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Biology as a Determinant of Action

The writer discusses the role genetics plays in determining behavior, and indicates that while social models and genetics together...

Overview of Postmodern Views on William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines postmodern philosopher Stanley Cavell's views on William Shakespeare's tragic plays Antony and Cl...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Character of Ophelia

defines her character. She is, in essence, a human mirror, used to reflect the desires of others (Dane gdane.html). Her inabilit...

Getting Out by Marsha Norman

In 5 pages this paper discusses the dual identities of the 1983 play's protagonist and the dual women's realities of the Sixties a...

Innocence and Guilt in 'Oedipus Tyrannus'

he was the victim of an unspeakable crime: it was prophesied that Laius would die by his sons hand, and so when Oedipus was born, ...

'The Eumenides' by Aeschylus

In this paper consisting of seven pages the conflict between the traditional matriarchy and the newly developed patriarchy as repr...

The Theme of Tragedy in Oedipus the King and Death of a Salesman

This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...

Dysfunctional Marriage in American Beauty

joy in my life" (Mendes, 1999, p. PG). II. CONSIDERING SYSTEMS APPROACH What would it take to put Lester and Carolyns marriage b...

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Analyzed

assessments are largely accepted as valid (Smith Julius Caesar: An Abbreviated Textual History). Shakespeare, on the other hand, ...

Blaming Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

his sons the skills and awareness to become the men they could have become. But can that be blamed on a man who did not have the...

The Open Theater Movement in Argentina

theater (Graham-Jones 7). Theater listings in the daily newspapers typically advertise fifty or sixty plays being staged at any gi...

Climaxes in William Shakespeare's King Lear

there, she might have added a dose of common sense to the proceedings, and pointed out to her husband that dividing the kingdom am...

A Review of the Eighteenth Century Play The Love Suicides At Sonezaki

only option it seems is for him and Ohatsu to commit suicide. In the last lines of the poem he laments:...

Jealousy and Love in William Shakespeare's Othello

to why Iago hates Othello to such a degree. Presumably, Iago is angry over being passed over for promotion in favor of Cassio. The...

Comparison of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

his mother Amanda, and his sister Laura retreat into their own safe havens of illusion. As one critic observed, "No matter how ur...

An Overview of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, 2001 and A Raisin in the Sun, 2001). This essay offers an in-depth overview of this Hansberry play...

Anton Chekhov's 'Three Sisters'

The theme, plot, and style of this work is considered in 10 pages as well as presenting an examination into Aristotle's theories a...

Overview of the Play The Crucible by Arthur Miller

have adopted something of a double standard. They have expected her to behave in the modest and subservient way which is usual for...

Issues in African History

peoples, while accepting these belief systems, sought to integrate them into their existent cultures, rather than overthrowing the...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Characters of Ophelia and Queen Gertrude

have a woman who does not necessarily understand what is going on with Hamlet. Both of them are deeply concerned with Hamlets ment...

Beatrice and Hero in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

love for her. It 8s also worth noting, that despite the clear and eloquent words, t no point in the pay do we see Hero and Claudio...

Supporting Characters and Foils in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

serves to foil Nora in Acts I and II by tearing down Noras optimistic attitude with her own weighty pessimism. Mrs. Linde has not...

History of Card Playing

for the gaming industry (International Guild of Hospitality and Restaurant Managers Inc, 2001). Today, Proctor & Gamble owns the ...

Unity by Kevin Kerr

a director and actor, as well as a playwright. He is also one of the co-directors of Vancouvers theater group, The Electric Compan...

An Article on the Influences of Shakespeare Summarized

Rather Dionysus, Falstaff is his "Silenus, the fat, old drunken companion...(who) lends humor to Dionysian celebration" (367). Acc...

Twelfth Night, Role Playing, and Disguises

this theme together" (Universe). In combination with this theme, the theme of foolishness, is the theme of disguise. In summari...

William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, and Women's Social Status

In eleven pages this paper discusses these plays by William Shakespeare in terms of the social status of women as depicted by the ...

Lorca: "Blood Wedding"

there are only three characters who actually have names, Leonardo, Death and The Moon, though we can argue that the last two are n...

A Poem on "Hamlet"

the best relationship to use in the poem. Hamlets relationship with Gertrude, his mother, is even more problematic, because he tu...

William Shakespeare's 'Absent' Mothers in Six Plays

"What, will you not suffer me? Nay, now I see / She is your treasure, she must have a husband; / I must dance bare-foot on her we...