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In twelve pages this paper examines how sexuality is thematically portrayed in these plays in terms of obsession, interracial love...

and the tales of this one mans adventure. The man is Odysseus and his adventures are legendary. He is not a man searching for the ...

should take place in the nineteenth century, a time characterized by scandalous behavior, which he believed would make 400-year-ol...

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares Laurence Olivier's 1948 Hamlet adaptation with Franco Zeffirelli's 1990 interpret...

In five pages the dramatic structures and themes are compared in this examination of a trio of William Shakespeare's plays. Two s...

five-act pattern. The setup creates the plays "world", introduces us to the characters, and lays the groundwork for some of the c...

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares how women's roles are depicted in these two classic works of literature. Five so...

In four pages this review includes discussion of character and plot development, staging, and considers how they support the actio...

In ten pages this paper discusses Ophelia's deteriorating mental condition as she slowly inches towards madness. There is the inc...

In four pages this essay analyzes the character of Queen Gertrude and argues that her state of denial is responsible for her actio...

not he possesses the courage to commit murder. His fear and susceptibility to depression often paralyze his movements to a point ...

wicked wit, and gifts that have the power, So to seduce!--won to his shameful lust, The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen" (A...

be condemned if he were killed at prayer. This speaks not only to the strength of religious belief at the time, but to the depth o...

When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...

where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...

that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III....

agrees that this scene is enlightening on Hamlets background and character. In fact, Bloom argues that loosing Yorick, who died in...

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...

life, consuming him. It is this rage that eventually drives him to madness and murder. It seems ironic that Claudius, Laertes, a...

true circumstances of her first husbands death, and the exact nature of her guilt. There does not appear to be much in the play th...

subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...

thinks she is ignorant because she is unsure and innocent. He feels that she is an idiot to even begin to believe the words or aff...

to do so throughout the play as he plots his revenge. "The spirit that I have seen May be the devil; and the devil hath power To...

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

violence unless he is propelled by the heat of passion. From the beginning of the play, Hamlet has doubts concerning the morali...

(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...

have a woman who does not necessarily understand what is going on with Hamlet. Both of them are deeply concerned with Hamlets ment...

hopes he may have of retaining and gaining the throne, Hamlet with obsessive focus, directs his attention to the matter at hand: c...