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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 ...

King Lear, Disguise and Deception

In a paper consisting of 6 pages the themes of deception and disguise as they manifest themselves in Shakespeare's play are consid...

Shakespeare's Hamlet and Iago As Icons of Madness

that evil, corruption, guilt, lust, and avarice can all cloud the mind of a good man. Consider another of Shakespeares characters...

Othello Questions and Answers

In a paper consisting of twelve pages study questions pertaining to Shakespeare's tragedy are answered in break downs according to...

Analysis of Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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...

A Film Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet

This research paper/essay offers a critique of Baz Luhmann's adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The writer discusses ho...

Comparing Three Works Thematically

This research paper/essay discusses parallel themes in three works: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet' and his poem "The ...

Shakespeare's Theme of Homoeroticism in a Trio of Plays

In twelve pages this paper examines how the theme of homoeroticism manifests itself in the Shakespearean plays Twelfth Night, As Y...

Othello by William Shakespeare and Enduring Love

the only thing they share: "Othello reveals a more detailed acknowledgment of Desdemonas sexual appeal. As he discusses her death ...

Feminist Themes in Shakespeare's, The Tempest

can further see feminist perspectives. Lorie Jerrell Leiningers essay, The Miranda Trap: Racism and Sexism in Shakespeares Tempes...

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...

Madness as a Common Literary Theme

This paper examines Shakespeare's play, King Lear, as well as Ibsen's work, Ghosts to discuss madness and delusion as common theme...

Lost Children As a Literary Theme

This paper discusses John Edgar Wideman's, Philadelphia Fire, and Shakespeare's, The Tempest as they relate to the common literary...

Racism in William Shakespeare's Othello

connection between Iagos perception of race and the cultural perception that "black" equates with "evil." This perception of race ...

Poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth and the Theme of Poverty

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...

Jealousy in Othello

tells Desdemonas father that he must act quickly else "youll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse" (I.1.112-113). As p...

Thoreau/Nature Essays

imposed boundaries. He asks, "What sort of a country is that where the huckleberry fields are private property? When I pass such f...

Villains in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Richard III

sensibilities: "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else oerleap, / For in my way it lies. S...

Queen Gertrude in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

wicked wit, and gifts that have the power, So to seduce!--won to his shameful lust, The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen" (A...

Desdemona’s Innocence of Any Wrongdoing in William Shakespeare’s Othello

flies. Though that his joy be joy, / Yet throw such changes of vexation ont / As it may lose some color" (I.i.69-75). When Senato...

Four ‘Ghostly’ Commands in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

not he possesses the courage to commit murder. His fear and susceptibility to depression often paralyze his movements to a point ...

Romeo's Character Development in William Shakespeare's Scene Changes in Romeo and Juliet

He and his cousin, are talking. Benvolio tried to stop the fight between the warring factions. He believed that to fight was ign...

Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Sonnets 18, 73, and 130

While he adhered to Petrarchs use of fourteen lines, Shakespeare constructed sonnets containing three quatrains and a couplet. Hi...

Delayed Revenge in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

be condemned if he were killed at prayer. This speaks not only to the strength of religious belief at the time, but to the depth o...

Homosexuality and Friendships in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

homoerotic desire" (114). Olivia and Maria embody this type of alliance. Maria is serving Olivia, literally and figuratively spe...

Metamorphosis of Change in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

me in the day of success, and I have learned by the perfectest report they have more in them than mortal knowledge. When I burned ...

Critically Exploring William Shakespeare's 'Othello' from a Marxist Perspective

a black man was not suitable to be a ruler. In clever fashion, he sets about to accomplish his goal. In fact, when Iago and Roder...

William Shakespeare's King Henry V and Hamlet Directed by Sir Laurence Olivier

for the rest of the world, There will never, never be another Laurence Olivier" (69). The article goes on to report that at the "s...

Character Noting in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

Likewise, Beatrice vows that she will never marry. However, the audience can see from the beginning that there is an attraction be...

Four Questions on William Shakespeare's Hamlet

true circumstances of her first husbands death, and the exact nature of her guilt. There does not appear to be much in the play th...