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Prince Hamlet's Character Study

Castle that Gertrude has hastily remarried a mere three months after her husbands death, to her husbands brother Claudius no less....

Caliban's Treatment by Prospero in The Tempest by William Shakespeare

the most inept such plots in theater-but we can see it as his attempt to revenge himself upon the man who stole his island from hi...

Gender, Women, and 2 Plays by William Shakespeare

the perspective of the other characters, they are acting as men, not women. This scenario is intriguing for its points out, within...

Pessimism of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

King Duncan naming his loyal lieutenant Macbeth Thane of Cawdor in recognition for his faithful service. But a fateful meeting wi...

Cinematic Interpretations of Hamlet

decision for Olivier to choose to embark on this project. At the age of forty, Olivier thought he was too old to play the Danish p...

Fate and Foreboding in Romeo and Juliet

It also sets the stage for the viewer/reader to know the foundations of history concerning the families when Romeo and Juliet firs...

Evaluating Hamlet

Ophelia: More than Just Friends? A Palace Source Tells All"). Then there is also the almost-incestuous relationship between Haml...

Shakespeare: Sonnet 73

is so black that it seems like death itself. The inference we have to make here is that he is dying, or at least is old enough to ...

Psychological and Sociological Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Othello

But outwardly, he projects himself as a man of total self-assurance (Macaulay 259). He states almost majestically, "My parts, my ...

Comparative Analysis of Characters Mark Antony and Caius Cassius in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

meant he was not "someone to take seriously" as a threat to his power (Derrick 14; McMurtry 41). Others seriously underestimate A...

Research on Shakespeare’s Othello

myth. It is a play that demonstrates a profound intelligence on the part of the author, and a play that illustrates how the autho...

Battle of the Sexes in “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

that Hermia wants to marry Lysander but that he has forbidden it and told her she must marry Demetrius (Shakespeare). Theseus unde...

Bernard de Mandeville, William Shakespeare, and Capitalism

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

Henry the Sixth by William Shakespeare and the Influence of Niccolo Machiavelli

In twenty pages this paper discusses how the statesmanship concept of Niccolo Machiavelli manifests itself in Parts One, Two, and ...

Staging of The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Racism

In six pages this paper discusses how racism issues must be contended with in the staging of William Shakespeare's The Tempest. S...

Penelope of 'The Odyssey' vs. Desdemona of Othello

In three pages Homer's Penelope is compared with William Shakespeare's Desdemona in terms of Desdemona's simplicity and naivete in...

Wives' Lives in Othello and A Doll's House

In five pages this paper discusses the similarities and differences in wifely roles between Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Oth...

Literary Self Determination in Women and Sexuality

-- but to deny their husbands sex until the men agree to sign a treaty. It is the women, therefore, who actually end the war. Rea...

Murdering a Friend in William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

This paper examines why Marcus Brutus would murder his friend Julius Caesar in a five page analysis of William Shakespeare's histo...

Treason in Henry V by William Shakespeare

In eight page this paper discusses how treason is thematically developed in William Shakespeare's patriotic play Henry V. Six sou...

Madness of Hamlet

In five pages this paper assesses whether or not William Shakespeare's tragic protagonist was truly mad. There are no other sourc...

Renaissance Humanism and William Shakespeare's Othello

In three pages this essay discusses how the humanism philosophy of the Renaissance is represented in William Shakespeare's tragic ...

Othello Defended

In seven pages this paper analyzes William Shakespeare's protagonist Othello in a sociological and psychological defense of his wi...

Defending the Character of Othello

In nine pages this paper defends the title character of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello. There is included a bibliography....

Tragic Irony in Othello by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper examines how irony heightens the tragedy in William Shakespeare's Othello. There are no other sources li...

Richard III and Love

In five pages this paper discusses how love is presented through the perceptions of Richard III in William Shakespeare's historica...

Character Analysis of Imogen in The Tragedy of Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

distainfully resists him, declaring, "Away! I do condemn mine ears that have / So long attended thee. If thou wert honourable, / T...

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. ...

Contemporary Perspectives on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper examines the contemporary perspectives represented in the 1996 cinematic interpretation of William Shakes...

Historical English Plays and Marginalization

In five pages this paper considers marginalization as featured in English plays William Shakespeare's Othello and Aphra Behn's The...