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Hamlet, Oedipus, and the Theme of Illusion v. Reality

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

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...

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and the Characters Lorenzo and Jessica

rescue her from her loneliness. With Jessica the first hint of desire or romance comes when she asks Launcelot to give Lorenzo a n...

Twelfth Night, Role Playing, and Disguises

this theme together" (Universe). In combination with this theme, the theme of foolishness, is the theme of disguise. In summari...

Renaissance Play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

to be entertained as well. They began putting out what were known as mystery plays, passion plays, morality plays and miracle play...

Comparing Poetic Free Verse and Sonnet Forms

Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand For many poets the overall purpose of the poem has...

Time in Sonnet 2, Sonnet 55, and Sonnet 60 by William Shakespeare

And dig deep trenches in thy beautys field, Thy youths proud livery so gazed on now, Will be a totterd...

Theme of Sexuality in Works by Sophocles, William Shakespeare, and Toni Morrison

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

'Machiavellian' Julius Caesar as Depicted by William Shakespeare

deal of support for the fact that Machiavelli always had the interests of the people at heart. Much of The Prince revolves around ...

Elder Justice and King Lear by William Shakespeare

Unburdend crawl toward death", states King Lear in the opening act. Having decided to step down from the throne, King Lear has pos...

Relationships in The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

This paper examines how relationships are represented by William Shakespeare in his play The Comedy of Errors in seven pages. The...

Authorship of Pericles

This paper consisting of five pages argues that William Shakespeare alone did not write Pericles but that it was a collaboration b...

Touchstone in As You Like It by William Shakespeare

in his role as fool. His function was to determine the genuineness of the other characters. By doing so, he unmasked their fooli...

Classic Western Literature and the Portrayal of Women

The portrayals of Cunegonde by Voltaire in Candide and Gertrude by William Shakespeare in Hamlet are contrastes and compared in fi...

Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Lear compared and contrasted with Kurosawa’s Ran and

In this essay which contains three sources and five pages, the writer compares and contrasts the film of Akira Kurosawa called RAN...

King Lear's Transformation

In 5 pages this paper examines the transformation King Lear undergoes from arrogance to wisdom in the play by William Shakespeare....

Shakespearean Women in Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing

The ways in which William Shakespeare depicted women in these tragic and comic plays are contrasted and compared in eight pages. ...

Twelfth Night vs. The Tempest

Twelfth Night and The Tempest by William Shakespeare share a number of comedic scenes and an undercurrent of comedy as well. This ...

'Hero and Leander' by Christopher Marlowe

In five pages the influence Marlowe received from writers of ancient Greece and Rome are considered as reflected in this poetic ep...

Prejudice and The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper analyze whether or not bigoted views by William Shakespeare are represented in The Merchant of Venice. Th...

Interchangeable Life and Works of William Shakespeare

writer that the world has ever known. B) The ageless appeal of William Shakespeare can perhaps be...

4 Western Literary Works and Free Will

In 6 pages the theme of free will as it appears in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, King Lear by William Shakespeare, Docto...

The First Part of Henry the Fourth by William Shakespeare and the Relationship Between Henry Percy and Prince Hal

In five pages this paper discusses the rivals Henry 'Hotspur' Percy and Prince Henry 'Hal' of Wales and their relationship as feat...

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...

Romeo and Juliet and Fate in Elizabethan England

In 6 pages Elizabethan concepts of fate are examined within the context of The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and ...

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...

Lovers Messages in Sonnets

love as the narrator addresses his (?) beloved and asks if he should compare her to a summers day but knows that he cannot because...

Literature and Human Relationships

sense one gets at the end of the work, that under the humorous aspects, there is something very sad occurring. It does appear that...

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 ...