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Shakespeare's Hamlet Act II, Scene II

The scene in which Hamlet meets with the Players and the reaction to these Players are the focus of this paper consisting of five ...

Overview of Postmodern Views on William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines postmodern philosopher Stanley Cavell's views on William Shakespeare's tragic plays Antony and Cl...

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov #2

In an essay consisting of five pages Chekhov's and Stanislavsky's views of the play are compared with the argument being that acco...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Character of Ophelia

defines her character. She is, in essence, a human mirror, used to reflect the desires of others (Dane gdane.html). Her inabilit...

Adolescent Suicide and Romeo and Juliet

This research paper analyzes Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and compares its narratives to instances of adolescent suicide and fam...

Getting Out by Marsha Norman

In 5 pages this paper discusses the dual identities of the 1983 play's protagonist and the dual women's realities of the Sixties a...

The Many Forms of The Seventh Seal

The writer examines the development of Ingmar Bergman's classic movie The Seventh Seal, tracing it from a series of acting exercis...

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Their words were powerful weapons that turned into action that threw the entire city into war. Because of the feuding families of...

Failure as Depicted in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

In five pages the relationship between Willy Loman and his sons is compared with other real life relationships and discussed withi...

Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Lear compared and contrasted with Kurosawa’s Ran and

In this essay which contains three sources and five pages, the writer compares and contrasts the film of Akira Kurosawa called RAN...

Disorder and Moral Darkness in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes the tragedy of disorder and moral darkness that characterizes the play and considers the roles L...

Man of All Seaons/Robert Bolt

This essay discusses Robert Bolt's play that relates the life of Thomas More, A Man For All Seasons. The writer compares More's he...

Tragic Heroism of Prince Hamlet

theater itself, and his own background upon the stage. Hamlet plays the clown with the other actors who arrive to perform ...

The Character of Tom in The Glass Menagerie

This research paper examines the character and dramatic function of "Tom" in Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menageri...

Setting in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In a paper consisting of five pages the set construction and design and how their details serve to emphasize the play's theme are ...

I Will Marry When I Want Play by Ngugi Thiong'o and Ngugi wa Mirii

In six pages the play's original production is analyzed in terms of its primary thematic elements. Four sources are cited in the ...

Women's Roles in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Tartuffe by Moliere

In four pages female characters Nora and Pernelle in these two plays are contrasted and compared in an examination of the role wom...

Comparing Medea and Lysistrata

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these plays by Euripides and Aristophanes in a consideration of the similarities a...

Agamemnon and 'Oresteia' by Aeschylus

This paper consists of five pages and considers how Cassandra's rendition of events represents a play within a play as her word im...

Scene V Analysis of Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages the play's final scene and how its philosophical and theological issues reflect the society of ancient Greece. Ther...

Demonic and Divine Powers in Oedipus by Sophocles

In four pages this paper examines the play's good vs. evil conflict in a consideration of how divine power is dominated by demonic...

American Theatrical Realism in the Plays of Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams

In nine pages American dramatic realism is discussed in an analysis of Eugene O'Neill's play Desire Under Elms and Tennessee Willi...

Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

The comic elements of this famous play by Christopher Marlowe are considered in a paper consisting of five pages. There is no for...

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and the Concepts of Justice and Law

In five pages this paper discusses how the concepts of law and justice are featured in the play's famous courtroom scene. There a...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Function of Ophelia's Character

In five pages this paper discusses the play's second scene in Act II and the first scene in Act III in a consideration of the func...

Analysis of Madness in Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this research paper analyzes madness within the contexts of Paulina Salas Escobar in the play and screenplay Death a...

General Analysis of William Shakespeare's 'MacBeth'

The powerful themes of temptation, guilt, heresy, and prophecy as they lend to the play's overall effectiveness are considered in ...

Play and Film Versions of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

This paper consists of six pages in which comparisons are made between Oedipus and Ibsen's heroine Nora Helmer along with a compar...

Women's Roles In Hansberry's Raisin In The Sun

This paper examines Hansberry's award-winning play and focuses on the importance of various roles played by female characters. Th...

Biology as a Determinant of Action

The writer discusses the role genetics plays in determining behavior, and indicates that while social models and genetics together...