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Themes in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

Justice, Murderers, Susan Glaspell's Trifles and William Shakespeare's Hamlet

When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...

Cinematic Interpretations of Hamlet

decision for Olivier to choose to embark on this project. At the age of forty, Olivier thought he was too old to play the Danish p...

Closely Reading Ophelia's 'Mad' Songs in William Shakespeare's Hamlet Act IV, Scene V

where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Influence of Seneca

to follow it, which he does. The ghost says that he is Hamlets father, and that he was murdered; further, he says that the crime ...

The Concept of Ambition in Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Essays by Michel de Montaigne

he was aware of; they are both of them things pre-eminently vain glory also, like a shadow, goes sometimes before the body, and so...

Hamlet, the Influence of Chance and Fate

This essay pertains to the theme of chance and fate and their influence over the chance events that result in much the motivation ...

Hamlet Film Adaptation by Franco Zeffirelli

In six pages this film version of Shakespeare's play is explored in an essay that analyzes the meaning and content of an important...

Characterizations in Hamlet and As You Like It by William Shakespeare

In five pages the ways in which the modern world is reflected within the tragic and comic characterizations William Shakespeare cr...

Action or Inaction in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper evaluates whether the protagonist of William Shakespeare's play represents a man of action or if inaction...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Gender Relationships

In five pages this paper discusses the portrayal of men and women within the context of this work as it has been presented in the ...

Symbolism of the Terms 'Denmark' and 'King' in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In seven pages the symbolism surrounding the use of the terms Denmark and King are examined within the context of Shakespeare's tr...

'Untrue' Polonius in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper assesses Polonius's advice to his son Laertes 'This above all: to thine own self be true' with in the con...

Hamlet and Fortinbras Comparison and Contrast

add the final brushstrokes to Hamlets character (or lack thereof). It is shown that Fortinbras, Prince of Norway, is a man of deci...

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...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Hamlet A Comparative Analysis

harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, / Thy knotted and combined ...

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...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, and Themes of Violence, Love, and Sex

In 5 pages this paper compares how these topics are thematically depicted in these plays. There are 4 sources cited in the biblio...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, William Golding's Lord of the Flies, and Their Parallels

In 6 pages the parallels that exist in these works in terms of literary similarities of allegory, metaphor, simile, irony, personi...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Hamlet Similarities and Differences

In five pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of these two Shakespearean tragedies in terms of their similarities and d...

Iago and Claudius as Villains in Othello and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In 7 pages this paper analyzes the evil represented by villains Iago and Claudius in these Shakespearean plays. There are 3 sourc...

Vivian, Medea, Hamlet, and How Events Are Influenced by Personalities

In four pages this paper discusses how events are influenced by character personalities in these works by Edison, Euripides, and W...

Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Dramatic Irony

In five pages the representation of dramatic irony in these plays are compared in terms of their similarities. There are no other...

Tragic Heroism of Prince Hamlet

theater itself, and his own background upon the stage. Hamlet plays the clown with the other actors who arrive to perform ...

Depiction of Women in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses women, their roles and functions in this tragic play by William Shakespeare. Three sources are...

William Shakespeare's Portrayal of Honor in 'Henry V' and 'Hamlet'

In six pages this paper examines the concept of honor in a consideration of how Shakespeare depicts it in these two dramatic works...

Women as Depicted by William Faulkner in 'The Hamlet'

of the careful construction lends enough credibility for the reader to suspend disbelief, but all the while, when one backs up to ...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Theme of Conflict

that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...

Mel Gibson's Cinematic Interpretation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Relationships Both Natural and Unnatural

Hamlets touch with reality begin to influence him very strongly. This is first seen through Ophelias words of her encounter with h...