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In nine pages this paper defends the title character of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello. There is included a bibliography....
This paper discusses why Shakespeare's protagonist sufficiently qualifies as being a tragic hero in a consideration of the charact...
In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...
and quite unthinkingly into a marriage to his murderer, and was able to ignore the facts and clues that encircled her, pointing to...
of the consequences of ones choices" (What is Choice?). This is a very important aspect of choice for if someone chooses poorly, c...
the social acceptance that has been denied him because of his skin color. When Othello selects the relatively inexperienced Micha...
Introduction Macbeth by William Shakespeare is one of his most powerful and insightful plays as it illustrates human weakness and...
the perspective of the other characters, they are acting as men, not women. This scenario is intriguing for its points out, within...
this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...
the characters and how they all go about trying to define the night and day while engaged in various activities. In the...
sensibilities: "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else oerleap, / For in my way it lies. S...
me in the day of success, and I have learned by the perfectest report they have more in them than mortal knowledge. When I burned ...
In five pages this research paper considers the religious aspects of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in an analysis of Hamlet's acti...
logical explanation, Othello seemed bent on confirming that he will never be more than a misfit in Venice. Desdemonas protestatio...
In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...
In five pages this paper examines a common literary theme as it pertains to Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Othello by William S...
In six pages this paper examines how the stage for violence is set through imagery in this tragic play by William Shakespeare in a...
In six pages this paper examines the thematic conflict of good versus evil as it manifests itself in this tragic play by William S...
In six pages this paper examines Macbeth's character and conscience in order to determine what propelled him to kill. There is no...
The powerful themes of temptation, guilt, heresy, and prophecy as they lend to the play's overall effectiveness are considered in ...
This paper consists of five pages and presents the thesis that the witches control Macbeth and that they are responsible for the b...
In six pages this paper examines how Shakespeare timelessly depicts evil in each play. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....
In ten pages these pivotal banquet sequences as they appear in these two plays by William Shakespeare are examined. Eleven source...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
thoughts terrify him. The fact that Macbeth is thought of as a loyal and noble person at the beginning of the play is made eviden...
say, shows that how each man reacted to this situation was a matter of choice -- not fate. Traditionally, much of the blame for ...
indicates, Lady Macbeth provides the necessary motivation for the initial murder. She tells Macbeth that if she had sworn an oath ...
individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...
soldier, but hes also immediately associated in our minds with the spilling of blood. But blood also means the blood connection b...