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"Romeo and Juliet", 2002.
This paper discusses the language of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".
3,630 words (approx. 14.5 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 101.95
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This paper discusses how it is it is Shakespeare?s masterful use of language that makes "Romeo and Juliet" a remarkable play. It shows how Shakespeare?s language is used to create characters, to add emotion and to express meaning in the play. The author explores each use of language, how the different characters speak, the use of imagery and how Shakespeare uses language to add emotion and heighten the romance of the play.
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"The first consideration is how Shakespeare uses language to create characters. The characters in the play come from many different classes and backgrounds and have different characteristics. The challenge for Shakespeare was to capture the characteristics of these characters without having to describe them. Shakespeare manages this by paying careful attention to how characters speak. It is noted here that the importance is on not just what they say, but how they say it, a factor many other works are not as aware of. As one author says, speaking of Romeo and Juliet, ?the character is discovered through the verse? (Van Tassel, xvi)."
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The Despair of Macbeth, 2002.
A review of the play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare.
805 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 28.95
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This review discusses the role of Macbeth as a tragic hero as opposed to a true villain. The feelings of the reader are analyzed as sympathetic toward Macbeth instead of disdainful.
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"In the play by William Shakespeare that bears his name, the hero ?Macbeth? emerges as tragic hero, not a villain. This is not because the play is called ?The Tragedy of Macbeth.? Rather it is because the play?s action is driven by the moral failure of the central character rather than the horror the viewer feels at the murder of Duncan by the central character. The tragedy is not that Duncan is dead; it is that Macbeth becomes a tyrant. (5.6.8)"
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?Julius Caesar? and Elizabethan England, 2002.
A discussion of William Shakespeare's ?Julius Caesar? and life in Elizabethan England.
1,855 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper reviews William Shakespeare's play ?Julius Caesar? and examines how it was accepted and performed at the time in Elizabethan England. It provides a history of the Globe theatre where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed beginning with "Julius Caesar" and examines life in the theatre district of London at the time. It attempts to analyze why the play was so popular when it first came out and why a subject such as tyrannicide was presentable in a country governed by a monarch. It looks at how it contained all of the political and social intrigues necessary to make it a timeless classic and all the puerile blood and gore that was needed to entertain a group of theater-hopping commoners in what was considered London?s seediest neighborhood.
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"The play was written and performed in 1599 at the Globe theater in Southwark, London. Southwark is located on the south bank of the Thames river, and was traditionally considered the vice district. This section of London was home to 10% of its population, and more than its share of the city?s beggars. In 1594 the Lord Mayor, Sir John Spencer, asserted that parts of Southwark were "very nurseries and breeding-places of the begging poor" who swarmed the streets of the City. He estimated the number of these beggars at 12,000, and requested a meeting of several local magistrates in an attempt to banish them from the City or prevent them from crossing the Bridge."
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Taming of Katherine, 2002.
Character analysis of Katherine in Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew".
1,487 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper examines the character of Katherine; discussing the various techniques used by Shakespeare to establish the theme of the play "Taming the Shrew". It also answers the question whether Katherine was tamed eventually or not.
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"Taming The Shrew by William Shakespeare is a comedy play tactfully and purposely divided into five entertaining acts (Plot Structure). The induction highlights the possible reasons for the play?s existence followed by an introduction all the characters playing a vital role in developing the theme of the play and the development of the gist of the story, in the first act (Plot Structure). The taming (the main purpose of the play) of the female lead begins in the Act II and III with Katherine getting married to Petruchio. The climactic act is the act IV when the aim of cultivating and changing Kate to a productive human being is accomplished (Plot Structure). The final Act V establishes the connection and creates harmony between all the characters of the play and brings forward the implied meaning of Katherine?s portrayal (Plot Structure) as a shrew."
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Shakespeare's "First Sonnet", 2002.
A review of William Shakespeare's "First Sonnet".
