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Females in William Shakespeare Plays Queen Margaret and Lady Percy

In eleven pages Queen Margaret in William Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Lady Percy in Shakespeare's historical play Henry IV...

Character Development In Macbeth

This paper examines various aspects of the character Macbeth in Shakespeare's play. The author discusses lust for power, loss, ga...

Supernatural Use by Shakespeare in Tragedies and Comedies Compared

In seven pages this report compares and contrasts Shakespeare's employment of the supernatural in tragedies and comedies with refe...

Justifying Authority

The ways in which authority has been justified in literature is examined in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' William ...

Historical Significance of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad II

In five pages the twentieth century relevance of Heart of Darkness is considered in this historical perspective of Joseph Conrad's...

Analysis of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker--may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was...

Lord and Lady Macbeth

was an able soldier and loyal supporter of his King. In recognition of his faithful service to the Crown, King Duncan bestowed up...

Relevance of Macbeth in Modern Society

truly untested man. He has recently been incredibly successful in a battle and is, to some degree, full of himself. We can envisio...

Bard's Personality as Reflected in His Plays

were specifically constructed to entertain royalty, it was the impassioned actions of his characters that leave little doubt that ...

Macbeth and Christian Symbolism

people who dabbled in witchcraft were conspiring with "the Devil" (Fripp 646). According to St. Paul, "And then shall that wicke...

A Comparison of The Film and Stage Versions of Macbeth

This paper compares and contrasts Shakespeare's original play with Roman Polanski's 1971 film version of Macbeth. This seven page...

Literature and the Nature of Good vs. Evil

goading and nagging, contributed to Macbeths downfall; however, when one examines the play that the main impetus to Macbeths actio...

Thematic Elements of Tragedy in Shakespeare's Macbeth

will be the real winner in the scheme. Macbeth talks to himself about his desire to murder. He is tortured by it, thinks...

“Other” in Shakespeare’s Othello and Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

to be successful. Iago does seem to make an impact on Roderigo at one point, however, when Roderigo claims imagines Desdemona and ...

Colonization and Self-Discovery: Shakespeare and Conrad

without power, who plays the role of the colonizer. He is a teacher and a controller of the story itself, thus he serves as a symb...

Shakespeare’s Major Themes

of love that can so easily change course; it seems frivolous and rather shabby, after all Orsinos protestations of love to Olivia,...

Macbeth: Villain or Not?

we see him. At a military camp of King Duncans, a soldier is brought in who tells of the battle in which he was injured, and in wh...

Evil and Self-Destruction in "Macbeth" and "Heart of Darkness"

home and sees his wife. He tells her of the prophesy and she immediately sees that the way for him to get the crown is to kill the...

Macbeth Questions

rest of the play. Major images in the play (clothes, light/darkness, sleep) Clothes: There are several instances throughout the ...

Macbeth and the Corruption of Power

his darkest. It is concerned with power, ambition, and the exercise of pure evil. This paper examines the characters, setting, plo...

Denmark and Scotland, a Comparison of Hamlet and Macbeth

Shakespeares "Big Four" tragedies (King Lear and Othello are the others, since you ask) and they both involve the most horrific of...

The Moment of Catharsis in Macbeth

that ambition as somehow more significant than the ambitions of others; the pursuit of his ambition crosses over the lines of othe...

Light versus Dark, Appearances versus Reality, and Order versus Chaos in Othello by William Shakespeare

leave his new bride to wage war in Cyprus. The departure, though bittersweet, returns Othello to familiar territory that renews h...

Middle Ages Representation of Macbeth

altered these events to increase the dramatic impact of his play. This being the case, however, the principal manner in which Shak...

Onchocerca Volvulus Disease Causing Parasite

In eight pages this disease causing parasite is considered in terms of its frequency, range, epidemiology, symptoms, effects, alon...

Comparing and Defining Tragic Heroes

This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...

Revisionist History, William Shakespeare and the Actual King Macbeth

In five pages this paper examines the dramatic liberties Shakespeare took in his portrayal of King Macbeth in this consideration o...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Responsibility

In five pages this paper presents a plot analysis to determine the fate of Lord and Lady Macbeth and the sisters and what is respo...

Security Issues in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes Macbeth in terms of the pivotal importance of security issues. There are no other sources liste...

Comparative Analysis The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages the portrayal of moral issues in these three plays is analyzed. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....