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U.S. Slave Children's Leisure and Play

In five pages this paper discusses the play and leisure activities of slave children in the United States as represented in the ci...

Role of Hamlet That Actors Aspire to Play

Kevin Kline, after being encouraged by the legendary Joe Papp, chose to "do Hamlet" and received great critical accliam. During t...

Two Plays of Christopher Marlowe

In five pages Marlowe's The Jew of Malta and Massacre at Paris are considered in terms of type, religious opinions expressed by th...

Sean O'Casey's Plays and the Representation of Fantasy and Alcoholism

In eight pages the intermingling of alcoholism and the creative imagination are explored through a consideration of O'Casey's thre...

World War I and the Roles Played by Women

living American veterans of World War I (Smith 5C). When the war broke out, Frost signed up for the adventure (5C). In those days...

David Hare's Play Amy's View

In 6 pages this paper considers the play in terms of a critical, literary historical, and interdisciplinary literary analysis. Th...

Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill and Alcoholism in Their Plays

In twelve pages the ways in which alcohol represents an escape from reality is considered in O'Neill's Touch of the Poet and A Moo...

Crisis of Asia's Economy and the Role the United States Should Play

In eight pages this paper assesses the current Asian economic crisis and supports US monetary intervention. Eight sources are cit...

Character of King John in the Play by William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of King John as presented in the play by William Shakespeare. Six sources a...

College Playing Fields and the Uses of Artificial Turf or Natural Grass

may be well down the list of importance... Further research is needed to resolve the issue" (King, 1993, PG). Regardless of th...

Women of Early Rome and the Role They Played

In seven pages an excerpt from Balsdon's book on early Roman women and the role they played is critiqued. One source is cited in ...

Michael Zinzun's Story as a Miniature Play in Twilight Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith

well as a play in miniature. WORK CITED Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. (Anchor, 1994). *PG denotes page numb...

Sharon Pollock's Plays Earnest and Blood Relations

In five pages the primary elements of Walter Dale's interpretation of Sharon Pollock's Blood Relations is compared with recent ada...

Medieval Morality Play Mankind

Mischief to be the "Steward of the Manor" (Line 663), and then the court calls Mankind. New-Gyse, another character, orders Mank...

William Shakespeare's Historical Play 'Henry IV' Part I

This paper consists of 10 pages and considers the characters' many contrasts in terms of the play as well as their creation. Ther...

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet as a Religious Play

In five pages this research paper considers the religious aspects of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in an analysis of Hamlet's acti...

Comparative Analysis of William Shakespeare's Play Hamlet and Kenneth Branagh's Film Adaptation

In six pages this paper compares the strong similarities between Kenneth Branagh's cinematic interpretation of Hamlet and Shakespe...

Shakespeare's Theme of Homoeroticism in a Trio of Plays

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

Shakespeare Plays and Relationships

In five pages this report compares and contrasts William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream in ter...

William Shakespeare Plays Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Hamlet, and Journeys

In five pages the heroic journeys presented in each of these plays by William Shakespeare are analyzed in terms of their significa...

Themes of Loss and Restoration in The Plays Of Shakespeare

This paper examines the ways Shakespeare portrays the concepts of loss and restoration in his plays, Midsummer Night's Dream, Macb...

William Shakespeare's Use of Sexuality in the Plays Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, and Othello

In twelve pages this paper examines how sexuality is thematically portrayed in these plays in terms of obsession, interracial love...

Self Serving Fathers in the Plays of William Shakespeare

to ask whether Miranda is listening to him when it seems obvious that she is. This seems like a control mechanism rather than a ge...

Movie Versions and the Original Play Othello by William Shakespeare

In eight pages this paper discusses the theatrical portrayals of Othello, Desdemona, and Iago in comparison with the films by Well...

'Soldier of Love' Richard III in Act I, Scene ii of William Shakespeare's Play

for the deaths of her husband, Edward V, and her father, Henry VI. Nevertheless, he demonstrates himself as quite capable in prov...

Commedia del'Arte and Cycle Plays

Noah, for example, might exhort the men on the audience to establish control over their wives whilst Noahs wife would...

Contemporary Women and Women in the Plays of William Shakespeare

In three pages this paper discusses contemporary women in comparison to how women were presented in the plays of William Shakespea...

The Glass Menagerie and Tom’s Many Roles in the Play

be an enduringly popular play. Not as sensational as A Streetcar Named Desire, it offers just as bleak a portrait of a family stru...

The Magic of Creation: Plays for the Theater

that is worth seeing. This paper considers the process of creating a play. Discussion There is nothing like live theater. The exc...

Comparing Laurence Olivier's 1948 Film 'Hamlet' with William Shakespeare's Play

subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...