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This essay pertain to the theme of mercy and justice as exemplified in the trial scene of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." ...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the cost of power in Shakespeare's tragedies. Richard III, As You Like It, and the ...

This essay presents a discussion of Hamlet's character. The writer argues that Shakespeare's characterization of Hamlet focuses on...

This essay pertains to Shakespeare's "Othello" and Rudyard Kipling's poem "If-," which lists various qualities that are required t...

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

This essay pertains to the thematic content of Shakespeare's play and provides insight into the relationships that Hamlet has with...

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

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

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

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

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...

opens by referred to her distant husband not by his titular name, but by his holdings and titles of lordship: "Glamis thou art", s...

by King Claudius reveal him to be conniving, shrewd and lustful. Unlike Hamlet, who is preoccupied with questions concerning ethic...

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at the Puritan Revolution and its impact on literature. Shakespeare's Prospero and Milt...

run away, thus setting up the main action of the plot, because the man she loves, Lysander, agrees to run away with her. They end ...

she wants to be as close to the seat of power as possible and will do anything to keep her power as queen" and this sets him on a ...

creature in the vessel" (Shakespeare I ii). This indicates that he set the storm in motion and ensured no one was hurt in the proc...

impose magic and enchantment to seek his revenge. But, in the end he forgives those who put him on the island and he suffers a sea...

play: he asks the audience to use their imaginations to understand whats going to happen. The Prologue noted that the "wooden O" c...

he doubts her, believing the words of others, one can see that he is a very insecure man where his love is concerned. In the cas...

relates to issues of magic and creation, and the identity of Prospero/Shakespeare. In examining this perspective the opinions and...

in seconds. He continues this catalog of things she is not by comparing the color of her lips to coral (coral is redder); compari...

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...

an end to Tobys activities. Even Maria has warned Toby that the Lady Olivia is growing impatient with him: "Your cousin, my lady, ...

him, he will show "great mercy" (II.ii.50). Henry then turns the discussion around to the real point of the scene. He asks the me...

for fear Creep into acorn-cups and hide them there" (Shakespeare II i). This is a very magical surreal image, but also a very fun ...

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

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

without being overly garish and they appear to be relatively true to the historical time period. These elements, which are related...

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