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Shakespeare and the Cost of Power

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the cost of power in Shakespeare's tragedies. Richard III, As You Like It, and the ...

Othello, Role of Gender

This essay discusses Shakespeare's "Othello" and the role of gender, race and class. Five pages in length, four sources are cited....

King Lear, Disguise and Deception

In a paper consisting of 6 pages the themes of deception and disguise as they manifest themselves in Shakespeare's play are consid...

A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Prologue of Peter Quince

In eleven pages this prologue that closes Shakespeare's comedy is analyzed for its political and sociological message that is cont...

Tragic Heroism of Prince Hamlet

theater itself, and his own background upon the stage. Hamlet plays the clown with the other actors who arrive to perform ...

Life Celebration of Hamlet

In six pages this paper argues that Shakespeare's play was not about the misery of life but rather was a celebration of it in the ...

Sanity of Hamlet

In five pages this paper evaluates the sanity of Hamlet in Shakespeare's tragedy and whether or not he had lost it or had never be...

Cross Gender Insanity in Ophelia and Hamlet

In five pages this report examines how madness crosses gender boundaries as revealed in the experiences of Ophelia and Hamlet in S...

Fate in Romeo and Juliet

progress, the use of word-play reiterates what is fated, and even though we might wish to change the outcome of fate, we begin to ...

Analyzing Twelfth Night's Act V

The multiple plot resolutions featured in the final act of Shakespeare's play are the focus of this five page paper and includes t...

A Hamlet Soliloquy Analysis

This paper consists of five pages and considers how the five soliloquies contained in Shakespeare's tragedy reveal the Prince's se...

Shakespeare's Hamlet and Iago As Icons of Madness

that evil, corruption, guilt, lust, and avarice can all cloud the mind of a good man. Consider another of Shakespeares characters...

Individualism and Magic in The Tempest And Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

This five page paper considers the elemtn of magic in Shakespeare's clasic play and in the highly popular contemporary book by J. ...

Katharina v. Petruchio in William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

In five pages these leading characters in Shakespeare's comedy are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources listed....

Ophelia and Hamlet Relationship Analysis

brother Laertes. She is deeply in love with Hamlet, and when he treats her with disdain, she becomes confused and depressed. Ham...

Identity Search of Denmark's Prince Hamlet

fact that this protagonist seems to have an identity through his blood. He seeks revenge, but he also seeks to find out who he is ...

Figurative Language in Shakespeare and Cavendish

the borders on the grotesque, emphasizing the ugliness of oppression and graphically depicts the "natural" struggle between predat...

Madness as a Common Literary Theme

This paper examines Shakespeare's play, King Lear, as well as Ibsen's work, Ghosts to discuss madness and delusion as common theme...

Father Resentment of Prince Hamlet

In five pages this paper examines Shakespeare's tragic protagonist in terms of the resentment he felt towards his father and how t...

Character Comparison in King Lear and Heart of Darkness

quite obvious, if one probes them more deeply, these characters reveal striking similarities worthy of analysis. Charlie Marlow i...

Shakespeare's Villains, Iago vs. Shylock

Othello's Iago and The Merchant of Venice's Shylock are villains who drive much of the action in the plays. This paper examines Sh...

Poetically Viewing Women

In five pages Matthew Arnold's poem Dover Beach is compared with James Joyce's Araby and Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 to disccus the co...

Essential Elements of Great Literature and Writers

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...

Othello Questions and Answers

In a paper consisting of twelve pages study questions pertaining to Shakespeare's tragedy are answered in break downs according to...

'Wuthering Heights,' 'The Winter's Tale' and Human Emotions

In five pages this paper considers the importance of human emotions in Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' and Shakespeare's 'The Winter'...

Shakespeare's Era and Clothing

clearly had the funds and the power to hire others to make their clothing especially for them, and clearly maintained a position w...

August Wilson's Race Reversal of Romeo and Juliet

work seems to mirror much of his own life struggles, as well as his journey to accepting himself and, perhaps, his father who aban...

Comparing West Side Story with Romeo and Juliet

This research paper contrasts and compares the concept of heroism by examining Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and the Broadway mus...

Shakespeare's Romeo and Julliet

This research paper contrasts traditional interpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Baz Luhmann's 1996 film. The write...

Character Analysis of Hamlet

In five pages this paper analyzes Shakespeare's tragic protagonist in terms of the Prince's godlike view of himself. One source i...