949 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper analyzes Shakespeare's "First Sonnet" and in particular shows how the connotations behind the words to people living in Elizabethan England makes Shakespeare choice of imagery start to take on a far deeper meaning. It examines Shakespeare's ties to the land since from the first line to the fourteenth, Shakespeare infuses the poem with meaning with the use of agricultural terminology that everyone in his day would have been familiar with and how by employing the farming metaphors and the references to spring and to the harvest, he can't help but remind the Elizabethan reader of the march of time.
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"While we know that fairest often refers to beauty even though it is antiquated, it would have been quite natural for that era's farmers in their effort at selective breeding to encourage and even expect that the fairest of their creatures would breed. It was paramount to their success for their best horses to foal, their sturdiest cattle to multiply. In that sense, the best and the beautiful have an obligation to mate and pass their genes on to their heirs, and so too, according to Shakespeare, did a young man have that responsibility as well."
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"Hamlet", 2002.
An analysis of the character Hamlet's relationship with his parents, as found in Shakespeare?s play ?Hamlet".
1,935 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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This paper examines Shakespeare?s play "Hamlet" in terms of the main character?s right to independently choose his own lifestyle and his parent-child relationship with his royal family. The paper describes the play in chronological order and investigates the religious climate in Shakespeare?s time as it reflects the meaning of the play. The paper illustrates Hamlet?s adolescent questioning of all moral codes, and even sanity itself.
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'The parent and child relationships within Shakespeare?s ?Hamlet? are primarily characterized by the conflict between a child?s right to question and pursue his or her own destiny, in contrast to the need of honoring the child?s parental directives. The conflict inherent in parent and child is first evidenced, not in Hamlet?s first meeting with his father, but when Hamlet bemoans ?frailty thy name is woman,? in his first extended speech. Hamlet is angry because his mother has married his uncle so quickly, even though he obeys his mother?s wishes to stay in Denmark. Hamlet thus begins the play in a conflict about how to honor both his dead father and his living and remarried mother, a conflict that is highlighted by the advancing Norwegian Fortinbras? own claim for his dying parent."
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Women in "Hamlet" and "Othello", 2002.
This paper introduces and discusses the role of women in "Hamlet," and "Othello" by William Shakespeare.
2,210 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper analyzes the significance of the women and their roles and what they add to the meaning of the two plays. The paper contrasts the women characters in each play and examines which play more important roles. Characters analyzed are Hamlet's fianc?e, Ophelia; Hamlet's mother and Othello's lover Desdemona.
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"Therefore, the women exist in Hamlet as a form of support to show why he hates them. They are all evil, troubled, or deceptive, and they back up Hamlet's disgust with the fairer sex. Some critics even go so far as to intimate that Hamlet chooses death to remove himself from his mother's sexuality (Maccary 51).
The women both serve another vital purpose in the play; they become the scapegoats that allow Hamlet to hide his own jealousy and rage at himself, for allowing his father to die, and not living up to his own expectations. His mother is living a seemingly happy life after his father dies, and this is too much for him to take."
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Hamlet as Tragic Hero, 2002.
Examining the qualities of a tragic hero according to Aristotles and questioning whether Shakespeare's "Hamlet" falls under this category.
714 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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Aristotle describes the characteristics of the tragic hero in "Poetics." Three of these characteristics are: that the character is mainly admirable; that the character exercises free choice in bringing about their own downfall; and that the character has one fatal flaw that leads to their demise. This paper analyzes the character Hamlet and shows that Hamlet meets these three characteristics of the tragic hero.
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"The first of Aristotle?s characteristics is that that character is mainly admirable. Hamlet achieves this by having many good traits including intelligence, sensitivity and humility. However, the best evidence of Hamlet as an admirable character is his unwillingness to commit murder, even when given a reason that would justify the act. This shows that Hamlet is basically a good man. In the play, the ghost of Hamlet?s father orders him to take action and ?revenge his foul and most unnatural murder? (I,iv). Despite being given what at the time, can be seen as an acceptable reason to take action, Hamlet hesitates and procrastinates. It is Hamlet?s good nature and his rejection of committing murder that causes this hesitation. This represents the good qualities of Hamlet, his intelligence, his ability to be rational and the inherent goodness of his character. This also shows that Hamlet is a man who does what he believes in despite outside pressure to do otherwise. This shows that Hamlet is an admirable character in many ways."
