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Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Sympathetic Character of Claudius

In five pages five scenes from the play are presented in an argument that Claudius is in fact a sympathetic character in William S...

Laertes and Hamlet

In two pages the relationship between Laertes and Hamlet is considered in a discussion of their similiarities and differences as r...

Comparative Analysis of Othello Play and Film

In five pages William Shakespeare's original play is contrasted and compared with Oliver Parker's 1995 cinematic interpretation. ...

Hamlet is Not Mad

In five pages this paper examines the behavior and speeches of Prince Hamlet as presented in William Shakespeare's famous play and...

Marital Disintegration in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

In five pages this essay examines what tensions led to the disintegration of the Macbeth marriage within the context of William Sh...

Analysis of August Strindberg's The Father

Circe and Medusa. In The Father,...

Shakespeare and the Importance of Setting

historical piece in that regard, as are all other Shakespearean plays it would seem. In providing us with this particular time per...

Symbolism in The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the symbolism that is evident in the title and throughout William Shakespeare's pl...

Arabian Nights Women and the Women of Contemporary America

However, after a while they carried me into a neat bathroom leading out of the hall, and as I sat there, behold, in came three sla...

The Tempest as a Reflection of the Life and Times of William Shakespeare

the birth of twins Judith and Hamnet, who died during infancy. Shakespeare enjoyed a very close relationship with Susanna, althou...

Comparing Lysistrata by Aristophanes and Medea by Euripides

shown for "wives and women in general" (Vasillopulos 435). Christopher Vasillopulos observed in his literary criticism of Medea, ...

Gertrude Stein and the Advancement of Women

of men, she was sexually attracted to women and made no attempt to hide her lesbianism, much to the shock of her Victorian contemp...

Historical Importance of William Shakespeare's Works

book (Rubinstein 28). He apparently married Anne Hathaway in 1582, and their surviving children, both girls, were illiterate (Rub...

Plot Structure of Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

"A Midsummer Nights Dream" are both plays which rely heavily on this sort of humor, though they may be more refined in a sophistic...

Witches and Their Function in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

In six pages this paper examines the plot function served by the witches in this analysis of William Shakespeare's dark play. Thr...

Hamlet's 'Masks'

could say that the gaiety of the new court masks the secrets of the old one. Claudius as a supportive brother to the old king has...

Socially Relevant Plays of William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses the social relevance of William Shakespeare's plays in a consideration of such issues as daily ...

Shakespeare and Mythology

In five pages this paper examines William Shakespeare's use of mythology in such plays as The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, ...

Tragic Couples Romeo and Juliet and Othello and Desdemona

esteemed Senator Brabantio. She has maintained a childish naivet? about the world, because she has not seen much of it, beyond th...

Relationships and Love in 'Porphyria's Lover' by Robert Browning and Othello by William Shakespeare

This paper contrasts and compares how relationships and love are thematically represented in Robert Browning's poem and William Sh...

Imagery in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

believing in ghosts was akin to presuming that Satan had taken on the appearance of the dead so as to overtly jeopardize the decea...

Contemporary Japanese Women's Roles

Roles of women in contemporary Japan are the focus of this paper consisting of five pages in an overview from political and socioe...

Scenes from Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses characters and themes in certain scenes from William Shakespeare's plays Troilus and Cressida, ...

Action or Inaction in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper evaluates whether the protagonist of William Shakespeare's play represents a man of action or if inaction...

Orson Welles' 1952 Film Othello

Iago - played by Michael MacLiammoir Iago is roughly thrust into the cage, and by means of a creaking iron wheel and pulley, the ...

Richard III and Love

In five pages this paper discusses how love is presented through the perceptions of Richard III in William Shakespeare's historica...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and an Actor's Caliban Characterization

In five pages this paper discusses William Shakespeare's final play in an analysis of how Caliban might be depicted by an actor. ...

Women's Roles in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion

In seven pages this paper compares protagonists in each play in a consideration of what they reveal about women's roles. Two sour...

Act Five, Scene I of William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Prospero's Resolution

In five pages this paper examines what is responsible for the resolution Prospero makes at the end of William Shakespeare's final ...

Timelessness of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper considers the timeless aspects of the themes presented in William Shakespeare's tragic play. There is no...