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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....

In eight pages this paper discusses the theme of hypocrisy as it is portrayed in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire part...

This essay pertains to Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" and how each play hand...

In ten pages this paper presents an analysis of Lord of the Flies by William Golding in a consideration of humankind's evil as a p...

Masks and weaknesses are two themes permeating Othello by William Shakespeare and M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang. This paper co...

smooth stone/ That overlays the pile; and, from a bag/ All white with flour, the dole of village dames,/ He drew his scraps and fr...

many of the same ideas as do his earlier counterparts, espousing the need for an overall quest for ultimate peace and contentment....

marriage of his mother to his uncle. Hamlet remarks that she overcome her grief and remarried within a month of his fathers death-...

has come forth with a version that wholly eclipses the standard. What can easily be argued is the fact that Branaghs film version...

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

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

condition involves the paradoxical feeling on the part of the spectator that what has happened could not have happened otherwise, ...

sent from God, and in return, the monarch was expected to keep their best interests at heart and to protect them. Not only h...

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

poisoned herself at the end is of little consequence to Claudius. But of notable significance is the continued interaction b...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

as it seems. Is Hamlets revenge motivated by a desire to avenge his fathers murder or is it sparked by the betrayal he feels over...

often "little more than a litany of abuse echoing and amplifying the indictments men level against her" (Corum 183). She is accus...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

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

relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...

prior to and following the death of Elizabeth I (Kelly and Kelly 677). Through certain key scenes in Hamlet, Greenblatt contends ...

seek vengeance for the father. Hamlet goes through many different changes because of the realities he has been told, and becaus...

Through his insightful approach, Shakespeare attempts to push forward the strength and spirituality of women. Indeed, he recogniz...

Taking the skull, for example: it is obvious that the term skull refers to a particular object, or a group of objects, which have ...

remind the audience that because of his noble status, he must avenge his fathers murder not only for himself but also for the Dani...

him become worried at this change of character and personality. Everyone offers their opinion, but the Queen decides that she will...

plants. The use of poison as a means of dispatching ones enemy, or ones rival, exemplifies the underhanded and dishonest dealings ...

The Hamlet is Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. This is a "dark world" that is haunted by the past, particularly the legacy of sl...

In five pages this paper examines how innocence is corrupted in a literary comparison and contrast of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bo...