinity. "What imp...

Test of Intelligence by Alan Turing

The beliefs of Rene Descartes and other humanist philosophers are considered within the context of Turing's argument that a comput...

Chapter Eight of Bleak House by Charles Dickens

funds have been consumed by legal fees. Esther also learns that Tom Jarndyce, the former owner of Bleak House, after coping with t...

'Mad' Protagonist of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

to do so throughout the play as he plots his revenge. "The spirit that I have seen May be the devil; and the devil hath power To...