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Lear's Life Lessons in William Shakespeare's King Lear

Money, wealth, and power are not the only things in life. He realizes that too late, but he does realize. Lear completes a spiri...

Chinua Achebe's No Longer At Ease, Moliere's Tartuffe, William Shakespeare's King Lear and Irony

daughters. This structurally ironic situation creates the entire basis for the plot of King Lear, as it quickly becomes apparent...

Animal Symbolism in Dante's 'Inferno' and William Shakespeare's King Lear

In 7 pages this paper examines what the animal symbolism represents in a comparative analysis of these two literary works. There ...

Classic Western Literature and the Portrayal of Women

The portrayals of Cunegonde by Voltaire in Candide and Gertrude by William Shakespeare in Hamlet are contrastes and compared in fi...

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 ...

Reality versus Illusion Theme in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In three pages this paper discusses the conflict of reality versus illusion as it is thematically developed in Hamlet by William S...

Did Hamlet Commit Suicide or Was He Murdered in William Shakespeare's Tragedy?

In five pages this paper presents the argument that despite opposing evidence, Prince Hamlet in fact committed suicide in this tra...

William Shakespeare's Failed Experiment, King John

In six pages this paper discusses the theatrical failure of this historical play by William Shakespeare. There are 3 sources list...

Positive Outcomes and William Shakespeare's King Lear

In five pages this paper examines how positive ends are always somehow achieved despite the adversity Lear meets throughout the co...

Appearances versus Reality in William Shakespeare's King Lear

In six pages the dual nature of King Lear is analyzed in a thematic comparison that features the conflict of appearances vs. reali...

William Shakespeare's Characters Edmund in King Lear and Iago in Othello

In three pages this essay compares these two Shakespearean villains in terms of their similarities and the lack of sympathy each e...

Evil and the Great Britain of William Shakespeare's King Lear

In ten pages this paper discusses the three groups of characters, the dual plots, and the evil of Great Britain that are featured ...

Double Plot Analysis of William Shakespeare's King Lear

In five pages the dual plots that propel the action of King Lear by William Shakespeare, those of Lear and his daughters and Glouc...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and the Fool Character

In five pages this paper examines the dramatic function of the Fool in King Lear by William Shakespeare. There are no other sourc...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and the Disguise Motif

In five pages this paper examines Shakespeare's use of the disguise motif and how deception and disguises manifest themselves in b...

Soliloquy of Goneril in William Shakespeare's King Lear

In four pages this paper discusses Goneril's justification for the hardships she inflicted upon her father, sisters, and husband i...

British Literature and the Theme of Sin

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how sin is depicted in the Books of Genesis and Romans as well as how it is thematically dev...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and Dante's 'Inferno' Compared

leaves Cordelia dowerless. As luck or providence would have it, through a twist of fate, Cordelia became the queen of France. Go...

Character Analysis of Henry in William Shakespeare's King Henry IV Part 2

In five pages the way in which Prince Henry is depicted is evaluated with such issues as power transition and coming of age also d...

Rembrandt's Self Portrait, William Shakespeare's King Lear and Their Portrayals of Old Age

In five pages this paper discusses how two different art forms depict the same topic - old age....

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...

Drama Then and Now

In five pages drama is considered in the works Wit by Margaret Edson, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and Medea by Euripides. Ther...

Sin's Differing Degrees in Various Works of Literature

In seven pages this paper examines sin and punishment in a contrast of how they are portrayed in The Thousand and One Nights, Don ...

Analysis of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary and William Shakespeare's King Lear Act I

In five pages there are four questions answered in an analysis of how metaphor and imagery are employed in these two literary work...

William Shakespeare's King Lear, Measure for Measure, and Justice

Angelo. However, in his efforts to restore law and order, Angelo resurrects an old law that punishes any man who lives with a wom...

Paternal Loss in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

now he is praying; And now Ill dot. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged" (Hamlet III iii). He stops, however, and truly...

Tragic Hero's Journey in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and William Shakespeare's King Lear

In five pages this paper examines how the tragic hero's journey is thematically portrayed in these plays. Three sources are cited...

William Shakespeare's King Henry VIII, The Two Noble Kinsmen and Doubling

The overall story of "The Two Noble Kinsmen" follows fairly well its primary source that is Chaucers "The Knights Tale" from his c...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and Theology

with and through broad theological propositions that include the inherent conflict between medieval and Renaissance values (Sisson...

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...