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Character Analysis/Lady Macbeth

Western society, which envisions women as nurturing mothers and helpmates. Rather than being solely concerned with the domestic sp...

“Timon of Athens” - A Man of Extremes

grows older, his hatred will also continue to grow until he hates all mankind, not just the Athenians. The fact that Timon seems...

Shakespeare’s “True Union”

(Foakes 23). Until this time, many directors seem to see the play as a literal fairy tale for children and staged it as such; Broo...

Doomed Love: Cleopatra and her Man of Men, Antony

of this woman. Enobarbus continues his description of her and her progress through town and her meeting with Antony, whom she invi...

The Man with No Motive

one of his most vexing. This paper discusses him in detail. Discussion Iago is a fascinating study in evil; he sets out to destro...

Do Not Speak the Speech, I Pray You

who are unfamiliar with it; then if the instructor has any sense he or she will run the Kenneth Branagh uncut version the followin...

Contrasting Macbeth and Banquo

This essay discusses the similarities and differences that characterize Macbeth and Banquo in Act I. The writer argues that their ...

Othello's Elements of Tragedy

Bards most impressive works, and for many, the archetypal ideal of a narrative "tragedy". The reason behind Othellos reputation is...

Government by Homicide

at the beginning of the play that bears his name, grows increasingly evil throughout the drama. This paper argues that his crime i...

"Master Harold," Fugard and Paradox

Hally can discuss his ideas on history, literature and the context of racial relations in 1950s South Africa, which is where and w...

Downfall of Othello

well as a "Barbary horse" (I.i.111). As this indicates, the two men are particularly repulsed at the thought of Othello and Desd...

Ibsen and Shakespeare/Doll's House and Much Ado About Nothing

in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...

"Othello" and Shakespeare's Characterization

at war with the Turks, that not all of Othellos men are loyal to him, and that there remains a great deal of cultural suspicion ab...

Shakespeare's Hamlet Act II, Scene II

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

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...

Comparing Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Hamlet

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

Shakespeare's Heroines Compared

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

Elements of Tragedy in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

This paper examines 3 tragic elements in an analysis of Amanda Wingfield, Prince Hamlet of Denmark, and King Oedipus of Thebes fea...

The Personification of Arch Romantics by Shakespeare's Orsino, Jay Gatsby, Gilbert Markham, and Emma Bovary

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

Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Hamlet in Cinematic Cross References Deconstruction

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

Shakespeare's Use of Satire in Portraying the Frivolous Courtier

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

Shakespeare's Othello and Machiavelli's The Prince

This paper compares and contrasts these two works by Shakespeare and Machiavelli. This seven page paper has three sources listed ...

The Bumpy Course of True Love in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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

Act II, Scene II of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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

Shakespeare's As You Like It and Gender

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

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Their words were powerful weapons that turned into action that threw the entire city into war. Because of the feuding families of...

Shakespeare's Henry V in Historical Context

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

Comparing Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest

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

Shakespeare's Tempest/Reflections on His World

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

Characters in Shakespeare’s Work

of Cassio. Cassio was given the position, by Othello, that Iago wanted and so Iago employs the usefulness of Cassio, pretending to...