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Women of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

and leave her father, or suffer through this madness with Hamlet. While she is still deciding, her father is killed and she is sur...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Dramatic Irony

the ghost of his father who tells him that Claudius has murdered him and stolen his Queen. Hamlet vows to avenge his fathers death...

Characters of Othello by William Shakespeare

romantic experience and worldly sophistication, he easily falls victim to his insecurities. He is a proud man and anything that t...

Claudius's Character in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

wife. Claudius states, "Though yet of Hamlet (the late king was also named Hamlet) our late brothers death/The memory be green" (I...

William Shakespeare's 'Romantic Revisions'

tragic reality. It comes as no surprise to note that one of the most powerfully, if not the most powerfully, tragic individual ...

Thematic Elements of Tragedy in Shakespeare's Macbeth

will be the real winner in the scheme. Macbeth talks to himself about his desire to murder. He is tortured by it, thinks...

Changes Undergone by Macbeth in William Shakespeare's Tragic Play

is perhaps the worst mistake he could have made. He was not a man of murder, or a man who lusted after power. But, his wife was bo...

Sleeping and Dreaming in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

ultimate sleep that all people must experience. In this scene he is talking to Ophelia and perhaps, in a roundabout way, telling h...

Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

that the whole land is "diseased" and "poisoned." Later in that same scene. Antonio predicts that Bosolas "foul melancholy" will "...

Analyzing Othello

a larger than life figure. He is perfect. He is a leader as well as a handsome and delightful mate for Desdemona. Because Othello ...

Director Michael Almereyda's Version of Hamlet

as being spoiled and self-centered. Furthermore, the directors decision to turn a number of Hamlets soliloquies into interior mono...

Uses of Symbolism in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

Medea and Light Symbols

drama when Medea finds that she has been betrayed she cries to the heavens and says, "Come, Flame of the sky! Pierce through my he...

Social Standing as a Barrier to True Love

of the aristocrats. Although Cathy took to Heathcliff immediately, her brother Hindley was not nearly so receptive, and had taken...

Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Fate

his mother." With these words in the introduction which gives us the background to the story (Sophocles, Argument). This tragic...

Othello Questions and Answers

In a paper consisting of twelve pages study questions pertaining to Shakespeare's tragedy are answered in break downs according to...

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...

Comparing and Defining Tragic Heroes

This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...

Rudyard Kipling's "If" and Othello

This essay pertains to Shakespeare's "Othello" and Rudyard Kipling's poem "If-," which lists various qualities that are required t...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the 7 Deadly Sins

In ten pages this paper discusses how in the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare the 7 deadly sins of pride, jealousy or envy, ...

Shakespearean Conflict in Macbeth and Othello

thus been more cautious in allowing his jealousy to lead to rash and devastating consequences. Macbeth is one of Shakespeares d...

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and the Roles of Aggression and Violence

In five pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare employed violence and aggression in this tragedy in a consideration of the role...

Huck Finn and Pudd'nhead Wilson, issues of Racism

This research paper offers a detailed analysis of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson...

Marlowe's Dr. Faustus and Shakespeare's Macbeth

This essay is on "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare and "Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe. The writer asserts that the centra...

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. ...

Death of a Salesman, Hamlet, as Aristotelian Tragedies

This essay offers a comparison between "Hamlet and "Death of a Salesman," which draws upon the Aristotelian criteria for tragedy....

Shakespeare and the Cost of Power

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the cost of power in Shakespeare's tragedies. Richard III, As You Like It, and the ...

Oedipus the King and Fate

In five pages fate's role in this ancient Greek tragedy is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

1952 Film Version of Othello

In five pages this paper considers the unique opening scene of Orson Welles' 1952 adaptation of William Shakespeare's famous trage...

August Wilson's Race Reversal of Romeo and Juliet

work seems to mirror much of his own life struggles, as well as his journey to accepting himself and, perhaps, his father who aban...