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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, ...

The Theme of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

run away, thus setting up the main action of the plot, because the man she loves, Lysander, agrees to run away with her. They end ...

Macbeth: Villain or Not?

we see him. At a military camp of King Duncans, a soldier is brought in who tells of the battle in which he was injured, and in wh...

The Chorus in Act V of “Henry the Fifth”

play: he asks the audience to use their imaginations to understand whats going to happen. The Prologue noted that the "wooden O" c...

Conflict in Hamlet

she wants to be as close to the seat of power as possible and will do anything to keep her power as queen" and this sets him on a ...

The “Tragic Flaw” of Honesty in “King Lear”

keep him out of their clutches: "Because I would not see thy cruel nails / Pluck out his poor old eyes, nor they fierce sister / I...

Cultural Conflict in The Merchant of Venice

but at a very high cost. He requires a pound of flesh for debts not paid and this is literally what it sounds like, for a pound of...

In Defense of Brutus

Cassius proposed that they assassinate Antony also, Brutus opposed it. He argued that the assassination of another man would make ...

Description and Imagery in Hamlet

in the play. This is clear when Claudius refers to Hamlet as son and Hamlet, aside, notes, "A little more than kin, and less than ...

“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...

Was Hamlet Sympathetic or Unsympathetic?

lost her mother at an early age, was brought up in a very sheltered environment, with her father Polonius - one of Claudius best f...

Denmark and Scotland, a Comparison of Hamlet and Macbeth

Shakespeares "Big Four" tragedies (King Lear and Othello are the others, since you ask) and they both involve the most horrific of...

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...

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 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...

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 ...

Romeo and Juliet: The Film

without being overly garish and they appear to be relatively true to the historical time period. These elements, which are related...

Doomed Love: Cleopatra and her Man of Men, Antony

of this woman. Enobarbus continues his description of her and her progress through town and her meeting with Antony, whom she invi...

Do Not Speak the Speech, I Pray You

who are unfamiliar with it; then if the instructor has any sense he or she will run the Kenneth Branagh uncut version the followin...

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,...

Comparing Three Works Thematically

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

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...

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 Examination of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra

In five pages this essay considers how Shakespeare's historical play was later rewritten and revised in order to be more applicabl...

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 Feigned or Real in Ophelia and Hamlet

In twelve pages this paper discusses the presentation of madness in Shakespeare's tragedy as genuine in the character of Ophelia a...