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Theme of Violence in Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

In five pages this essay compares the social violence that is evident in these plays by William Shakespeare. Two sources are cite...

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...

Coercion and Liberation in William Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well and The Tempest

In six pages this paper discusses character pairs and how they work within the structure of these two plays by William Shakespeare...

Classic Literature's Portrayal of Male Characters

In five pages this paper evaluates the realistic depiction of male characters in literature past and present in a consideration of...

Othello and Oedipus the King and the Determination of Appearances and Reality

logical explanation, Othello seemed bent on confirming that he will never be more than a misfit in Venice. Desdemonas protestatio...

Shakespeare's Othello and Machiavelli's The Prince

This paper compares and contrasts these two works by Shakespeare and Machiavelli. This seven page paper has three sources listed ...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and The Collector by John Fowles

In seven pages these two works are contrasted and compared with the focus being on Clegg's terror reign depicted by John Fowles an...

Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors and the Element of Tragedy

An analysis of the element of tragedy in Ephesus as presented in this classic work by William Shakespeare. The author of this pap...

Reality versus Illusion Theme in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In three pages this paper discusses the conflict of reality versus illusion as it is thematically developed in Hamlet by William S...

Love and Art in the Works of William Shakespeare

In five pages this report considers how Shakespeare employed love as an art form in his works. Four sources are cited in the bibl...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the 'Dark' Theme of Revenge

the result of the action he has taken and that such "psychic" revenge is having a far more powerful impact on him than any possibl...

Simile and Metaphor

arms off and place them somewhere, nor did she wage a real battle on the high window. Even the terms high window and shadow can be...

William Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Its Cinematic Interpretations

brought his version of the play forward 500 years into the 1930s. Both McKellen and director Richard Loncraine felt that Richard ...

Literature and the Use of Language

In five pages The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe are discussed in a consideration of how th...

Time, Place, and Action Unities and the Neoclassicism of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In eighteen pages this report considers how literary unities are to be represented in literary works with Sophocles following the ...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Themes of Good and Evil

In eight pages this paper examines how evil is presented as ugly while good is depicted as beautiful throughout the course of Shak...

Clown's Role in the Plays of William Shakespeare

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

Defining Aspects in Literature

This paper examines the essential elements that make up a literary work and define the writer. The author discusses Shakespeare, ...

Vivian, Medea, Hamlet, and How Events Are Influenced by Personalities

In four pages this paper discusses how events are influenced by character personalities in these works by Edison, Euripides, and W...

Nadine Gordimer's Writings and the Theme of Intolerance

In 10 pages this paper considers the theme of intolerance as represented in the works of this South African Jewish author. There ...

The Storm by McKnight Malmar

created characterization that was both believable and fully developed, which is a feat not easily accomplished in such limited spa...

How Robert Herrick's Poem, 'To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time' and Andrew Marvell's Poem 'To His Coy Mistress' Seize the Day

This paper consists of 5 pages and explores how the theme of seizing the day is reflected in both works. There is 1 bibliographic...

Themes in The Analects by Confucius

In six pages the Confucian Analects are examined in terms of the themes ths ancient Chinese philosophical work presents. There ar...

Childhood Loss in Obasan and The Stone Angel

Isolation, privation and loss in childhood are major themes in literature. This report discusses the work of two Canadians, Joy Ko...

Edith Wharton, Charles Dickens, and Charlotte Bronte on Experience and Innocence

In 5 pages the themes of innocence and experience as they are depicted in these Victorian and post Victorian literary works The Ho...

Maturity in Legacy, a Novel by James A. Michener

with methodical, journeyman style. As he told a radio interviewer in 1992: "My job is to be a hard-working man who sits at a moder...

Failed Marriages in The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James and The Awakening by Kate Chopin

to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyzes her emotions. She learns from years of fighting those bottled up emotions that s...

Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote

In five pages this work is subdivided into beginning, middle, and conclusion and analyzed with consideration of its themes of sexu...

Comparative Analysis of the Works of Ueda Akinari and Haruki Murakami

The works of Akinari and Murakami are contrasted and compared in 7 pages with the primary emphasis being on the alienation themes ...

'What Makes Sammy Run?' and Characterization

a great deal until he does step on toes. He does not care who he hurts and this is present every step of the way on the road to th...