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Analysis of Hamlet

move from one emotion to another. There is depression, sorrow, despair, anger, frustration, and perhaps a bit of madness mixed in ...

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...

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 ...

Evaluating Hamlet

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

Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca

her innocence and lack of understanding in her words as she dies, words that do not even point to Othellos guilt as Emilia asks he...

The Tragedy of King Richard III by William Shakespeare and the Evil Protagonist

In five pages this paper presents a psychological analysis of Shakespeare's evil protagonist Richard III....

Hamlet by William Shakespare and Revenge as Tooo Much of 'a Good Thing'

In five pages the revenge theme in Shakespeare's tragedy is analyzed....

'What is Man?' and William Shakespeare's King Lear

In four pages the question regarding the nature of man is examined within the context of William Shakespeare's King Lear....

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...

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...

Chaucer's Alter-Ego in the House of Fame.

An observational essay dealing with the protagonist of Chaucer's House of Fame, Geffrey. The author asserts that the work is a pa...

Canto V of Dante's 'Inferno'

In two pages this canto of Dante's 'Inferno' is discussed. There is no bibliography included so please call if additional informa...

Dante's Characterization in 'Inferno'

In six pages the reasons why Dante elected to utilize himself as protagonist in 'Divine Comedy' are analyzed in a consideration of...

Medieval Civilization and Christianity

In six pages Dante's 'Divine Comedy,' 'Beowulf,' 'Song of Roland,' and Augustine's 'Confessions' are examined in terms of gaining ...

Uses of Symbolism in Dante's Inferno Cantos XXXII, XXXIII, and XXXIV

In 5 pages these cantos are analyzed in terms of Dante's use of symbolism with ice a particular focus of consideration. There are...

Political Influences in Canto XXIV of The Divine Comedy

This article examines the influence of Florence, Italy's politics on Dante's writing, specifically in Canto XXIV of The Inferno. T...

Dante's 'Inferno' Explanationa and Detailed Structural Analysis

In five pages a poetic explication of Dante's poem is presented in terms of explanation of betrayal as a more punishable sin than ...

Virgil and Dante's 'Inferno'

In four pages the Virgil character is examined within the context of 'Inferno' and also considered as he actually existed as an ac...

Nature as Used in Dante's 'The Purgatorio' and 'The Inferno'

II). Through this imagery, Dante suggests that the human soul is naturally inclined to journey towards the light and to wish to as...

Dante's Inferno and the Placement of 'Prisoners' Saddam Hussein, Adolf Hitler, and Kurt Cobain

other "undesirables" including gypsies, homosexuals and others who were considered unfit. His crime then is genocide. Saddam Hu...

Dante's Hell and Characters

to house arrogant souls who are guilt of other things as well. While Aeneas may not be guilty of betrayal or other crimes, he may ...

Historical Consideration of Dante’s Inferno

He was relatively well educated, in both Christian and classical literature (Books and Writers, 2008). In addition, it is perhaps ...

“Relinquish All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here”

the Dark Ages, 2005). Most of the learning that took place was dedicated to organizing knowledge about the past; there was no atte...

Dante the Sociologist.

the founders of modern sociology; his interests were wide ranging, including the sociology of politics and the sociology of religi...

Virgil in Dante's Inferno

fit their sin. As these people never committed themselves to anything, they chase an elusive banner for all eternity. Virgil expla...

Significance of Vernacular in "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer and "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri

Comedy." His Italian allegory depicts the Christian hereafter that is subdivided into cantos of Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (purga...

God's Perfect Judgment

did. He punished Adam and Eve for disobeying Him. As one pastor reminds us: "The Bible says that God will hold us accountable for ...

Medieval Italian History and Literature

points out that "communal Italy" is "historians shorthand for the high urbanized areas of Lombardy and Tuscany between the twelfth...

The Influence of Ancient Literature on Dante's Writing

under them split asunder; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonge...

Comparing Notre Dame to Hagia Sophia and Both to "Dante's Inferno"

But it also has a number of large clerestory windows that allow light to flood into the building. (A clerestory window is a window...