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Annotated Bibliography for William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

not have done so. Richards finds that this goes along with the tale of the "Odyssey" because Hermes had a difficult voyage to the...

Twelfth Night vs. The Tempest

Twelfth Night and The Tempest by William Shakespeare share a number of comedic scenes and an undercurrent of comedy as well. This ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and Customs of Elizabethan Love and Marriage

In five pages this paper examines how Shakespeare portrays the love and marriage customs of his Elizabethan era within the context...

As You Like It by William Shakespeare and the Theme of Loyalty

In 5 pages this paper examines the thematic emphasis upon loyalty in this popular William Shakespeare comedy in an examination of ...

Relationships in The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

This paper examines how relationships are represented by William Shakespeare in his play The Comedy of Errors in seven pages. The...

Kenneth Branagh's Production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

In five pages this paper discusses how love, characters, and Feste's role are presented in this Kenneth Branagh production of Twel...

Overview of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

In nine pages this Shakespeare comedy is analyzed in terms of its meaning, structure, theme, plot, and colloquial prose usage. Se...

Character Comparisons in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing II

becomes more and more obvious. Their words, which appear to be that demonstrating disdain, are words spouted by lovers who are con...

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and Social Class

her father until an outsider convinces them that she did not break the rules or cross the boundaries of her social class....

Deception in The Merchant of Venice

This five page paper explores the classic comedy by William Shakespeare. Appearance is sometimes decieving. No additional source...

Hamlet's Comedy Provides Relief

remark that Laertes and Ophelia had been discussing Hamlet, Polonius starts into a long dissertation on Ophelias lack of experienc...

Tragic and Comic Aspects of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines the tragedy and comedy elements that each exist in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespea...

Depiction of Women in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

This paper examines how women were depicted by William Shakespeare in his comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream in eleven pages with th...

Children's Film Version of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

In seven pages this paper examines how a children's film version of this whimsical comedy by William Shakespeare could be accompli...

Literature and Human Relationships

sense one gets at the end of the work, that under the humorous aspects, there is something very sad occurring. It does appear that...

Social Expectations and Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

also survived the wreck to conceal her true nature. Conceal me what I am, and be my aid for such disguise as haply shall become T...

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Character of Puck as Protagonist

Oberon and make him smile/ When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile,/ Neighing in likeness of a filly foal:/ And sometime lurk I in...

Michael Keaton and the Romantic Comedy's Social Value

job with an advertising agency. This sets the stage for marital difficulties born out of Butlers self-imposed inferiority complex...

Roman Comedy and Greek Old Comedy Compared

that is skilled in hearing what Thasos, a proud soldier enjoys hearing. Phaedria has a slave, Parmeno. Parmeno is supposed to de...

Annie Hall, An Unromantic Comedy

This essay pertains to Annie Hall (1977), which was directed and co-written by Woody Allen. The writer maintains that this was a g...

Early Comedy's Birth and Development

plenty of time to waste" (Anonymous astudyof.htm). As well, the very nature of the prose and movement became based more in realit...

Comedy and Tragedy of William Shakespeare

her husband in their youthful days. She loves Polixenes as a brother because he is the best and oldest friend of her husband. In t...

Jane Austen and Social Criticism

Then, there is the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. They are bent on being the perfect family in that the father deals wi...

Seventeenth Century Comedy

Moliere and Restoration theatre are two of the main examples of comedy in the 17th century. This paper examines what purpose comed...

Comedy Ballet Le Bougeois Gentilhomme by Moliere

outburst which has done much to mould French genius of more recent times. The latter part of the century, which has been called t...

Comedy, Appearances, and Reality in Othello by William Shakespeare

only as a representation of misconstrued appearance. As time progresses, Othello - quite arguably the only character with a stell...

Disguise in Three Comedies by William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines how disguise is used in a comparative analysis of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, M...

Depression Humor

Comedy was even more important during the Great Depression than at most other times in history, when entertainment was most people...

British Film Genre Classifications of Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and East and Lock

both can be considered comedic films. Definition of film comedy Although East is East is a slice of life film that can...

Relationships in Richard II and Richard III by William Shakespeare

he appears sincere and supportive, such as when Richard asks what one has said of him, and Buckingham replies "Nothing that I resp...