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woman who was now a widow, he fell in love and married her-his mother (Sophocles). Apollo curses Thebes and says that the city wil...

remarried-his fathers brother, no less. Then, to his horror, he finds out that his fathers death was no accident, but fratricide: ...

describe the way in which society considers those who are different. The psychological construct of the Other is applied to the pe...

the others are Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear and all of them display a writer at the height of his powers. They have been popular ...

first and foremost, a story of love lost and opportunity wasted. There are many different themes in the play; this paper considers...

your tongue: look like the innocent flower,/ But be the serpent undert" (Shakespeare I v). This is a very powerful example of how ...

surprising that there is evidence in a number of Shakespeares plays that a female characters who is "self-aware" and "skillful" is...

and now Prospero sees the opportunity to obtain justice. He charms Miranda into a deep sleep and summons the sprite Ariel, who is ...

a take on the play that is patterned after the screwball comedies of the 1930s, as "Beatrice and Benedick are surely the prototype...

from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...

most famous lovers. The "merry war" referred to in the title is that which is waged by this pair; as Leonato says, "There is a kin...

central conflict involves Claudio, who had been living out of wedlock with his lover, Juliet, prior to her marriage and she subseq...

reigns supreme, The Tempest is more contemplative and probes the more sinister side of humankind. The mood, setting, and themes a...

and nothing to do with the prank that Oberon is playing through Puck. They happen to enter into the midst of the chaos however, an...

In five pages this report argues that the literary views of longing and love have long shaped conventional attitudes and examine t...

In portraying Beatrice in this manner, Shakespeare shows insight into female psychology in that he realizes that women are frequen...

in The Merchant of Venice proves to be quite willful, openly defiant of her Orthodox Jewish father Shylock in her elopement with t...

Id is associated with the immediate gratification of the unconscious. In other words this level is the most primal and does not co...

Henry V is evaluated as a historical figure as well as a character in the Shakespearean play by his name. Personality characterist...

Gender is discussed in the context of this Shakespearean play. Gender issues are carefully evaluated. This twelve page paper has ...

In six pages these infamous female antagonists are compared in order to determine whether or not Shakespeare borrowed from Aeschyl...

This paper addresses the ways in which Shakespeare satirized the frivolous courtier, or frivolous lover, in the plays, Taming of t...

The scene in which Hamlet meets with the Players and the reaction to these Players are the focus of this paper consisting of five ...

thrown into chaos. The roles of Gertrude and Ophelia within the plays construct were painstakingly designed by the Bard to reflec...

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

father, as he speculates that the specter could have been a devil that assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into s...

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

In five pages this report considers how famous literary works such as Shakepeare's plays must be deconstructed in order to be cine...

In this paper consisting of five pages the star crossed lovers of Hermia and Lysander, Demetrius and Helena, and Hippolyta and The...

and Oberon are the sovereign spirits of the woods and in their own right are exotic royalty. Yet again, the issue of appearances ...