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Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the Motifs of Blindness, Sight, Darkness, and Light

In ten pages this paper examines Shakespeare's characterizations of Lord and Lady Macbeth regarding how they enable him to masterf...

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...

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...

Middle Ages Representation of Macbeth

altered these events to increase the dramatic impact of his play. This being the case, however, the principal manner in which Shak...

Relevance of Macbeth in Modern Society

truly untested man. He has recently been incredibly successful in a battle and is, to some degree, full of himself. We can envisio...

Bard's Personality as Reflected in His Plays

were specifically constructed to entertain royalty, it was the impassioned actions of his characters that leave little doubt that ...

Macbeth and Christian Symbolism

people who dabbled in witchcraft were conspiring with "the Devil" (Fripp 646). According to St. Paul, "And then shall that wicke...

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...

Eliot & Thackeray

to the Siren and also in descriptions of her performance of Clytemnestra. Nevertheless, Thackeray leaves her in a life where she "...

Titus’ Aaron and Othello’s Iago

thunders crack or lightning flash; Advanced above pale envys threatening reach...Then, Aaron, arm thy heart, and fit thy thoughts....

Macbeth Questions

rest of the play. Major images in the play (clothes, light/darkness, sleep) Clothes: There are several instances throughout the ...

The Moment of Catharsis in Macbeth

that ambition as somehow more significant than the ambitions of others; the pursuit of his ambition crosses over the lines of othe...

Macbeth and the Corruption of Power

his darkest. It is concerned with power, ambition, and the exercise of pure evil. This paper examines the characters, setting, plo...

Shakespeare’s Major Themes

of love that can so easily change course; it seems frivolous and rather shabby, after all Orsinos protestations of love to Olivia,...

Denmark and Scotland, a Comparison of Hamlet and Macbeth

Shakespeares "Big Four" tragedies (King Lear and Othello are the others, since you ask) and they both involve the most horrific of...

Analysis of Tom in "The Glass Menagerie"

her thumb. The character description of Tom tells us that is "A poet with a job in a warehouse. His nature is not remorseless, but...

The Female Characters in William Faulkner's 'Light In August'

spirit of her brother and grandfathers abolitionist movement, however, this attempt is only an extension of what two strong men be...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Growth

say which grain will grow and which will not, Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear Your favours nor your hate" (Shakespeare ...

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...

A Comparison of Two Major Characters in Literature, Sophocles' Antigone and Shakespeare's Hamlet

the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the Role Played by the Supernatural and the Witches

that sounds like ritualistic chanting: FIRST WITCH. When shall we three meet again? / In thunder, lightning, or in rain? SECOND ...

A Ficticious Literary Panel Discussion

its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...

Elements of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

he was also a man who was corrupt from the beginning due to weaknesses. In essence, he was a brave and honorable man when he was n...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and 'A Pardoner's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer Compared

In five pages the shared themes and death emphasis of these two notorious literary classics are contrasted and compared. Three so...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the Themes of Free Will and Fate

powers of destiny, great ministers of fate. They had determined the past; they not only foresaw the future, but decreed it" (Cours...

Comparing Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Henry the Eighth

faced the slave, / Which neer shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, / Till he unseamd him from the nave to the chaps, / And fixd ...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Religion

Quinn, "There are two major problems which arise in considering the relationship of religion and Shakespeare. The first is the fa...

Security Issues in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes Macbeth in terms of the pivotal importance of security issues. There are no other sources liste...

Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Responsibility

In five pages this paper presents a plot analysis to determine the fate of Lord and Lady Macbeth and the sisters and what is respo...

Comparative Analysis The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages the portrayal of moral issues in these three plays is analyzed. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....