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Comparative Analysis of Krogstad in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Iago in William Shakespeare's Othello

shall my purpose work on him" (Shakespeare I iii). From there on out we begin to realize that we, as the audience, are the only on...

Comparing the Book of Job and Oedipus Rex

in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...

Changing Personality of Timon in Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare

Ini five pages this paper focuses on the third act of this Shakespearean play in an analysis of the protagonist's complete change ...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and an Actor's Caliban Characterization

In five pages this paper discusses William Shakespeare's final play in an analysis of how Caliban might be depicted by an actor. ...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Influence of Seneca

to follow it, which he does. The ghost says that he is Hamlets father, and that he was murdered; further, he says that the crime ...

Shakespeare and the Cost of Power

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the cost of power in Shakespeare's tragedies. Richard III, As You Like It, and the ...

Oresteia

the thematic meaning by indulging in revenge and violence, the characters are behaving more in terms of instinctual, animal behavi...

Comparison of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Richard III and The Tragedy of King Lear

realistic representations of his daughters love for him. Eldest daughter Goneril begins this love fest, pledging, "Sir, I love y...

Tragic Themes in Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, Sophocles' Antigone and William Shakespeare's Macbeth

Shakespeares characters that the audience (or the reader) immediately understands will not have an easy time of it. The story of "...

Theories of Tragedy from Aristotle to Freud

audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...

George Bernard Shaw's 'Mrs. Warren's Profession'

poverty and very dependant and aware of the dangers associated with honest work such as the dangers of lung disease and premature ...

Sociology Of Drama And Theater

impossible for women to live independently. One of their options was to become successful and financially independent prostitutes....

Boeing and Airbus

can see how some of the challenges arose and the difficulties they created. Strategy was the reason that the French and Germ...

Alan Ayckbourn/The Norman Conquests

neighbor. Reg, Ruth and Annie are siblings and Annie looks after their invalid mother in the family home in which they are all sta...

Albee: "The Sandbox"

their waste, an interpretation borne out by Grandmas lines: "they ... fixed a nice place for me under the stove ... gave me an arm...

Symbolism and Henrik Ibsen

Rosmer, haunts them. Both characters, as noted, feel they are the cause of the suicide of Mrs. Rosmer and by the end of the story...

Female Sexuality in House of Bernarda Alba

collective unconscious (Allen 175). Therefore, Maria Josefa expressing her desire to marry a "handsome male on the shore of the oc...

Hamlet, the Influence of Chance and Fate

This essay pertains to the theme of chance and fate and their influence over the chance events that result in much the motivation ...

Suzan-Lori Parks Pulitzer Prize Winner

Susan-Lori Parks a writer who has written in different genres. Her play, Topdog/Underdog won the Pulitzer prize along with other 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, ...

Analysis of Agamemnon by Aeschylus

First, the author wanted to convey something political. It was a time when democracy was rising and this type of government was at...

Reflective Essay on Hamlet by William Shakespeare

to have an impact open Hamlet and his self critical guilt. The well known quote that shows the motivation for the play is "the pla...

Lanford Wilson/Rimers of Eldritch

A 3 page research paper/essay that discusses Lanford Wilson's play Rimers of Eldritch, which, on the surface, concerns a murder ...

Mexican Drama and Xavier Villaurrutia

to Pirandellos play. Villaurrutia was obviously interested in the Italian playwrights concepts and this preoccupation becomes clea...

Top Girls by Caryl Churchill

forced to make in their lives regarding who and what they will ultimately become as individuals. "Top" Women of History The chara...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Theme of Appearance vs. Reality

give the appearance of being the blushing bride and groom, but their newlywed bliss is tempered by respectful grief for the belove...

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...

Literary Values in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun

as they face the discrimination with the power of togetherness, as a family. Much of the play also focuses on embracing on...

Othello and Gender Roles

rebellious for "she chose the man who she wanted to marry and felt it unnecessary that her father intervene in their relationship....

Impact on Those Who Play Computer Games

There has been a debate about the impact of action and violent video and computer games on those who play them. This especially pe...