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As You Like It, Twelfth Night and Cross-dressing

plays, the audience is also presented with descriptions that conjure androgyny, which was a prevalent idea in the Elizabethan era....

Romeo and Juliet and Fate in Elizabethan England

In 6 pages Elizabethan concepts of fate are examined within the context of The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and ...

Sonnets 128 and 130 of William Shakespeare Compared

Imagery, content, and structure are the criteria used to contrast and compare these two sonnets by William Shakespeare in five pag...

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and its Timelessness

In ten pages this paper examines the timelessness of this William Shakespeare tragedy as it is represented in Franco Zeffirelli an...

The First Part of Henry the Fourth by William Shakespeare and the Relationship Between Henry Percy and Prince Hal

In five pages this paper discusses the rivals Henry 'Hotspur' Percy and Prince Henry 'Hal' of Wales and their relationship as feat...

Madame Butterfly and Othello, Themes Compared

Masks and weaknesses are two themes permeating Othello by William Shakespeare and M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang. This paper co...

4 Western Literary Works and Free Will

In 6 pages the theme of free will as it appears in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, King Lear by William Shakespeare, Docto...

Lovers Messages in Sonnets

love as the narrator addresses his (?) beloved and asks if he should compare her to a summers day but knows that he cannot because...

Leadership in Henry the Eighth by William Shakespeare

during his reign. For a number of years, King Henry VIII relied on Cardinal Wolsey, his principal minister, for guidance in his l...

Macbeth

Introduction Macbeth by William Shakespeare is one of his most powerful and insightful plays as it illustrates human weakness and...

Comparing Macbeth and A Doll’s House and the Appearance of Reality

the way the authors developed the theme of appearance vs. reality in their plays, I was trying to show the distinct difference in ...

Literature Sampler

about people we could never meet, or simply enjoy a fantasy world thats been constructed for us to play in. This paper discusses f...

Comparing Othello and A Doll’s House and the Appearance of Reality

the way the authors developed the theme of appearance vs. reality in their plays, I was trying to show the distinct difference in ...

Film, Stage and Perspective

meanings, including the way artists physically view their work as well as the point of view one has on various events. If 15 peopl...

Shakespeare According to Samuel Johnson

the reasons he finds the writer to be so gifted. This paper explicates the Preface briefly. Discussion It must be said that Johns...

How Hamlet's Father Affects the Prince of Denmark's Life

no less) a mere three months later. Hamlet has been shattered by his loss and his mothers betrayal, and plunges into a period of ...

Othello

claiming that not only is Othello an outsider but akin to the devil, or an animal. It is not that he is just from a different coun...

Othello Themes

really betrayed Othello. Iago is determined to manipulate Othello to his own desires, which are many. Throughout the play the re...

Othello and Gender Roles

fact that her opposition to her father by eloping with the much-older Othello reveals her internal strength, which is comparable t...

The Masks Characters Wear in “The Importance of Being Earnest” and “Hamlet”

Wittenberg in order to attend his fathers funeral, and although he is melancholy, he is not yet acting openly against the king. In...

Grease and Westside Story

Many Splendid Thing" which is very innocent and then the viewer is presented with the images of a young woman and young man on the...

Themes and Supporting Images in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

the juxtaposition of the two worlds: that of humanity and that of the fairies. They exist side by side by do not interact; in fact...

William Shakespeare's Sonnet 'Shall I Compare Thee to A Summer's Day?'

In one page this sonnet by William Shakespeare is analyzed in terms of its allusions and meaning. There is no bibliography includ...

Significance of King Claudius in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper analyzes the importance of Claudius to this William Shakespeare tragedy and also considers how his charact...

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare and Its Problems

In eight pages this paper discusses the problems of poor play construction and a muddled theme and concept as they pertain to Anto...

Oppositional Values in Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

In three pages this paper contrasts the opposing views of Rome and Egypt and Octavius and Cleopatra within the context of this his...

Hamlet's Comedy Provides Relief

remark that Laertes and Ophelia had been discussing Hamlet, Polonius starts into a long dissertation on Ophelias lack of experienc...

'Hearing,' Hamlet and His Father's Ghost

In nine pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare emphasized 'hearing' throughout the course of this tragedy and how it affects t...

Oliver and Celia's Marriage in As You Like It by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes the significance of Oliver and Celia's marriage in As You Like It by William Shakespeare. There...

Hamlet and the Hesitation Motif

In five pages this paper examines how William Shakespeare employed the hesitation motif in this tragic play in an analysis of how ...