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in The Merchant of Venice proves to be quite willful, openly defiant of her Orthodox Jewish father Shylock in her elopement with t...

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...

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act V, Scene ii), As You Like It (Act II, Scene vii), Richard III (Act I, Scene ii), The...

Othello's Iago and The Merchant of Venice's Shylock are villains who drive much of the action in the plays. This paper examines Sh...

Redeemer" (Ozment 14). As a result, Magdalena and Balthasar not only put their faith in good health in the various medical remedi...

him, he will show "great mercy" (II.ii.50). Henry then turns the discussion around to the real point of the scene. He asks the me...

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares Laurence Olivier's 1948 Hamlet adaptation with Franco Zeffirelli's 1990 interpret...

throughout much of the story. His underhanded lies and involvement leads Claudio to believe that Hero is not faithful, and all but...

/ Is an unlessond girl, unschoold, unpractisd; / Happy in this, she is not yet so old / But she may learn; happier than this, / Sh...

Shylock loses. He loses, however, perhaps because he was unable to truly and adequately argue his case, and because he was a Jew, ...

like a tragedy at this point, but we are provided with simple comedic elements throughout. For example, there is the character of ...

of the couple. As Shakespeare juxtaposes their feelings of love, we find that they have not even met. Ferdinand is awakened by the...

it any longer and sign a peace treaty. "The Merchant of Venice" is much more complex and somber: there are many subplots, but th...

equal pound / Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken / In what part of your body pleaseth me" (I, iii, 148-150). Antonio agre...

but at a very high cost. He requires a pound of flesh for debts not paid and this is literally what it sounds like, for a pound of...

This paper discusses that anti Semitism is not a good enough reason to justify the inexcusable behavior of Shylock in this analysi...

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 ...

This essay pertain to the theme of mercy and justice as exemplified in the trial scene of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." ...

moneylender in Venetian society. During the Middle Ages and well into the Renaissance, Venice was one of Europes chief centers of ...

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

In six pages this paper discusses the disappointment of this father and daughter and Italian Renaissance society disillusionment i...

In ten pages this paper examines how disguise is used in a comparative analysis of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, M...

In ten pages this paper analyze whether or not bigoted views by William Shakespeare are represented in The Merchant of Venice. Th...

in more ways than one. This could also be nothing more than the theory presented by Adelman, for much of what he says could eas...

Merchant of Venice and Midsummer Night's Dream both deal with comedic mistakes. This paper examines how the comedic action is driv...

In twelve pages this paper examines how the theme of homoeroticism manifests itself in the Shakespearean plays Twelfth Night, As Y...

resulted from the Spartan takeover of Athenian silver mines; therefore, the need for the minting of replacement, silver-plated bro...

for the Jews at that time. Lastly, William Golding in his novel "The Lord of the Flies" (1954) reveals the theme of the horrors of...

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

of as gold, silver and slate. Gold is the level where there is a situation for a man where the girl loves him wholeheartedly. He...