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Tragedy as Defined by Aristotle

upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...

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...

Disguises in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

thou hast a mind that suits With this thy fair and outward character. I prithee, and Ill pay thee bounteously, Conceal me what I a...

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...

Othello by William Shakespeare and Jealousy

of his own standing among his peers would have ignored or challenged Iago. But Othello fully agrees with Iagos voiced concern that...

Dark Drama Macbeth by William Shakespeare

audience is presented with circumstances and relationships where there is never a truly positive outcome for any of those involved...

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...

Othello's Yin and Yang

interracial marriage in this work is one that highlights societal notions of race and marriage, accentuating norms and uncovering ...

Macbeth's Tragic Nature

acts cowardly. Much of this comes from predictions of three witches, and after the deaths begin, the witches make further predicti...

Process of Poetry

has to "face the men of the time" and "think about war," in order to "construct a new stage" (Of Modern Poetry...Stevens). What St...

Comparative Analysis of Works by George Whetstone and William Shakespeare

subject that has often been examined through many different texts. Also as noted, however, is the fact that Shakespeare seemed to ...

War and its Compelling Literary Themes

In nine pages this paper examines how war's compelling themes are depicted in the literary works the Bhagavad Gita and the writing...

Literary Classics and Human Nature

In five pages this paper examines how human nature is featured in classic literary works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante Alighieri, and...

Women in The Sound and the Fury Faulkner's Femme Fatale Caddy Compson

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of the basic characteristics and central themes related to the charact...

Fear Of Death in the Poems of Donne and Dunbar

This paper discusses ways in which death is used as an allegory or theme on Jon Donne's, Death Be Not Proud, and William Dunbar's,...

Guilt in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper examines how guilt is thematically developed in Macbeth by William Shakespeare. There is no bibliography...

Atavism Themes in Literature

In 5 pages the atavism themes of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and William Golding's Lord of the Flies are contrasted and comp...

A Romeo and Juliet Sociological Analysis

component. But were they all that different in Shakespeares original version? Many seem to think so and that high schools renditi...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and the Concepts of Barbarism and Civilization

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares how civilization and primitivism are presented in this final play by William Shak...

Shakespeare and Sophocles, Tragedy, and Heroism

In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...

First Soliloquy of Lady Macbeth

In seven pages this tragedy by William Shakespeare is examined within the context of Lady Macbeth's first soliloquy and its signif...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and the Natural World's Superiority

In five pages this paper examines how the characterizations of Antonio and Gonzalo represent the superiority of the natural world ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and Stage Setting

In five pages this paper considers the comedic relationship elements that set the humorous stage in the first act, first scene of ...

Dream Like Aspects of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

The dream like aspects in these plays by William Shakespeare are contrasted and compared in five pages. There are no sources list...

Tragic Hero King Lear

Lear," Lear chooses the love and respect of his children as the highest good, and so can only suffer from loss of their love and r...

William Faulkner's The Hamlet, John Steinbeck's East of Eden, and Samuel Clemens' Huckleberry Finn Compared

In eleven pages the similarities and differences that exist among the male protagonists and their parentages in these works are co...

Touchstone in As You Like It by William Shakespeare

in his role as fool. His function was to determine the genuineness of the other characters. By doing so, he unmasked their fooli...

Relationships in The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

This paper examines how relationships are represented by William Shakespeare in his play The Comedy of Errors in seven pages. The...

Authorship of Pericles

This paper consisting of five pages argues that William Shakespeare alone did not write Pericles but that it was a collaboration b...

'Sonnet 146' by William Shakespeare

A poetic analysis of 'Sonnet 146' by William Shakespeare focuses upon similes, metaphors, tone, and meaning in five pages. Five s...