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Good v. Evil Theme in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

In six pages this paper examines the thematic conflict of good versus evil as it manifests itself in this tragic play by William S...

Viktor Frankl's Theories and Meaning in Macbeth and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper examines how life's meaning and human suffering's relationship is represented by these William Shakespeare...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the Motifs of Blindness, Sight, Darkness, and Light

In ten pages this paper examines Shakespeare's characterizations of Lord and Lady Macbeth regarding how they enable him to masterf...

Supernatural in Macbeth and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

This paper consists on five pages and analyzes how within these tragedies the Bard relies heavily upon the supernatural for struct...

Supernatural in Macbeth and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

theme that Shakespeare used appeared in many different forms. Perhaps the most distinguished of the supernatural forms is the gho...

William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' and Homosexuality

In ten pages this ppaer examines the homosexual thematic overtones that are evident both in Shakespeare's play as well as Franco Z...

Richard III Cinematic Adaptation by Laurence Olivier

In six pages Olivier's interpretation of Richard and the importance of the 5 soliloquies to the film are discussed. There are no ...

Film Adaptation vs. Text of Silas Marner by George Eliot

with Satan. Eliot is quick to establish the basic goodness of Silas Marner through basic details. His face was "trusting and sim...

Changes in King Oedipus

the son of King Polybus and Queen Merope. After learning that he was not their true son, Oedipus set out to find his real parents...

The Directors' Vision of Three Plays

This 9 page paper examines the way in which three different directors approach Shakespeare. It looks at Kenneth Branagh's producti...

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare and the Eulogy to Mark Antony by Cleopatra Interpretation

In five pages this paper analyzes Cleopatra's observation during her eulogy to Mark Antony 'His delights / were dolphinlike, they ...

The Bicycle Thief and its Reflexive Mode

In seven pages the process of cinema is examined in an examination of Bill Nichols' producton modes of reflexive, interactive, obs...

Would Aristophanes Be Offended by a Feminist Recasting of The Birds?

In six pages the writer considers how Aristophanes would regard a feminist interpretation of his play and includes his feminist le...

Shakespeare's Romeo and Julliet

This research paper contrasts traditional interpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Baz Luhmann's 1996 film. The write...

William Shakespeare's King Henry V and Hamlet Directed by Sir Laurence Olivier

for the rest of the world, There will never, never be another Laurence Olivier" (69). The article goes on to report that at the "s...

1974 Film Version of The Great Gatsby

shirts and strolls her through his kitchen. There, we see Daisys hand trailing along a large work table...the elegant chandeliers ...

Past Plays and Their Present Relevance

and the people they know are not perfect. This offers us realism in a very powerful manner. At the same time, however, it is also ...

Comparing Laurence Olivier's and William Shakespeare's Interpretations of King Lear

In a paper consisting of five pages Olivier's TV interpretation of Shakespeare's play is compared and contrasted with the original...

An Analysis of Two Film Versions of Richard III

In a paper consisting of seen pages the 1955 film version of Richard III by Laurence Olivier is compared with Ian McKellan's versi...

Interpretation of a Passage in William Shakespeare's Othello

clear enough to demonstrate the fact that Iago no more wanted to amend his wrongdoing than he did avoid even further -- and inevit...

James Joyce's 'The Dead'

Gabriel learns that the song brought to Grettas mind a recollection of a young man from her home county. Pressing her further, he ...

Past and Present Interpretations of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Caesar with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, who was at that time entering the twilight of her life.6 At the time it was initially...

William Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Its Cinematic Interpretations

brought his version of the play forward 500 years into the 1930s. Both McKellen and director Richard Loncraine felt that Richard ...

Storytelling and the Film Adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?'

as "a fantastic figure: he is Death, he is the elf-Knight of the ballads, he is the imagination, he is a Dream" (Easterly 543). As...

The Film The Ten Commandments from a Personal Perspective

because I am religious and watching Moses and his interactions with God is quite enlightening and moving. Like Moses, I feel that ...

Mel Gibson's Cinematic Interpretation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...

Reception Theory and Films Star Wars and Star Trek

viewers (Sklar, 1998). In this regard, reception studies seek empirical evidence, either "historical or ethnographic research," th...

From Disillusionment to Values in Great Expectations Character of Pip

the ideals of Dickenss time, in which Victorian societal values were to be accepted as the best values ever to come into existence...

A 'Pulp Fiction' Marxist Analysis

pick of meat as well as salad ingredients that can also run up a bill. Food is expensive and can be considered as something that e...

Film and Novel Versions of The Green Mile

of just a few prisoners, including John Coffey. Edgecombes reflections, though, address some major themes, including his own effo...