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Would Aristophanes Be Offended by a Feminist Recasting of The Birds?

In six pages the writer considers how Aristophanes would regard a feminist interpretation of his play and includes his feminist le...

Nicholas Rowe's Eighteenth Century Play The Tragedy of Jane Shore

In 5 pages an analysis of this 1714 play on Edward IV's mistress is presented. There are no other sources listed....

Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire and Dual Conflicts

In seven pages along with an outline of one page this paper presents an analysis of the dual conflicts that appear throughout this...

Tragic Hero Assessment of John Proctor as Portrayed in the 1996 Film Version of Arthur Miller's The Crucible

In five pages this character analysis of John Proctor and whether or not he was portrayed as a tragic hero in Arthur Miller's 1996...

Structural Analysis of the One Act Play Trifles by Susan Glaspell

In five pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this play in terms of how it influences the development of characters. ...

Kassowitz/La Haine, Character of Vinz

This research paper offers a character study that focuses on Vinz (played by Vincent Cassel) in Mattieu Kassowitz's film La Haine....

Sophocles' Antigone, Plato's Protagoras and Socrates' Principles

In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...

Henry the Fourth, Part I by William Shakespeare and Prince Hal

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of Prince Hal as featured in William Shakespeare's historical play within th...

The Matrix Character of Neo

Reeves plays Neo, a hacker who learns from rebel-rousers Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) that the wor...

Overview of Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill

innate unworldly innocence" (ONeill PG) -- is addicted to morphine on account of a situation during childbirth that required her t...

Messages Presented in Timon of Athens and Coriolanus by William Shakespeare

In 7 pages this paper analyzes these plays in terms of the strength of the messages presented in each with Coriolanus emerging as ...

Comparing the Book of Job and Oedipus Rex

in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...

Character Analysis of Telemachus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

Telemachus taking his first step towards responsibility and manhood. "Telemachus calls an assembly of the men of Ithaca. It is the...

American Diversity

and economic issues must be considered along with positions of ethnic and religious minorities as well as issues that go to enviro...

Justice in the United States

However, this is an exaggeration, surely, as there has been a precedent for this type of secret military trial. It occurred in 194...

Analysis of Act IV, Scene ii of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

cistern of my lust, and my desire / all continent impediments would oerbear...better Macbeth/ Than such an one to reign" (lines 62...

Overview of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

some of lifes toughest questions, questions that are still asked by todays family. Those questions include family values, abuse an...

Outline of a Play on Actor Robert Blake's Murder Case

to appear aloof, although his concerted effort belies the attempt. This sudden spot in the limelight has enhanced his lagging ego...

William Shakespeare's King Lear, Measure for Measure, and Justice

Angelo. However, in his efforts to restore law and order, Angelo resurrects an old law that punishes any man who lives with a wom...

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Hubris, and Ethics

modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...

Twilight Los Angeles 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith

in her introduction (xvii-xxvi). During Smiths interviews, she found it interesting that the perception of the Rodney King beating...

Claudius in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

was, most likely, rejected for being "too young and untried" (92). When he is first introduced to the plays action, in Act I, Sce...

Comparative Analysis of Krogstad in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Iago in William Shakespeare's Othello

shall my purpose work on him" (Shakespeare I iii). From there on out we begin to realize that we, as the audience, are the only on...

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare and the Character of Brutus

assassination not as a betrayal of his friend and leader, but as "a chivalric defender of national honor" (Bloom 123). He perceiv...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Postmodernism

symbolic, it can be said to the juxtaposition of Martha to George(Clurman 12). Martha is high energy and ambitious, whereas George...

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet and Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing

sexual liberties but always remains faithful to the spirit of the original play" (Balingit PG). The setting is quickly establishe...

Popularity of the Play Trifles in the Next Century

is three men discussing a crime, at the crime scene, and while they discuss and figure out where evidence may be, the women who we...

2 Papers on Romantic Poets

opens "Marriage" delivers a millenarian prophecy that identifies Christ, revolution and apocalypse and, in so doing, "satanizes" a...

The Violation of Athenian Social Norms and Lysistrata by Aristophanes

their worthiness within the stringent boundaries of a male-dominated existence speaks volumes about the inherent fortitude that co...

Examining Agamemnon by Aeschylus Within the Context of History

same standard as was Clytemestras during that era because Agamemnons unfaithfulness did not threaten the integrity of the family, ...