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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...

Sleep and Its Meaning in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

authors literary interpretation, Macbeth reflects a significance quite distinguishable in its ability to address human conflict wi...

Major Themes of William Shakespeare's Macbeth Analyzed

one day become king of Scotland is music to the warriors ears. He is a respected figure in his homeland, but he (and his ever-per...

Proteus and Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare

of a doting type of love. His feeling for Silvia, however, is quite lustful, with sexual passion almost completely numbing all re...

Tragedies of William Shakespeare, Superstition and Order

In five pages this paper discusses the role of superstition, prophecies, and omens in the plays Julius Caesar and Macbeth by Willi...

Guilt in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper examines how guilt is thematically developed in Macbeth by William Shakespeare. There is no bibliography...

'Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair' in William Shakespeare's Characterizations of Lord and Lady Macbeth

will make our lives complete, and for a while they thought too their lives were complete. They were "fair" indeed. Then as we sta...

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...

Scenes from Shakespeare

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

Analysis of Hamlet's Melancholy

In five pages William Shakespeare's Hamlet is examined in an analysis of what is represented by the melancholy character of his pr...

Tragic Love in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet

about Rosaline. Romeo falls in love at first sight with Juliet. The two are very young. Some would suggest that this type of lo...

Iago's Character in William Shakespeare's Othello

In five pages this paper examines how Iago is able to psychologically manipulate others in this character analysis of the antagoni...

Henry the Fourth, Part I by William Shakespeare and Prince Hal

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of Prince Hal as featured in William Shakespeare's historical play within th...

Tragic Greek Heroes Oedipus and Prometheus

In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...

Short Essay Responses to Questions About Othello by William Shakespeare

In seven pages this paper answers questions regarding characters Iago, Othello, and Desdemona featured in William Shakespeare's Ot...

Defending the Character of Othello

In nine pages this paper defends the title character of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello. There is included a bibliography....

Tragic Hero Exemplified by William Shakespeare's Othello

This paper discusses why Shakespeare's protagonist sufficiently qualifies as being a tragic hero in a consideration of the charact...

Antigone's Childish Defiance and Pointless Death in the Play by Sophocles

In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Queen Gertrude's Character

and quite unthinkingly into a marriage to his murderer, and was able to ignore the facts and clues that encircled her, pointing to...

Tragic Hero and Sympathy for William Shakespeare's Othello

of sympathy it is first necessary to understand that the classification of "Othello" as a "tragedy" is, of course, not to be confu...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Prospero

In seven pages this paper analyzes the character of Prospero featured in William Shakespeare's final play and how this protagonist...

Classic Literary Poets, Searchers, Lovers, and Heroes

In six pages this paper examines these character genres and how they occasionally have coincided or overlapped throughout literary...

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...

Macbeth's Tragic Nature

acts cowardly. Much of this comes from predictions of three witches, and after the deaths begin, the witches make further predicti...

William Shakespeare Characters Antony in Julius Caesar and Iago in Othello Compared

differently in different periods of time, but the man as a writer stays very much the same. The homogeneity of his works is remark...

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare and Enobarbus' Role

exists between Antony and Cleopatra and through his overblown language show the audience that the romance between Antony and Cleop...

Tragic Hero Analysis of William Shakespeare's Richard the Second and Prince Hamlet

which we, the reader or viewer, can relate to. We see them as noble individuals who demonstrate weakness, yet still battle against...

Tragic Hero and Heroine Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

of fate. In the process, our sympathy is aroused" (The tragic hero). Within this definition, tragedy also is included in that it ...

Conflict Between Antigone and Creon in Antigone by Sophocles

the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...