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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...

Elizabethan Social Issues in The Tempest by William Shakespeare

This paper consists of ten pages and examines how the important Elizabethan social issues of Christianity versus superstition, cla...

In My Father's House by Anthony Appiah

traveler would have felt that there were "profoundly different impulses, ideas and forms of life" (174). In short, Appiah makes ...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the Theme of Race

may be right in that the significance of race has been underplayed. Others concur with his findings, suggesting that OJ watchers...

Life in Art in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

In four pages this paper discusses how A Midsummer Night's Dream reflects the life of William Shakespeare. Five sources are cited...

Drama Then and Now

In five pages drama is considered in the works Wit by Margaret Edson, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and Medea by Euripides. Ther...

Vivian, Medea, Hamlet, and How Events Are Influenced by Personalities

In four pages this paper discusses how events are influenced by character personalities in these works by Edison, Euripides, and W...

Sin's Differing Degrees in Various Works of Literature

In seven pages this paper examines sin and punishment in a contrast of how they are portrayed in The Thousand and One Nights, Don ...

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...

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...

'Tent Worms' and Tennessee Williams

In three pages this essay discusses this short story by Tennessee Williams in an analysis of techniques....

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare and the Association Between Nature and Law

in enforcement of these laws. The laws in question are those which relate to a man being punished to death if he should lay with a...

Fathers' Importance

and companionship. Although it is true that roles for men and women have changed to some extent, that does not mean that fathers a...

Historical Presentation of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

of the Noble Grecians and Romans, was Shakespeares source" (William Shakespeares Julius Caesar). Though a separate author notes th...

Beloved Dismemberment in Poetry

particular woman but does not possess her. Another may clearly see that the woman he describes is his. Regardless, however, of whe...

3 Works on Women's Social Role

out with flowers and shod with dainty little slippers? (Aristophanes). As this indicates, women, at least the upper class women,...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and How Ophelia is Treated

will be. And, as a ruler he has obligations. Ophelia is likely not ignorant of such conditions considering she has grown up in a h...

Analysis of the Style of 'Sonnet 130' by William Shakespeare

5 I have seen roses damasked, red and white, 6 But no such roses see I in her cheeks; 7 And in some perfumes...

Richard and Richmond's Speeches in Richard the Third by William Shakespeare

and one in blood establishd; One that made means to come by what he hath, And slaughterd those that were the means to help him; Ab...

Insanity of King Lear

enter the hovel, stating that he will pray and then sleep. Lear then prays for all the people who do not have shelter on this nigh...

Metamorphosis and Vengeance in Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare

wronged, as Philomela was . . . (IV. I. 52). The book is also mentioned in Act V, scene three, when Titus asks Saturninus" the...

Portia's Presentation in the Third and Fourth Acts of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

/ Is an unlessond girl, unschoold, unpractisd; / Happy in this, she is not yet so old / But she may learn; happier than this, / Sh...

Social Standing as a Barrier to True Love

of the aristocrats. Although Cathy took to Heathcliff immediately, her brother Hindley was not nearly so receptive, and had taken...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and its Historical Basis

Macbeth was elected King in preference to Duncans own son, who was considered...

Hamlet and Fortinbras Comparison and Contrast

add the final brushstrokes to Hamlets character (or lack thereof). It is shown that Fortinbras, Prince of Norway, is a man of deci...

Social Change Through Theater and West Side Story

Story from Historical, Social, Cultural, Political and Religious Perspectives Surprisingly, the original idea for West Side Stor...

Emilia's Importance to Othello by William Shakespeare

Iago as evil, but what is Iagos true motivation? It could in fact be that he is envious of Othello. Yet, he seems to be somewhat p...

Great and Middle Level Power Leadership from 1927 until 1939 Assessed

of any type of war was even more unattractive than ever before. The appeasement position was reinforced by the government of Edua...

Tragic Elements of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

his carefully crafted public persona. For an ambitious couple like Lord and Lady Macbeth, in a monarchy like Scotland, there was ...