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Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare and Its Problems

In eight pages this paper discusses the problems of poor play construction and a muddled theme and concept as they pertain to Anto...

Oppositional Values in Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

In three pages this paper contrasts the opposing views of Rome and Egypt and Octavius and Cleopatra within the context of this his...

Pilgrim Separatists and William Bradford

officials such as bishops and archbishops" (Carroll and Noble, 30). Nor was there just one group of dissenters. The Presbyterians...

Netherlands' Independence Struggles

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the Netherlands' quest for independence in a consideration of the roles played by W...

Tragic Protagonists Othello and Oedipus

those ruled by determinism. Having grasped the meaning behind Oedipus the King and Othello, it can easily be argued that Oedipus ...

William Shakespeare's King Lear, Othello, and Hamlet in Terms of Themes and Dramatic Structures

In five pages the dramatic structures and themes are compared in this examination of a trio of William Shakespeare's plays. Two s...

Historical English Plays and Marginalization

In five pages this paper considers marginalization as featured in English plays William Shakespeare's Othello and Aphra Behn's The...

Themes and Dramatic Structures in Othello, Hamlet, and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages the relationships between dramatic structures and themes as they exist within these three plays by William Shakespea...

'Swann's Way' by Marcel Proust and Memory

In 4 pages this paper examines this section of Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past to discuss hoe memory functions within t...

Analysis of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

In five pages this paper examines the characterizations, theme of mendacity, and the dramatic structure of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, ...

Stage Direction in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

In six pages this essay analyzes the thematic importance of props, lights, setting, and stage direction in Tennessee Williams' The...

17th Century English Literature and Time Significance

In five pages this paper discusses the importance of time in King Lear by William Shakespeare, the play Everyman, and The Canterbu...

Henry the Sixth by William Shakespeare and the Influence of Niccolo Machiavelli

In twenty pages this paper discusses how the statesmanship concept of Niccolo Machiavelli manifests itself in Parts One, Two, and ...

Feminist Perspective of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire

her sister to save her marriage. Yet throughout the brutal violence and stereotypes, "Streetcar" is also a long story of s...

Scenes from Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses characters and themes in certain scenes from William Shakespeare's plays Troilus and Cressida, ...

Orson Welles' 1952 Film Othello

Iago - played by Michael MacLiammoir Iago is roughly thrust into the cage, and by means of a creaking iron wheel and pulley, the ...

Characterizations in Hamlet and As You Like It by William Shakespeare

In five pages the ways in which the modern world is reflected within the tragic and comic characterizations William Shakespeare cr...

Action or Inaction in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper evaluates whether the protagonist of William Shakespeare's play represents a man of action or if inaction...

Indians by Arthur Kopit

putting on a play for the President and the First Lady is obviously designed to make the viewer angry (i.e. this is the "most piss...

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and the Roles of Tradition and Myth

taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the traditional ...

William Shakespeare's King Lear, Measure for Measure, and Justice

Angelo. However, in his efforts to restore law and order, Angelo resurrects an old law that punishes any man who lives with a wom...

The Comedy of Romeo and Juliet

plays make it clear that Shakespeare is being funny. However, one of the many examples of Shakespeares masterful skills is demonst...

Disease and Darkness Imagery in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

this counsel. When Lady Macbeth hears of he prophecy, she immediately begins to plot and plan. This scene if chilling in its ima...

Feminist Themes and The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

factor into the equation, though it would seem that love was possible eventually. Given that Petruchio considers Katherine his p...

How Circumstances Influenced Gus McCray, Dr. Jekyll, and Hamlet

seek vengeance for the father. Hamlet goes through many different changes because of the realities he has been told, and becaus...

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Politics

Verona, Italy, where a feud has broken out between the families of the Montegues and the Capulets. The servants of both houses ope...

Poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth and the Theme of Poverty

smooth stone/ That overlays the pile; and, from a bag/ All white with flour, the dole of village dames,/ He drew his scraps and fr...

David Mamet, Sam Shepard, and the Dramatic Idiom

plight of small-time con-men, dubious real estate salesmen and other marginal types, explore a desperate, obsessed landscape that ...

King Lear by William Shakespeare and Precepts of Niccolo Machiavelli

the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...

Strategy of Prince Hamlet of Denmark

of his day to day life that he would never be able to keep his plans from her. So, he has decided that he must pretend to sever th...