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Analysis of Hamlet

move from one emotion to another. There is depression, sorrow, despair, anger, frustration, and perhaps a bit of madness mixed in ...

Battle of the Sexes in “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

that Hermia wants to marry Lysander but that he has forbidden it and told her she must marry Demetrius (Shakespeare). Theseus unde...

Research on Shakespeare’s Othello

myth. It is a play that demonstrates a profound intelligence on the part of the author, and a play that illustrates how the autho...

Lessons Learned Along King Lear’s Journey

blood. The Fool ironically exhibits more sense than Lear, and reprimands his master for what can only be described as a foolhardy...

Psychological and Sociological Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Othello

But outwardly, he projects himself as a man of total self-assurance (Macaulay 259). He states almost majestically, "My parts, my ...

The Problem of Free Will and How It is Treated in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

Othello by William Shakespeare and Desdemona's Role

very easy to do so because she has been a kind and loving daughter. In truth, he had hoped that she would have married someone lik...

Luke's Gospel and Shylock's Experiences in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Shylock loses. He loses, however, perhaps because he was unable to truly and adequately argue his case, and because he was a Jew, ...

Oedipus Complex and Hamlet: 'Love Thy Mother

were old With which she followed my poor fathers body Like Niobe, all tears;-why she, even she,- O God! a beast that wants discour...

Effects of Hubris on Tragic Shakespearean Heroes Brutus, Hamlet, and Othello

my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe. Cen...

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare and its Theme of 'Taming'

strong man to dominate his wife. There were few constraints placed upon male behavior whereas for women it was quite the opposite...

Jealousy, the 'Green-Eyed Monster' and William Shakespeare's Othello

The depiction of jealousy in William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is the focus of this thematic analysis consisting of 5 pages. ...

Twelfth Night and Themes of Romantic Love and Friendship

William Shakespeare's comedy is analyzed in terms of how the relationships of Olivia and Orsino, Cesario/Viola and Orsino, and Ces...

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, ...

"Hamlet" and Suicide as an Important Theme

not fixd His canon gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this wor...

Hamlet and the Attractive Prospect of Suicide

his mother Queen Gertrude announces she eloped with Claudius, her brother-in-law who will now succeed Hamlet Sr. as King. The Pri...

Character Studies: Dr. Faustus, Macbeth

This essay discusses the characterization of Christopher Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus" and William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," identifying ...

Shakespeare and Jonson and Elizabethan Clowns

This essay pertains to William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Ben Jonson's "Every Man in His Humor," and how each p...

Hamlet by William Shakespare and Revenge as Tooo Much of 'a Good Thing'

In five pages the revenge theme in Shakespeare's tragedy is analyzed....

Antagonist and Protagonist in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper examines William Shakespeare's Hamlet in an assessment of the portrayals of the antagonist and protagonis...

Defining the Tragic Hero in William Shakespeare's Othello

man who seeks respectability in a white mans society. Despite his many military victories and his marriage to Senator Brabantios ...

Women's Roles in 6 Great Works of Literature

In ten pages this paper examines how women's societal roles are represented in Plato's The Apology, Dante's 'The Inferno,' William...

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...

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and Elizabethan Women

beautiful and good-tempered woman and Baptista is aware that will have no difficulty in finding her a husband; however, Katherine ...

Protagonists Othello and Hamlet

In five pages this paper examines the similarities and differences that existed between two of William Shakespeare's most famous a...

Identity and its Power in the Shakespeare Heroines Mariana and Ophelia

In six pages this comparative analysis of the heroines featured in William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Othello compares ...

King Lear and Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons

In five pages this paper examines the King's role in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons and William Shakespeare's King Lear. The...

Major Themes of Hamlet by William Shakespeare Analyzed

intensity of a hurricane, which dramatically sets the plays tone. Shakespeare recognized the importance of the ghost, which essen...

Victim or Villain Macbeth

In five pages this essay presents William Shakespeare's protagonist as a defendant in a contemporary inquest trial in which prosec...

William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Homosexuality

In five pages this paper examines the homosexual content in William Shakespeare's tragedy and how it may relate to Prince Hamlet's...