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Comparative Analysis of The Importance of Being Earnest and The Misanthrope

word be spoken that comes not from the heart" (Moliere I.i). As this opening argument to the play suggests, Molieres view of fun...

Love, Marriage, and Women in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

In fact, Wilde seems to be making important commentary on Victorian society itself, contending that something may reveal a perfect...

Deception and Mistaken Identity in Wilde and Aeschylus

motion the rest of the grounds for the deceit in the play. As Clytemnestra watches her daughter butchered at the hands of her hus...

Reaction to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

is described by Ovid as having unending youth, eternal boyhood: however, one of the points which Wilde is making is that Dorian is...

'Other' in Salome by Oscar Wilde

of his play, rolling several historical Herods into one and using the biblical narrative as the slenderest of bases for his plot" ...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

The Decay of Lying by Oscar Wilde

This paper consists of five pages and analyzes this work by Oscar Wilde in terms of its word choices, tone, style,, form, objectiv...

Sexuality

In five pages this paper discusses the significance of sexuality in a consideration of the concepts of Friedrich Nietzsche, the wr...

Romantic and Victorian Literature Contrasted

In five pages this essay contrasts these very different literary styles with the Romantic period's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' b...

Hidden Self and Oscar Wilde

he sees Dorian daily; "I couldnt be happy if I didnt see him every day. He is absolutely necessary to me" ("Picture", 113). Howeve...

Art for the Sake of Art in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

of community theaters and high-school drama clubs). On the complete opposite end of the spectrum from his drawing-room comedies, h...

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

another-- together... III. Conclusions A.) Overall, The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the great comedies of the English ...

Portrait Changes in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

In 3 pages this paper examines what is meant by the changes to the portrait of Dorian Gray in an analysis of this novel by Oscar W...

The Theater and Its Use of Comedy

Funny women with a prominent role in the narrative are shared by many plays. This paper examines The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, he...

King Lear by William Shakespeare and Precepts of Niccolo Machiavelli

the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...

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...

Interpretive Analysis of The Tempest by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper presents a description as well as an interpretive analysis of the final play by William Shakespeare in a ...

Individuality According to the Perceptions of John Stuart Mill and Oscar Wilde

The individuality concepts of Wilde and Mill are contrated and compated in a paper consisting of six pages....

Females in William Shakespeare Plays Queen Margaret and Lady Percy

In eleven pages Queen Margaret in William Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Lady Percy in Shakespeare's historical play Henry IV...

Wives Who Tire of or Become Bored with Their Mates

In five pages this paper examines why wives grow tired of their husbands and leave them in an application of a philosophical argum...

Shakespearean Women in Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing

The ways in which William Shakespeare depicted women in these tragic and comic plays are contrasted and compared in eight pages. ...

Justifying Authority

The ways in which authority has been justified in literature is examined in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' William ...

Much Ado About 'Nothing' in 'A Clean, Well Lighted Place' by Ernest Hemingway

In six pages this essay considers how this short story by Ernest Hemingway describes 'nothingness' and the despair of loneliness. ...

'Much Ado About Nothing' vs. 'Measure For Measure'

This paper consists of 8 pages and examines atmosphere, plot, and characterizations in a comparative analysis. There are 6 biblio...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the 'Pawn' Queen Gertrude

marriage, and to decline / Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor / To those of mine! / But virtue, as it never will be movd,...

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet and Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing

sexual liberties but always remains faithful to the spirit of the original play" (Balingit PG). The setting is quickly establishe...

The Ambition of Lady Macbeth

ignore Lady Macbeths continual rants and her role in all of it. Just as the man who is "henpecked" claims that his wife drives him...

Much Ado About Nothing: The 'Comedy' of Scapegoats

This paper examines how scapegoats propel the comedy of William Shakespeare's play in the characterizations of Don John, Claudio, ...

The Art of Indirection

in seconds. He continues this catalog of things she is not by comparing the color of her lips to coral (coral is redder); compari...

Art and Beauty in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

for their own sake and not for moral edification, as was the stance popular in the Victorian era. There has been considerable de...