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Othello?s Characters, 2002.
A study of the characters in William Shakespeare's "Othello".
1,160 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses how the characters in William Shakespeare?s ?Othello? are what really make the play come to life. It provides a brief summary of each of the main characters with a character analysis and a description of their contribution to the plot of the play. It shows how Othello is bold warrior and a good person, how Iago brings all of the evil and fallacy into the play, how Desdemona is young and innocent and how Cassio?s character is vulnerable and easily manipulated.
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"The character of Desdemona is young and innocent. When she is wrongly accused of infidelity, her innocent response to his rage is "I never gave him cause!" (III.iv.155). Desdemona?s innocent nature is highlighted in the play, through the contrast with the two other female characters, the cynical Emilia and Cassio's mistress, Bianca. These women are harsh and ugly, and make Desdemona seem all the more pure. Her love for Othello is a major part of her character. She permits his abuse of her, although it shakes her self-confidence. She is an obedient and devoted wife. She carries her love for Othello with her even as he strangles her to death."
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Poems, 2002.
This paper describes and analyzes six unrelated poems.
1,170 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 6 sources, $ 40.95
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The paper includes a wide range of poetry: "Poetry" by Marianne Moore,
"The Writer" by Richard Wilbur, "Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen,
"London" by William Blake, "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer?s Day?" by Shakespeare and "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks. The author presents a short summary about the content and style of the poem and some general comments about poetry.
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"Overall, this is a poem about what poetry should be - meaningful, genuine and understandable by everyone. Poetry is not about being ?high sounding? but about producing something that can be understood. Poetry also does not have to be about grand subjects but can be about anything genuine, from the baseball fan to the hanging bat. This poem has a message to poets about what their poetry should achieve and also a message to the person not understanding poetry about what they can expect to see in a good poem."
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"Macbeth", 2002.
An analysis of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and a look at various aspects of the play.
1,788 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 57.95
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The paper analyzes the tragic play, "Macbeth" by Shakespeare. The paper explores several aspects of the play including: The images and symbols used in "Macbeth"; gender contradictions in Act V; interpretation of the phantasmagoric aspects; male anxiety about maternal issues and why "Macbeth" is more than just a story about a heartless, ambitious murderer.
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"Male anxiety about maternal issues is addressed in the play. Macbeth mentions maternity in some form in many of his speeches. An example is where he describes sleep saying, ?the innocent sleep, / Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care, / The death of each day?s life, sore labour?s birth? (II,ii). This is relevant as a reference to the power of women, a maternal force that Macbeth does not have. It is relevant that the witches and Lady Macbeth both lead Macbeth into murder and then madness. These references to birth can be seen a reference to wanting to avoid the power of women, but being unable to. It is also relevant that Lady Macbeth and the witches both take on maternal roles with Macbeth. In many ways they treat him as a child, especially by uses his weaknesses to trick him."
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"Merchant of Venice" and "The Lord of the Flies", 2002.
A character sketch of Shylock from William Shakespeare?s" Merchant of Venice" and Jack from William Golding's "The Lord of the Flies".
1,095 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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A brief examination of the main characters of these two classical works. Their characters are discussed relating to excerpts from the play and novel and then compared to each other. The writer concludes that both Shylock and Jack embody the malicious nature of mankind and are both are power hungry.
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""I like not fair terms and a villain's mind". (Shakespeare 1979)
The Merchant of Venice is one of the best comedies written by William Shakespeare and it has become famous because of its character Shylock the Jew. Shylock is perhaps the first character created for Elizabethan audience with anti-Semitic overtones and portraying Jews as comic foils for Christian heroes. Although most famous for his wickedness many modern interpretation have elevated Shylock's energy and eloquence to the height of a tragic hero."
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