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Lingering Power of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

dysfunction goes far beyond the limits of the household, hinting at a world that is itself out of sync and in a state of disarray....

Justifying Authority

The ways in which authority has been justified in literature is examined in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' William ...

Taming of the Shrew & Trope of Irony

then Ill tell her plain She sings as sweetly as the nightingale: Say that she frown: Ill say she looks as clear As morning roses ...

Shelley’s Ozymandias

the poem involves the power of antiquities, of ancient history and of those relics that are left behind after someones time and er...

Irony in No Exit by Sartre

the characters, in fact, notes that they are there without thought on the part of whoever put them together as they state, it is "...

1995 Novel Blindness by Jose Saramago

those few, see no apparent cause for the malady, and it does not leave people in the darkness, but rather in a white light - a wh...

Bleak Human Condition in Metamorphosis and In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka

In six pages this analysis of Kafka's works focuses on the themes of fate's ironies and the human condition....

Irony in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

In three pages this paper discusses how irony is used by John Steinbeck in Of Mice and Men....

Dramatic Irony - Examples from Theater

Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...

Downfall of Othello

well as a "Barbary horse" (I.i.111). As this indicates, the two men are particularly repulsed at the thought of Othello and Desd...

"Othello" and Shakespeare's Characterization

at war with the Turks, that not all of Othellos men are loyal to him, and that there remains a great deal of cultural suspicion ab...

Oedipus' problem of Pride

This 5 page paper gives an overview of how Oedipus was a victim of fate in Oedipus the King. This paper includes how Oedipus was a...

Othello, Role of Gender

This essay discusses Shakespeare's "Othello" and the role of gender, race and class. Five pages in length, four sources are cited....

Othello's Elements of Tragedy

Bards most impressive works, and for many, the archetypal ideal of a narrative "tragedy". The reason behind Othellos reputation is...

The Man with No Motive

one of his most vexing. This paper discusses him in detail. Discussion Iago is a fascinating study in evil; he sets out to destro...

Othello by William Shakespeare and Characterization

well lead him into trouble. He is not a particularly observant man, nor an introspective one. He can be very imaginative and highl...

Essential Elements of Great Literature and Writers

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...

Arthur Miller, William Shakespeare, Sophocles and Consideration of the Individual and Fate

In 5 pages this paper examines the individual and a fate he cannot control in an analysis of Death of a Salesman, Macbeth, and Oed...

A Review of the 1965 Film The Greatest Othello?

and expression than film where the camera is able to capture the most subtle suggestions of emotion through the use of a close -up...

Shakespeare's Othello and Racism within Renaiisance England

of perspective came about. Though various ploys were attempted to regain old sorts of power, in the end, there was a rise in the m...

Tragic Characters in Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Antigone by Sophocles Compared

In five pages the tragic characteristics these plays' feature in terms of such conflicts as male and female, good person or monarc...

Keeping Secrets: Othello and The Importance of Being Earnest

of love" (Shakespeare I i). He sets the premise for keeping secrets when he informs the audience or reader that he hates Othello b...

“Other” in Shakespeare’s Othello and Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

to be successful. Iago does seem to make an impact on Roderigo at one point, however, when Roderigo claims imagines Desdemona and ...

Traditional Staging vs. Contemporary Cinematic Interpretations of William Shakespeare's Plays

inexperienced actors in the lead roles (Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). The play opens with the servants, Samson and Gregory,...

Women in Othello and Fences

he doubts her, believing the words of others, one can see that he is a very insecure man where his love is concerned. In the cas...

Spying and Eavesdropping in the Works of William Shakespeare

readily recognized as nothing more than lies. In the story Measure for Measure, Shakespeare employs the use of spying/eav...

Friendship Between Othello and Iago According to Friedrich Nietzsche

as falsely inferred, would have good reason in the end to become distrustful of all thinking" (Nietzsche 821). Those who wished a...

Analyzing Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

a manner that Cleopatra bears his children. At one point Antonys wife dies and for the audience this would offer the option of ...

Light versus Dark, Appearances versus Reality, and Order versus Chaos in Othello by William Shakespeare

leave his new bride to wage war in Cyprus. The departure, though bittersweet, returns Othello to familiar territory that renews h...

Truth and King Oedipus of Thebes

Kings plea for assistance in his crusade, Oedipus demands to know why, and is shocked to hear the words, "You are the murderer, yo...