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William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Moon Symbolism

In five pages this paper discusses the significance of the moon symbolism in this analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsu...

Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

In seven pages this paper discusses the emotional mix that is represented in William Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. Four sources...

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and the Character of Malvolio

The steward is immediately threatened by anyone who is perceived as funnier or more intelligent than he. Olivia is the only perso...

Twelfth Night and Themes of Romantic Love and Friendship

William Shakespeare's comedy is analyzed in terms of how the relationships of Olivia and Orsino, Cesario/Viola and Orsino, and Ces...

Much Ado About Nothing: The 'Comedy' of Scapegoats

This paper examines how scapegoats propel the comedy of William Shakespeare's play in the characterizations of Don John, Claudio, ...

Exercise in Dante's 'Inferno'

commit a sin where he would go to held under Dantes model, it seems that he might be found in Limbo. At the same time, the truth i...

American Psycho/In Bruges

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...

Comedy and Tragedy Distinctions in Measure for Measure and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

three months after the murder of her husband. In Measure for Measure, its protagonist is not a man of illustrious social status. ...

Soundless Television

not romantically involved. Jack is imitating a robot: his arms are bent at the elbows, hes bent at the waist and moving very stiff...

Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night/On Film

a take on the play that is patterned after the screwball comedies of the 1930s, as "Beatrice and Benedick are surely the prototype...

Two Critical Views of Shakespeare’s Comedies

from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...

William Shakespeare's As You Like It and Aphra Behn's Rover

but she keeps her emotions in check so that she can carry off her masquerade as a man. When Rosalind confronts the Dukes accusat...

Shakespeare's Comedy No Error

for supper. Meanwhile her REAL husband returns home, but is denied entry by Antipholus slave. During the course of the meal, Antip...

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 ...

Shakespeare's Dark and Festive Comedies

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the dark and festive comedies of William Shakespeare and includes considerations of...

Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors and the Element of Tragedy

An analysis of the element of tragedy in Ephesus as presented in this classic work by William Shakespeare. The author of this pap...

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....

The Element of Tragedy in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors

An analysis of the element of tragedy in this classic by William Shakespeare. Mistaken identity and familial relationships are de...

Racism in Othello

seem that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio, the man that Othello favored for promotion over Iago. Convinced that Desdemon...

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...

Aeneid vs. the Divine Comedy

The Aeneid of Virgil and Dante's The Divine Comedy are similar in style and format, both being produced by poets. This paper compa...

Shakespeare's Villains, Iago vs. Shylock

Othello's Iago and The Merchant of Venice's Shylock are villains who drive much of the action in the plays. This paper examines Sh...

Macbeth, An Address of Eight Specific Questions on this Classic Play

This ten page paper addresses eight specific quesitons on Shakespeare's play. Two sources....

Playwright and Sonneteer William Shakespeare's Life and Writings

Greek and read the Roman dramatists" (Anonymous William Shakespeare 47123316). However, in all honesty, "Very little is known abou...

Shakespeare: Sonnet 73

is so black that it seems like death itself. The inference we have to make here is that he is dying, or at least is old enough to ...

Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca

her innocence and lack of understanding in her words as she dies, words that do not even point to Othellos guilt as Emilia asks he...

Recurring Imagery: Hamlet

a character claiming he is "sick at heart," sets the stage for all the struggles that will take place (Shakespeare I i). It is the...

Analysis of Hamlet

move from one emotion to another. There is depression, sorrow, despair, anger, frustration, and perhaps a bit of madness mixed in ...

Research on Shakespeare’s Othello

myth. It is a play that demonstrates a profound intelligence on the part of the author, and a play that illustrates how the autho...

The Tragedy of King Richard III by William Shakespeare and the Evil Protagonist

In five pages this paper presents a psychological analysis of Shakespeare's evil protagonist Richard III....