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Hamlet's 'Masks'

could say that the gaiety of the new court masks the secrets of the old one. Claudius as a supportive brother to the old king has...

Relationships and Love in 'Porphyria's Lover' by Robert Browning and Othello by William Shakespeare

This paper contrasts and compares how relationships and love are thematically represented in Robert Browning's poem and William Sh...

David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize Winning Play Turned Movie Glengarry Glen Ross

In five pages this paper discusses the 1992 film adaptation of David Mamet's play in terms of plot and performance....

Scenes from Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses characters and themes in certain scenes from William Shakespeare's plays Troilus and Cressida, ...

Macbeth and the Supernatural from a Critical Standpoint

begins to see things. Macbeth imagines that he sees a bloody dagger floating before him. This serves to show the state of mi...

Three Cinematic Visions of Hamlet

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

Tragedy of William Shakespeare's King Lear

Cordelia do? Love, and be silent" (Shakespeare I i). She is completely dismissed by her father, yet she still succeeds in becoming...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Women's Roles

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

Luke's Gospel and Shylock's Experiences in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Shylock loses. He loses, however, perhaps because he was unable to truly and adequately argue his case, and because he was a Jew, ...

William Shakespeare and Love's 3 Levels

of as gold, silver and slate. Gold is the level where there is a situation for a man where the girl loves him wholeheartedly. He...

Act One of William Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Development of the Protagonist's Character

(I.iii.118). Banquo replies with a warning. He tells Macbeth that "instruments of darkness" frequently tell the truth in order to ...

Othello by William Shakespeare and Desdemona's Role

very easy to do so because she has been a kind and loving daughter. In truth, he had hoped that she would have married someone lik...

Director Michael Almereyda's Version of Hamlet

as being spoiled and self-centered. Furthermore, the directors decision to turn a number of Hamlets soliloquies into interior mono...

Pessimism of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

King Duncan naming his loyal lieutenant Macbeth Thane of Cawdor in recognition for his faithful service. But a fateful meeting wi...

Greatness of Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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...

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and its Play Development

in one another that is very attractive. So Romeo makes his way to her window in the night and we have the infamous balcony scene w...

Free Will of Macbeth

the fact that they make predictions. Unlike the psychic hotline, the sisters seem to single him out. It does not appear as if he w...

William Congreve's Contributions

works called The Mourning Bride which was created in 1697 contains the following well known line: "Heavn has no Rage, like Love to...

Women's Roles in William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

husbands duty to lead his wife toward proper behavior. Inherent in the relationship between God and humanity, which the marriage ...

Twelfth Night, Role Playing, and Disguises

this theme together" (Universe). In combination with this theme, the theme of foolishness, is the theme of disguise. In summari...

Comparing Novel, Play, and Film Versions of To Kill a Mockingbird

In five pages the varying interpretations of Harper Lee's classic novel are considered in terms of how the written text is transla...

Play and Film Versions of Glengarry Glen Ross Compared

The play is divided into two acts, containing three scenes in the first and two scenes in the second. It centers...

The 1993 Film Version of Randy Shilts's And The Band Played On

In five pages the ways in which the film depicts the AIDS epidemic, the frustrations, social attitudes, and lack of funding associ...

William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, and Women's Social Status

In eleven pages this paper discusses these plays by William Shakespeare in terms of the social status of women as depicted by the ...

Play and Film Versions of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

This paper consists of six pages in which comparisons are made between Oedipus and Ibsen's heroine Nora Helmer along with a compar...

Do Not Speak the Speech, I Pray You

who are unfamiliar with it; then if the instructor has any sense he or she will run the Kenneth Branagh uncut version the followin...

Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest

relates to issues of magic and creation, and the identity of Prospero/Shakespeare. In examining this perspective the opinions and...

Magic and Enchantment in The Tempest

creature in the vessel" (Shakespeare I ii). This indicates that he set the storm in motion and ensured no one was hurt in the proc...

Love and Power: The Great Gatsby and The Tempest

example, how he constantly throws huge parties that are very elaborate and clearly of wealth. Yet he never really attends them. He...

Island Locations in The Tempest and Robinson Crusoe

off to die but rather became a victim of nature and fate it would seem. Prior to becoming stranded on the island...