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David Mamet, Sam Shepard, and the Dramatic Idiom

plight of small-time con-men, dubious real estate salesmen and other marginal types, explore a desperate, obsessed landscape that ...

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Politics

Verona, Italy, where a feud has broken out between the families of the Montegues and the Capulets. The servants of both houses ope...

Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare and Roman Values

should take precedence over civic and social responsibilities (Goodlad). Most of the plays conflict and considerable violence is ...

Queen Gertrude's Guilt in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

may wish to add that Claudius and Gertrude both attempt to find out what is bothering Hamlet, which only serves to make it more pl...

Odysseus, Hamlet, and the Supernatural

note his passion for such in the following lines when Hamlet responds to the facts presented by the ghost: "Haste me to knowt, tha...

Protagonist's Ruin in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

whetted it for a more impressive title. It was a seemingly innocuous meeting with a trio of witches that would sow the seeds of M...

Portrayal of Women in Much Ado About Nothing and Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

case, claiming that she has done no wrong to her husband. But, it is to say that she is constantly doing as her husband orders, ev...

Shakespeare's Comedy No Error

for supper. Meanwhile her REAL husband returns home, but is denied entry by Antipholus slave. During the course of the meal, Antip...

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and the Roles of Tradition and Myth

taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the traditional ...

Relationships Between Fathers and Daughters Baptista and Katherine and Polonius and Ophelia

Through his insightful approach, Shakespeare attempts to push forward the strength and spirituality of women. Indeed, he recogniz...

Indians by Arthur Kopit

putting on a play for the President and the First Lady is obviously designed to make the viewer angry (i.e. this is the "most piss...

William Shakespeare and Cleopatra's Relationship with Mark Antony

power, but also begins to lose his friends as well. "As his Roman allies, even the ever-faithful Enobarbus, abandon him, Antony fe...

Significance of Tavern in Parts I and II of Henry the Fourth by William Shakespeare

plays we start with "Henry IV" part I. The first mention of "tavern" is in scene II where Falstaff is joking, presumably, with Hen...

Feminist Themes and The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

factor into the equation, though it would seem that love was possible eventually. Given that Petruchio considers Katherine his p...

How Circumstances Influenced Gus McCray, Dr. Jekyll, and Hamlet

seek vengeance for the father. Hamlet goes through many different changes because of the realities he has been told, and becaus...

The Comedy of Romeo and Juliet

plays make it clear that Shakespeare is being funny. However, one of the many examples of Shakespeares masterful skills is demonst...

Disease and Darkness Imagery in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

this counsel. When Lady Macbeth hears of he prophecy, she immediately begins to plot and plan. This scene if chilling in its ima...

William Shakespeare's King Lear, Measure for Measure, and Justice

Angelo. However, in his efforts to restore law and order, Angelo resurrects an old law that punishes any man who lives with a wom...

Othello by William Shakespeare and Betrayal

na?ve Desdemona, he marries her without hesitation or reservation because he believes he has finally found someone with whom he ca...

William Shakespeare's The Tempest Featured in Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

as he, also, is an exile from civilization (12). Also like Prospero, Valerian exerts control over the rest of the characters (Walt...

Feminist Perspective of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire

her sister to save her marriage. Yet throughout the brutal violence and stereotypes, "Streetcar" is also a long story of s...

Setting in As You Like It by William Shakespeare

with his retinue into the Forest of Arden. His daughter remains behind at Court because of her great affection for her cousin Celi...

Predictions of the Trio of Witches in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

almost always determined to meddle in the business of the divine or the immortal. As a result, there is never a truly positive out...

Superstition During the Renaissance

superstitious practices that were adhered to so rigidly, it should not be surprising that the citizens of the Renaissance also bel...

Interpretive Analysis of The Tempest by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper presents a description as well as an interpretive analysis of the final play by William Shakespeare in a ...

Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare and Mimetic Theory

and had children. The veterans of World War II settled down to were raise the children who were to become the veterans of Vietnam....

Thematic Comparison of 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Othello'A Comparison of Themes in Othello and Romeo and Juliet

a marvelos contrast in dark and light, which is aptly used in a good deal of his plays. Both in Romeo and Juliet and in Othello, t...

Shakespeare and the Importance of Setting

historical piece in that regard, as are all other Shakespearean plays it would seem. In providing us with this particular time per...

Students and Teachers in The Tempest and Frankenstein

This paper consists of three pages and considers student and teacher relationships and the role conformity plays in an analysis of...

Patriarchy, Women, and Desdemona in Othello by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper examines the patriarchal oppression Desdemona experiences in the tragic play Othello by William Shakespear...