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Comparison of Richard Loncraine's Film Richard III and William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Richard the Third

The caricature representation of Richard in both film and play is discussed in ten pages. Nine sources are cited in the bibliograp...

William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Richard the Third and the King's Treatment of Women

In seven pages this paper considers Queen Elizabeth, Queen Margaret, and Lady Anne in terms of how they are treated by Richard III...

William Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Its Cinematic Interpretations

brought his version of the play forward 500 years into the 1930s. Both McKellen and director Richard Loncraine felt that Richard ...

Caliban's Treatment by Prospero in The Tempest by William Shakespeare

the most inept such plots in theater-but we can see it as his attempt to revenge himself upon the man who stole his island from hi...

Rewriting History with William Shakespeare's 'Richard the Third'

who stood in his path to the English throne, was so memorable that his work of fiction has become accepted as historical fact. Ho...

William Shakespeare's Richard the Third and the Use of Pronouns

regarded as the "polite" or "formal" form of the second person (Garvey 12). The familiar use of "thou" is best illustrated throu...

Act Three, Scene One of William Shakespeare's Macbeth

we see the same, though we know differently. Lady Macbeth, Lennox, Ross, the ladies and lords, and the attendants are not really i...

Two Different Viewpoints on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, are introduced as well as members of an amateur acting troupe who are rehearsing the p...

An Analysis of Comedy Of Errors

This seventeen page paper analyzes the intriguing characters in Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. The paper emphasizes the critical...

The Theme of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

run away, thus setting up the main action of the plot, because the man she loves, Lysander, agrees to run away with her. They end ...

Homosexuality and Friendships in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

homoerotic desire" (114). Olivia and Maria embody this type of alliance. Maria is serving Olivia, literally and figuratively spe...

Derrida, Literature and “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

tend to overlook all the rest" (Chandler, 2000). If we didnt sort things out in this way, we would be overwhelmed with stimuli (Ch...

Shakespeare/Comedy of Errors & Imagery

"teach" him "how to think and speak" (3.2.35) and "create" him new" (3.2.41), which is a reversal of the Elizabethan gender stereo...

Katharina v. Petruchio in William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

In five pages these leading characters in Shakespeare's comedy are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources listed....

Interpreting A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

In nine pages this research paper considers various interpretations of Shakespeare's comedy. Eleven sources are cited in the bibl...

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and the Character of Malvolio

The steward is immediately threatened by anyone who is perceived as funnier or more intelligent than he. Olivia is the only perso...

Victorian Twist to William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night Dream

In 6 pages this paper examines the validity of putting a Victorian Age twist on the telling of Shakespeare's Elizabethan comedy. ...

Supernatural Use by Shakespeare in Tragedies and Comedies Compared

In seven pages this report compares and contrasts Shakespeare's employment of the supernatural in tragedies and comedies with refe...

A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Prologue of Peter Quince

In eleven pages this prologue that closes Shakespeare's comedy is analyzed for its political and sociological message that is cont...

Twelfth Night and the Element of Disguise

ties this theme together" (Universe). In combination with this theme, the theme of foolishness, is the theme of disguise. In su...

Shakespeare as the Author of His Works

poems "by several well-known theatrical poets. One of these poems (untitled in the volume, but now known as "The Phoenix and the T...

American Psycho/In Bruges

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...

Shakespeare/Sonnets 73 and 130

and Shakespeares use of metaphor achieves his purpose very well, particularly in the lines that refer to comparing a ladys breath ...

Pessimism of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

King Duncan naming his loyal lieutenant Macbeth Thane of Cawdor in recognition for his faithful service. But a fateful meeting wi...

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and its Play Development

in one another that is very attractive. So Romeo makes his way to her window in the night and we have the infamous balcony scene w...

Free Will of Macbeth

the fact that they make predictions. Unlike the psychic hotline, the sisters seem to single him out. It does not appear as if he w...

Identity Searches in Literature

A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would see...

Othello's Noble Change

with the civilized manner of a Venetian court, he is clearly out of his element. "If stirred to indignation, as "in Aleppo once"...

Three Cinematic Visions of Hamlet

own terms, as an interpretation for a modern mass audience of a compelling story that gives shape to some of the deepest-rooted hu...

'Time is Out of Joint' in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

before he sees the Ghost and receives his deadly mission. When the Ghost appears to him, Hamlet voices his apprehension as to th...