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Apocalypse and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In seven pages this paper examines how the apocalypse is symbolized in the flawed pagan King Lear, who is the protagonist of Shake...

Marx Brothers' Duck Soup and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages this report compares Groucho Marx' character Rufus T. Firefly in the 1933 film Duck Soup with William Shakespeare's ...

Aging and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In 5 pages this paper compares the aging issues presented in King Lear by William Shakespeare with problems senior citizens curren...

King Lear by William Shakespeare and A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

In five pages this paper discusses the similarities and differences that exist in these 2 works. Two sources are cited in the bib...

Relationship Between Father and Daughters in King Lear by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper considers King Lear's relationship with his two older daughters Goneril and Regan and his favorite, younge...

Audiences' Changing Responses to King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses the way in which each generation's audiences has responded to King Lear, relating it to their o...

William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Richard the Third and the King's Treatment of Women

In seven pages this paper considers Queen Elizabeth, Queen Margaret, and Lady Anne in terms of how they are treated by Richard III...

King Lear and Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons

In five pages this paper examines the King's role in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons and William Shakespeare's King Lear. The...

Blindness of Shakespeare Characters Gloucester, King Lear, and Othello

jealousy. His inherent nature does not want him to believe such lies. We see this throughout the story as he is constantly confuse...

Overview of Postmodern Views on William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines postmodern philosopher Stanley Cavell's views on William Shakespeare's tragic plays Antony and Cl...

Insanity of King Lear

enter the hovel, stating that he will pray and then sleep. Lear then prays for all the people who do not have shelter on this nigh...

Lessons Learned Along King Lear’s Journey

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

Historical Literature and Family Dynamics

In five pages this report examines how family dynamics were portrayed in epic literature in a consideration of Sappho's poetry, Ar...

Literature's 'Three Unities'

A deetailed description of the 'three unities' as they are manifested within William Shakespeare's King Lear and Sophocles' Oedipu...

Shakespeare and the Importance of Setting

historical piece in that regard, as are all other Shakespearean plays it would seem. In providing us with this particular time per...

William Shakespeare's 'Romantic Revisions'

tragic reality. It comes as no surprise to note that one of the most powerfully, if not the most powerfully, tragic individual ...

Shakespearean Conflict Analysis

of honor. Macbeth is one of Shakespeares darkest and most intriguing plays- a tragedy of ego, obsession, guilt and ambition. Ma...

Miranda in The Tempest by William Shakespeare

In five pages the function and purpose served by Miranda's character in The Tempest by William Shakespeare are analyzed....

Shakespeare and Sophocles, Tragedy, and Heroism

In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...

Tragic Hero King Lear

Lear," Lear chooses the love and respect of his children as the highest good, and so can only suffer from loss of their love and r...

King Lear's Transformation

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

4 Western Literary Works and Free Will

In 6 pages the theme of free will as it appears in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, King Lear by William Shakespeare, Docto...

3 Works on Women's Social Role

out with flowers and shod with dainty little slippers? (Aristophanes). As this indicates, women, at least the upper class women,...

Multifaceted King Lear

In seven pages this paper discusses the multifaceted protagonist William Shakespeare created in King Lear and all of the personali...

17th Century English Literature and Time Significance

In five pages this paper discusses the importance of time in King Lear by William Shakespeare, the play Everyman, and The Canterbu...

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and its 2 Couples

In five pages Benedick and Beatrice and Claudio and Hero are contrasted and compared in this analysis of William Shakespeare's Muc...

Midsummer Night's Dream and King Lear, a Study in Shakespearean Conflict

her standards and lie to her father. She is seen, therefor, as the evil daughter, not the righteous daughter she truly is: "Lears ...

Perspectives on Authority in Renaissance Drama

The writer examines several of Shakespeare's plays (King Lear and The Tempest), as well as Fuente Ovejuna by the Spanish playwrigh...

Families in the Works of William Shakespeare and Happiness

of shallowness in schemings clothing, while rejecting the honest and heartfelt response of Cordelia, the only daughter who truly d...

The “Tragic Flaw” of Honesty in “King Lear”

keep him out of their clutches: "Because I would not see thy cruel nails / Pluck out his poor old eyes, nor they fierce sister / I...