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to be entertained as well. They began putting out what were known as mystery plays, passion plays, morality plays and miracle play...

the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...

Caliban, son of the witch Sycorax. Miranda retains a childlike innocence as a result of her idyllic existence, but at the same ti...

For instance, Hotspur from Henry IV was actually old enough to be Prince Hals father, but Shakespeare pictured the two characters ...

me in the day of success, and I have learned by the perfectest report they have more in them than mortal knowledge. When I burned ...

to by Jim in very earthy, concrete terms that nonetheless indicate that she is pretty. When she says that blue "is wrong for-roses...

has credible reasons for his melancholy state, as his father has been dead only two months, and his mother has already remarried. ...

seem that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio, the man that Othello favored for promotion over Iago. Convinced that Desdemon...

panacea when it came to womens rights. Liza was caught in this time period where she wanted to strike out on her own but was held ...

better, he goes off on a tangent in which he imagines himself as the ruler of a utopian society on the island (II.1.148-156). Wh...

injustice in this situation, but also shows the social results of this predicament, as this insecurity largely accounts for the de...

In five pages this paper examines three viewpoints of London as revealed in such literary works as Howard's End by E.M. Forster, S...

of what we have learned to accept in more recent times. That we are but one race of creatures that has existed for only a short t...

component. But were they all that different in Shakespeares original version? Many seem to think so and that high schools renditi...

identity. It is interesting to note that as he pulls on his "cloak of madness" that his true intellect becomes completely clouded ...

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

and forces him to become more active and seek confirmation and possibility revenge (Bevington 3). This response is seen in Hamle...

tale that he is a eunuch, otherwise impotent. With the aid of his friend, Doctor Quack, he manages to land himself in the lap and ...

famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy, followed by a talk with Ophelia. In the same act Ophelia says "My lord, I have remembrances...

focused on Shakespeares perspectives on innocence and its consequences. As envisioned by Shakespeare according to his stage direc...

In 5 pages this paper examines the Shakespearean plays The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear in a comparative analysis of h...

In five pages this report examines how madness crosses gender boundaries as revealed in the experiences of Ophelia and Hamlet in S...

In 10 pages pivotal scenes including the second scene of the first act, the first scene of the second act, the first scene of the ...

to be a continuation from Henry IV, and is reality based. In the play, King Henry wants to have the thrown of France and somehow i...

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...

seemed to tap into the humans attraction to romantic love as an experience. There is little more powerful, and interestingly, Shak...

In nine pages this research paper discusses the clown's role in the works of William Shakespeare. Seven sources are cited in the ...

In eighteen pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare's puns evoke irony, humor, and eroticism in The Taming of the Shrew, As You...

the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?-I wish I knew...? (Cat...Roof, Act one 25). The theme of lack of communication lies at ...

to ask whether Miranda is listening to him when it seems obvious that she is. This seems like a control mechanism rather than a ge...