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Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House as a Reflection of 19th Century Social Issues

In four pages this paper examines how the playwright represents social issues in this 19th century dramatic play....

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...

Hamlet, Oedipus & Death of a Salesman

"Hamlet," the troubled Danish prince is morose and troubled because, just a short time after his fathers death, his mother remarri...

Shakespeare as the Author of His Works

poems "by several well-known theatrical poets. One of these poems (untitled in the volume, but now known as "The Phoenix and the T...

Overview of Postmodern Views on William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines postmodern philosopher Stanley Cavell's views on William Shakespeare's tragic plays Antony and Cl...

Comparative Analysis of Ralph in Lord of the Flies by William Golding and William Shakespeare's Hamlet

his foul and most unnatural murther" (I.v.29). Hamlet will need all of his inner resources to successfully meet this crisis, for ...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, William Golding's Lord of the Flies, and Their Parallels

In 6 pages the parallels that exist in these works in terms of literary similarities of allegory, metaphor, simile, irony, personi...

Innovative Use of Symbolism by Playwright Tennessee Williams in The Glass Menagerie

part of the illusionary world. Laura, on the other hand, thinks of the fire escape as a way in and not a way out. This can be seen...

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Ini six pages this paper first examines the playwright's life and effects of the Great Depression on Miller and his writings and t...

Marriage Views of Henrik Ibsen

works, that Ibsen had a unique take on women. In fact, Baker-White notes that Ibsens realist plays had been subverted due to the u...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which the playwright's life is reflected in his most famous play are examined. Se...

Elements of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

"Two years later the masterpiece Brand was produced and shortly after, he left Norway, spending the better part of his life in Ita...

Uses of Symbolism in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

The Life and Works of Arthur Miller

modeled after his own life and experiences, including his relationship with the tormented Marilyn Monroe; however, Miller has neve...

The Poet and the Women by Aristophanes

p. 102). As this indicates, Mnesilochus humor is low-brow, earthy and very funny. The crux of the plot soon comes out as Euripide...

Concept of Honor in William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' and 'Much Ado About Nothing'

a boy. Olivia, on the other hand, is given to extravagant gestures that are designed to emphasize the degree of her grief. She pro...

Examining Three Plays by Arthur Miller

This 5 page paper discusses three plays by American playwright Arthur Miller. The three are Death of a Salesman, After the Fall an...

John Millington Synge's Riders to the Sea and Symbolism

humanity. They represent this relationship and offer us a very humble and simple setting from which to examine the unfolding saga....

The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco

In six pages this research paper considers the playwright's Holocaust observations and how they contribute to the play's meaning. ...

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

In a paper consisting of five pages the playwright's life is discussed and then his play is examined in order to determine that 'U...

Climaxes in William Shakespeare's King Lear

there, she might have added a dose of common sense to the proceedings, and pointed out to her husband that dividing the kingdom am...

The Use of Irony in Fences by August Wilson

have been no time called too early" (Wilson 9). This statement indicates the major theme of the play, which is Troys rage at the i...

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and Symbols

around the characters. Through the decaying setting, and also a setting that is quite dreamlike, the story begins on a very allusi...

Wives' Lives in Othello and A Doll's House

In five pages this paper discusses the similarities and differences in wifely roles between Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Oth...

Penelope of 'The Odyssey' vs. Desdemona of Othello

In three pages Homer's Penelope is compared with William Shakespeare's Desdemona in terms of Desdemona's simplicity and naivete in...

Bernard de Mandeville, William Shakespeare, and Capitalism

moneylender in Venetian society. During the Middle Ages and well into the Renaissance, Venice was one of Europes chief centers of ...

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 ...

Humor's Purpose and Tone of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

other plays by Shakespeare. In fact, the techniques used in Hamlet are used in "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Othello" (Draud...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Queen Gertrude's Character

and quite unthinkingly into a marriage to his murderer, and was able to ignore the facts and clues that encircled her, pointing to...

Hamlet's Character and Revenge

runs the eavesdropper through; the Hamlet who sends his school-fellows [Rosencrantz and Guildenstern] to their death and never tro...