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A Film Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet

This research paper/essay offers a critique of Baz Luhmann's adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The writer discusses ho...

Women in Much Ado About Nothing and Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper discusses how the traditional and nontraditional roles of women are represented in Hero and Bianca, and Be...

Portrayal of Women in Merchant of Venice and As You Like It by William Shakespeare

of Orlando sets in motion the complex maneuverings that form the core of the plot (Kinney 299). The poems of Orlando are a mirror...

Comparing Three Works Thematically

This research paper/essay discusses parallel themes in three works: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet' and his poem "The ...

Love and Art in the Works of William Shakespeare

In five pages this report considers how Shakespeare employed love as an art form in his works. Four sources are cited in the bibl...

Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

of gaining knowledge in a sole purpose of gaining friends. As the book progresses, Charlie goes through dramatic changes mentally,...

Sonnet 138 by William Shakespeare

In four pages this paper examines the symbolism in terms of how a couple's aging love is represented in the sonnet....

Five Tales of Anti Feminism

In five pages the anti feminist handling of female characters in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Hamlet, Chaucer's The Wi...

Irony in Othello by William Shakespeare and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...

Comparative Analysis of 'Julius Caesar' by William Shakespeare and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares Shakespeare's tragedy with the epic by Homer. Five sources are cited in ...

Shepard, Ibsen, Hare, and Shakespeare Character Sketches

is certain he will. Nora then discloses how she borrowed the money for their trip to Italy and has been struggling to pay it back ...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and The Collector by John Fowles

In seven pages these two works are contrasted and compared with the focus being on Clegg's terror reign depicted by John Fowles an...

Magic In The Works of Goethe And Shakespeare

This paper examines the ritual use and significance of magic in Goethe's Faust and Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream. This fiv...

Comparison of Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Moby Dick by Herman Melville

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the vengeance and madness of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Melville's Captain Ahab. Sev...

How American English Serves as a Tool in Globalization

In a research paper comprised of fifteen pages the effects of American English on globalization are discussed in terms of its stat...

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and Servants Malvolio and Maria

In five pages this paper discusses these servants within the context of Queen Elizabeth I's 'poor laws.' Three other sources are ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and Its Athenian Woods

The presentation of the woods in the play and their meaning are considered in this paper that consists of five pages. There are n...

Interpreting A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

In nine pages this research paper considers various interpretations of Shakespeare's comedy. Eleven sources are cited in the bibl...

Banquet Scene in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

In six pages this essay analyzes the infamous 'banquet scene' in Act III, Scene iv of Hamlet in terms of what it reveals about Mac...

Gertrude in Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Jocasta in Oedipus the King by Sophocles Compared

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

Psychological Impact of the Witches in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

In eight pages this paper examines the witches from a psychological perspective in an analysis of their role in this Shakespearean...

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and Social Class

her father until an outsider convinces them that she did not break the rules or cross the boundaries of her social class....

Significance of 'The Other' in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

in more ways than one. This could also be nothing more than the theory presented by Adelman, for much of what he says could eas...

Henry Bolingbroke in Richard II by William Shakespeare

(Henrys father) and his family from the land of their birth. Henry, initially, does not protest the banishment, as he has been ra...

Symbolism Analysis of Othello by William Shakespeare

In five pages this research paper examines how symbolism is used in this Shakespearean tragedy. Two sources are cited in the bibl...

Tragedy Structure and Othello by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper presents a definition of tragedy and explains how Othello structurally fits within the parameters establis...

Renaissance Tradition in Othello by William Shakespeare

In three pages this paper discusses how traditions of the Renaissance are represented in this Shakespearean tragedy. Four sources...

Claudius in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this character analysis of Claudius focuses on ethical values with a contrast and comparison between Prince Hamlet a...

Ophelia's Character in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes the character of Ophelia and the role she plays in this tragedy in terms of how other characters...

Conscience, Action, and Revenge of Hamlet

In eleven pages this paper examines the revenge of Shakespeare's tragic protagonist and how his being caught between acting and hi...