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The Merchant of Venice, Henry V and the Quality of Mercy

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...

Putting Sir Toby on Trial

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

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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 ...

Arguing that Shakespeare’s Reputation is Undeserved

and suggests that he does not deserve his place in English letters. He quotes a number of other critics to support his view. This ...

The Man with No Motive

one of his most vexing. This paper discusses him in detail. Discussion Iago is a fascinating study in evil; he sets out to destro...

Shakespeare’s Major Themes

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

“Timon of Athens” - A Man of Extremes

grows older, his hatred will also continue to grow until he hates all mankind, not just the Athenians. The fact that Timon seems...

Shakespeare’s “True Union”

(Foakes 23). Until this time, many directors seem to see the play as a literal fairy tale for children and staged it as such; Broo...

Macbeth: Manhood and Murder

it was smiling in my face, Have pluckd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dashd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done...

Renaissance Culture: Donatello, Michelangelo and Shakesepare

spirited figure of St George in armour, expressing in the head of this saint the beauty of youth, courage and valour in arms, and ...

Keeping Secrets: Othello and The Importance of Being Earnest

of love" (Shakespeare I i). He sets the premise for keeping secrets when he informs the audience or reader that he hates Othello b...

“Other” in Shakespeare’s Othello and Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

to be successful. Iago does seem to make an impact on Roderigo at one point, however, when Roderigo claims imagines Desdemona and ...

Colonization and Self-Discovery: Shakespeare and Conrad

without power, who plays the role of the colonizer. He is a teacher and a controller of the story itself, thus he serves as a symb...

Macbeth and Macduff

heath. There is something essentially uncivilized about Macbeth, which may be why he is such an outstanding soldier. Macduff does...

Pygmalion-Romance or Not?

is served by an earthy, half-demon by the name of Caliban and a sprite named Ariel. In the course of the play, we learn that Prosp...

Shakespeare/Comedy of Errors & Imagery

"teach" him "how to think and speak" (3.2.35) and "create" him new" (3.2.41), which is a reversal of the Elizabethan gender stereo...

Shakespeare Sonnets: 138 and 139

is young and ignorant and she lies to him about many things. But, he is happy in this, for truth is far more demanding and it is e...

Power in "The Tempest"

theme of servitude and freedom" (Smith 1608). We learn that Ariel was once the servant of the witch Sycorax, who was banished from...

Antony and Cleopatra

in front of her. In these two lines she faces defeat as she envisions her power in the image of less than a simple milk maid, a se...

Comparing Three Works Thematically

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

The Character of Henry V

Shakespeare's The Life of King Henry the Fifth is discussed along with the protagonist. This five page paper has three sources ...

Adolescent Suicide and Romeo and Juliet

This research paper analyzes Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and compares its narratives to instances of adolescent suicide and fam...

Love or Lust in 'Romeo and Juliet'

In an essay of 5 pages, the paper considers whether the attraction between Shakespeare's star crossed lovers was physical attracti...

Shakespeare's Audience and Artist Influence Revealed in A Midsummer Night's Dream

This paper consisting of six pages employs a priori interpretations in a discussion of this play and the ways in which this interp...

An Analysis of Comedy Of Errors

This seventeen page paper analyzes the intriguing characters in Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. The paper emphasizes the critical...

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...

Madness of Hamlet

In six pages this essay examines the self destructiveness of Shakespeare's tragic character and how this life negation contributes...

King Lear, Beowulf, the Concepts of Kingship and Hero's Downfall

In five pages these literary characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their deaths with the concept of kingship and what...

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...

Perspectives on Authority in Renaissance Drama

The writer examines several of Shakespeare's plays (King Lear and The Tempest), as well as Fuente Ovejuna by the Spanish playwrigh...