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Character Noting in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

Likewise, Beatrice vows that she will never marry. However, the audience can see from the beginning that there is an attraction be...

Dreams, Magic, and the Difficulty of Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

indicates that "The theme of loves difficulty is often explored through the motif of love out of balance-that is, romantic situati...

Is “Death of a Salesman” an Aristotelian Tragedy?

achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...

Idealist, Realist Women, Shakespeare, Sheridan

This essay pertains to "The Comedy of Errors" (1594) and "Twelfth Night" (1601) by William Shakespeare and "The Rivals" (1775) by ...

Romantic Comedy Conventions and William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

eye"(Shakespeare Act 1, sc. 1, line 140). Thus, this first criteria and/or convention has been met. Hermia wants Lysander, bu...

William Shakespeare's Use of Fools in Comedies A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night

In five pages the characters featured in these plays are contrasted and compared. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

An Interpretation from Hamlet's Where's Polonius?

This five page paper interprets Claudius' question to Hamlet as to what has become of Polinus' body, the question preseted in Act ...

Comparison of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Richard III and The Tragedy of King Lear

realistic representations of his daughters love for him. Eldest daughter Goneril begins this love fest, pledging, "Sir, I love y...

Historically Accurate Staging of William Shakespeare's Comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream

Athens and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Although the setting is Athens, Shakespeare originally staged the production at the Globe ...

The element of Tragedy in King Lear

when she comes across her father once more, when he is mad and lost and truly a tragic figure, she does the right thing and stands...

Elizabethan Drama, Scriptures, and the Christian Church

In fact, Lewis Wagers 1567 morality play based on biblical teachings, The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene, presented a chara...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet and the Themes of Love and Madness

Two beings created for each other feel mutual love at the first glance; every consideration disappears before the irresistible imp...

Iago's Devices in Othello by William Shakespeare

also aware that Desdemona is not one of his soldiers, obliged to obey orders; she is her own person and if she chooses not to love...

William Shakespeare's Tragedies and Patriarchal Structures

so heavily reliant on the patriarchal system. She is passive and obedient, indicating that she easily goes along with the society,...

Poison in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

plants. The use of poison as a means of dispatching ones enemy, or ones rival, exemplifies the underhanded and dishonest dealings ...

Tragedy as Defined by Aristotle

upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...

How Ophelia Was Manipulated by the Men in Her Life in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

are sending her and because she has led a sequestered life, Ophelia lacks sophistication when it comes to dealing with matters of ...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Semiotics

Taking the skull, for example: it is obvious that the term skull refers to a particular object, or a group of objects, which have ...

Desdemona and the 'Jewel' Motif Recurrence in William Shakespeare's Othello

forthright and courageous. Coupled with these admirable characteristics, Desdemona also harbors a significant moral sensitivity a...

Temptation in the Works of William Shakespeare

possibility that Desdemona is cheating on him, and in domino fashion this suspicion turns to jealousy, hurt, anger, rage, and even...

William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Richard the Third and the King's Treatment of Women

In seven pages this paper considers Queen Elizabeth, Queen Margaret, and Lady Anne in terms of how they are treated by Richard III...

Comparison of Richard Loncraine's Film Richard III and William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Richard the Third

The caricature representation of Richard in both film and play is discussed in ten pages. Nine sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Corruption and Decay in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

than debated, and therefore Hamlets problems cannot be solved by introspection and self-analysis. The themes also symboli...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the Significance of the Color White

In five pages this paper examines the symbolic meaning of white in this tragedy by William Shakespeare. Four sources are cited in...

'Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair' in William Shakespeare's Characterizations of Lord and Lady Macbeth

will make our lives complete, and for a while they thought too their lives were complete. They were "fair" indeed. Then as we sta...

Historical Portrayals of Women in Literary Works

This paper contrasts and compares the female characters in The Birds by Aristophanes, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and Buried Ch...

Desdemona's Handkerchief in Othello by William Shakespeare

In five pages this report discusses the significance of the handkerchief in this tragedy by William Shakespeare. Three sources ar...

Critical Debates on William Shakespeare's Hamlet

addition, (and not atypical of the Bard) Hamlet has more than one focus. For example, unquestionably the Prince of Denmark is one...

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...

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...