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Essays 1771 - 1800

Two Great Tragic Heroes

lovd me for the dangers I had passd / And I lovd her that she did pity them" (I.iii.167-168). Pity here doesnt mean that she was s...

Hamlet

place and who that person is. Throughout the play Hamlet is seemingly confused in many instances, which again embodies the theme...

Is “Death of a Salesman” an Aristotelian Tragedy?

achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...

Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night/On Film

a take on the play that is patterned after the screwball comedies of the 1930s, as "Beatrice and Benedick are surely the prototype...

Hamlet and the Function of Art

soliloquies: "O what a rogue and peasant slave am I," (II.ii.550) in which Hamlet discourses on the art of the theater, and compar...

The Role of Illusion in Hamlet and Don Quixote

an illusion. Playing it that way would needlessly complicate things and make Hamlet truly mad, so its probably best to assume that...

Drama Analysis

who had nothing to do with the death of his father. When Hamlet does figure out what is right for him, in terms of addressing the ...

Children's Dramatic Roles

own. As a result of their inability to take responsibility for the prophecy they suffered at the hands of their son. Oedipus pu...

Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri and Portrayal of Women

woman who is generous and selfless: "So much more dear and pleasing is to God/ My little widow, whom so much I loved,/ As in good ...

Theatrical Rendition of a Scene Demonstrating the Hesitation of Hamlet

a new rendition of the scene. The Scene According to the students request, or specifications, we present the speech of Hamlet,...

References to Hamlet and Hercules in The Father by August Strindberg

this paper discusses how women behave and the Captain's character in this analysis of August Strindberg's play The Father with ref...

Heroes Beowulf and Hamlet

In five pages Joseph Campbell's definition of a hero is applied to Beowulf and Hamlet in a comparison and contrast of these two ep...

Historic British Literary Heroes

imaginations. In examining the changing role of the hero in English Literature, five British literary periods will be examined. F...

Analysis of August Strindberg's The Father

Circe and Medusa. In The Father,...

Hamlet and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

directly to the psychiatrist-patient encounter" than the real thing, because the fiction is after all written by real people (Podr...

Using Aristotle to Analyze "Hamlet"

in thought - that is, the faculty of saying what is possible and pertinent in given circumstances" (Aristotle). The fourth element...

A Poem on "Hamlet"

the best relationship to use in the poem. Hamlets relationship with Gertrude, his mother, is even more problematic, because he tu...

Hamlet is Not the Medieval 2 Dimensional Hero

In five pages this paper considers the tragedy of Hamlet not representing the two dimensions of Medieval heroes who act out of bli...

Relationships in Literature and 4 Views

In an essay consisting of 5 pages the ways in which the narrative framework develops the love and hate that are a part of male and...

Hamlet and Macbeth and the Art of Murder

easy" (III.iv.159,165-166). And its as he tries to persuade her to rethink her marriage that Polonius, who is eavesdropping behind...

Hamlet and Oedipus as Avengers

both royalty, they have both been told by an outside agency to look for a murderer in their midst, and in both cases, the agency t...

Critiquing the Critic: Henry Mackenzie on "Hamlet"

Mackenzie is also correct in attributing his hesitation to an overly sensitive nature; Claudius remarks on this when he says that ...

Cooperative Principle, Developed by H.P. Grice

This paper pertains to Grice's Cooperative Principle, which is explained, along with its associated maxims. The writer then uses t...

Hamlet and his Foils

This essay pertains to the characters in "Hamlet" who act as foils to the protagonist. Ten pages in length, six sources are cited....

Acts of Violence and Hamlet

This essay presents the arguments that Hamlet had to be under the influence of intense emotion in order to overcome his indecision...

Hamlet - A Poetic Analysis

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at poetics in Hamlet. Key lines are analyzed in detail. Paper uses one source....

Hamlet - A Jungian Reading

In a paper of ten pages, the writer looks at "Hamlet". Jungian archetypes are used to analyze the play's themes. Paper uses one so...

Hamlet - An Existential Reading

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at Hamlet. Using textual evidence, an existential reading of the play's themes is give...

"At the Trial of Hamlet, Chicago, 1994" Discussion Questions

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Alexie's poem, "At the Trial of Hamlet, Chicago, 1994". Several discussion questions ...

Death of a Salesman, Hamlet, as Aristotelian Tragedies

This essay offers a comparison between "Hamlet and "Death of a Salesman," which draws upon the Aristotelian criteria for tragedy....