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Othello by William Shakespeare and Jealousy

of his own standing among his peers would have ignored or challenged Iago. But Othello fully agrees with Iagos voiced concern that...

911 and Making a Profit from Tragedy

as a springboard for profit. It is not only criminals who try to loot, for example. Some companies lobby Congress for favors, taki...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and 3 Issues

In six pages this paper examines how the American Dream, family relationships, and tragedy of Willy Loman within the context of th...

Dark Drama Macbeth by William Shakespeare

audience is presented with circumstances and relationships where there is never a truly positive outcome for any of those involved...

Racism in William Shakespeare's Othello

that is perverted by the subterfuge and overt evil of Iago. Examining the character of Iago is enlightening to anyone who has ever...

Personal Tragedy of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this play is evaluated in terms of whether or not Elizabethan audiences would regard it as a personal tragedy or a p...

Film and TV Adaptations of King Lear, Hamlet, and Othello

of Hamlets famous soliloquies, except for the ones which heightened dramatic impact, such as "To Be or Not to Be." He shrewdly ch...

Michael Cassio, Iago, and Othello in The Tragedy of Othello by William Shakespeare

over his military service. Shortly after the wedding, he was dispatched to Famagosta, the capital of Cyprus, to battle Turkish fo...

Chapter on Public Management - The Challenger Tragedy Problem

In five pages this paper discusses the Iron Triangles and Weber's Bureaucracy models in this consideration of a chapter regarding ...

Franco Zeffirelli's Cinematic Interpretation of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

the still city, which is bathed in ethereal morning light, the city is shrouded in fog. This is also symbolic, in that its white s...

Greek Tragedies and the Role of Sacrifice

In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...

Journey of King Lear by William Shakespeare

provide an excuse for allotting the largest share of his kingdom to Cordelia, his favorite. Lear states that the test is so that "...

Greek Tragedy and Euripides

In ten pages this research paper examines how the Greek perspective of tragedy is featured in Euripides' plays The Women of Troy a...

William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Homosexuality

In five pages this paper examines the homosexual content in William Shakespeare's tragedy and how it may relate to Prince Hamlet's...

Tragic and Comic Aspects of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines the tragedy and comedy elements that each exist in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespea...

An Analysis of Tragedy in Three Plays

man is that he truly loves his wife and he is a noble and sensitive man. Unfortunately he has a weakness and that is his love of h...

Exxon Valdez Tragedy of 1989 and Its Impact Upon the Environment

Birds were hardly the only species to be impacted by the spill however. Million of fish joined the quarter million of sea bird ca...

Hamlet As Comedy

Ophelias death, he talks with the men who are digging her grave. The comic intent of the scene is evident from the onset by the ...

Tragedy of William Shakespeare's King Lear

Cordelia do? Love, and be silent" (Shakespeare I i). She is completely dismissed by her father, yet she still succeeds in becoming...

Hindenburg Dirigible Catastrophe of 1937

over Germany. Meanwhile, the United States, who possessed the only natural deposits of helium became more and more suspicious. As ...

Sophocles' Antigone and Oedipus and Fortune Reversals

he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...

21st Century and Violence in American Schools

would come out of nowhere and usually in rather rural or safe areas. People were shocked. Then, after Columbine, there was perhaps...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the Character Emilia

for himself - with a kiss. Her husband retorts, "Sir, would she give you so much of her lips / As of her tongue she oft bestows o...

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and Opposites

lightness! serious vanity!/ Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!/ Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire,/ sick health!/ Stil...

Lines 954 to 997 in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...

Tragic Elements of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

him. He is a man who holds to the laws of his people, he is strong and courageous, and he is fairly well defined. But events take ...

Plains Indians' Military Campaigns

that had hired on with the Calvary (Hoxie, 1995). These scouts were just a handful of the thirty-three scouts that were under Cus...

Light versus Dark, Appearances versus Reality, and Order versus Chaos in Othello by William Shakespeare

leave his new bride to wage war in Cyprus. The departure, though bittersweet, returns Othello to familiar territory that renews h...

Tragedy and Comedy Compared in 4 Plays

it any longer and sign a peace treaty. "The Merchant of Venice" is much more complex and somber: there are many subplots, but th...

What Oedipus Rex Means to Greek Culture

events that all resulted in tragedy was when Laius insisted that his healthy infant son should be left to die from exposure. While...