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In three pages the emotional conflicts that are based in anger are examined in terms of the protagonists behavior' and the importa...

In five pages the relationships between dramatic structures and themes as they exist within these three plays by William Shakespea...

In five pages this paper examines the homosexual content in William Shakespeare's tragedy and how it may relate to Prince Hamlet's...

his true intellect becomes completely clouded over and his ability to understand who and what he is becomes an even more distant p...

of Hamlets famous soliloquies, except for the ones which heightened dramatic impact, such as "To Be or Not to Be." He shrewdly ch...

intelligent man, a man of integrity, and a man who is willing to seek answers, even if those answers point to him as the problem. ...

have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...

More than anything, regardless of what Sigmund Freud believed, "Oedipus the King" is a story of sight and insight and the...

In 6 pages the Theban play trilogy of Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, are discussed in terms of how...

concerned for his people; self-regarding but caring. This paper answers several questions about him and his actions in the play. D...

and instead gives the infant to another shepherd, who takes the boy to Polybus, king of Corinth, who raises it as his own (Sophocl...

way out of his situation at all because no matter what he does to avoid the killing of his father and marrying his mother he has n...

tragic deaths of Lear and Cordelia. Therefore, many modern readers and critics regard the plays conclusion as being devoid of red...

quite obvious, if one probes them more deeply, these characters reveal striking similarities worthy of analysis. Charlie Marlow i...

go to her, but only if she will profess love for her father to eclipse the love of any other man. Only if she promises not to mar...

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

it clear that his need for his retinue does not stem from physical need, but rather is a symbolic of his status in life, his autho...

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

In 5 pages this paper compares how these topics are thematically depicted in these plays. There are 4 sources cited in the biblio...

In 5 pages this paper examines the transformation King Lear undergoes from arrogance to wisdom in the play by William Shakespeare....

blood. The Fool ironically exhibits more sense than Lear, and reprimands his master for what can only be described as a foolhardy...

to attain power, reputation, and prestige are largely artifice; when such people are actually seeking is human understanding. Unfo...

In six pages this paper compares the political power described in Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince with power in All the King's Me...

the son of King Polybus and Queen Merope. After learning that he was not their true son, Oedipus set out to find his real parents...

This five page paper interprets Claudius' question to Hamlet as to what has become of Polinus' body, the question preseted in Act ...

of character. He knows that, for many reasons, his actions have consequences, but his major miscalculation is in what form they w...

which we, the reader or viewer, can relate to. We see them as noble individuals who demonstrate weakness, yet still battle against...

father speaking to him, or a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into sinful acts. Furthermore, th...

marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

- is what was considered quite unique for the figuratively dark production. Adding literal darkness to MacBeth was the directors ...