Essays on Plays

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Analyzing Shakespeare's Literary Elements in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

1 page / 555 words

Most readers associate William Shakespeare with classic iambic pentameter, but Shakespeare’s plays often consist of many different writing styles. According to Kim Ballard, “A mix of these two compositional forms is unusual in much of literature, but commonplace in the plays of Shakespeare and other...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare

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The Balance of Law and Love in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

4 pages / 1910 words

If there was no such thing as sympathy, empathy, or love in our world, it would be a hard place to live. If there was no hard law or reason in our world, it would be a crazy place to live. Neither of these worlds...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare’s Description of The Difference of Imagination and Realism as Illustrated in His Play, a Midsummer Night's Dream

2 pages / 1019 words

Dreams, we all have them. Whether they be about the love of our life or our greatest fear, when we fall asleep, we lose the ability to tell the difference between reality and fiction. It’s why we actually feel like we’re falling off a building...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare

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Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

1 page / 602 words

The play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” written by William Shakespeare, is full of many wonderful and humorous scenes and themes throughout the play including ideas like real vs. fake love, gender power, and real vs. imaginary life. Act 3 in this play definitely has a...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare

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Henrik Ibsen’s Portrayal of Gender Roles as Depicted in This Play, a Doll's House

9 pages / 4138 words

Materialist Feminism in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House The nature of man is inherently oppressive. In every documented civilization, there exists or has existed a class system which identifies certain individuals as “lesser” than their superiors. In ancient Rome, the patricians ruled over the plebeians, and...

A Doll’s House

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Review of The Play, a Doll's House

1 page / 435 words

A Critical Analysis of A Doll’s House In the late 1800’s rigid gender roles set the character of both men and women. In a male dominant society, Men were expected to be educated and have a job. Women’s roles in society were to take care...

A Doll’s House

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Henrik Ibsen's Description of Women’s Rights as Depicted in His Play, a Doll's House

4 pages / 1750 words

Gender Roles in A Doll House Most works of literature are heavily influenced by the time in which they were written. They often become subject to multiple interpretations based on historical significance. In A Doll House, written in 1879 by Henrik Ibsen, much of the...

A Doll’s House

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Arthur Miller’s Depiction of Willy Loman as a Heroic Figure as Illustrated in His Play, Death of a Salesman

1 page / 564 words

Introduction Arthur Miller chose a Low-Man as his hero because the queens and kings don’t live anymore, and writers can’t write about them. I think it’s great that Miller chose a person like Lowman to be his hero. Lowman is a regular person; he doesn’t...

Arthur Miller Character Death of a Salesman

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Arthur Miller's Depiction of Willy Loman

2 pages / 871 words

Introduction Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, is a tragic play focusing on the common man during the late 1940s. Much of the story is told by flashbacks of Willy Loman’s past, including him cheating on Linda, his wife. His older son, Biff, witnessed...

Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman Tragic Hero

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A Look at The Story of Willy Loman and Tragic Events that Affect His Life

2 pages / 770 words

Introduction I chose to read Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller because I believe that he was a very talented American playwright, and his plays have always intrigued me. As I was marking the book and reading the play, I made sure to jot...

Character Death of a Salesman Willy Loman

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The Immoral Ambitions of Iago in Othello and Claudius in Hamlet

4 pages / 1785 words

Almost every tragedy has a villain, to provide the conflict which catapults the plot into its bitter end. William Shakespeare was a master at providing an audience with a keen insight into the human psyche through the actions and words of his heroes, and even...

Ambition Hamlet Othello

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The Theme of Ambition in Macbeth, a Play by William Shakespeare

1 page / 613 words

Ambition With respect to physics, when a building is constructed too high and lacks a robust foundation, it is destined to topple. Such behavior corresponds to humans and their ambition. In the play, “Macbeth,” Shakespeare establishes the universal theme that too much ambition can lead...

Ambition Macbeth William Shakespeare

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A Bleak of Hope in King Lear, a Play by William Shakespeare

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By considering the dramatic effects of King Lear, evaluate the view that “despite the appalling suffering, the world of the play is not without hope”. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts...

Hope King Lear William Shakespeare

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A Study of The Theme of Mercy in The Merchant of Venice

2 pages / 1128 words

Introduction Here in Canada, we do not have the death penalty as punishment. Our judicial system shows mercy even to the worst of criminals by sparing their lives. Yet even to this day, in some countries like the USA, the death penalty still exists for...

Merchant of Venice Mercy

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The Bloody Chamber, Frankenstein, and Doctor Faustus: Three Way The Transgression is Portrayed

7 pages / 3018 words

A key feature of the Gothic genre in The Bloody Chamber,’ Frankenstein and Dr Faustus is Transgression. Transgression, put simply is the violation of a particular societal, moral or natural law. It is breaking boundaries, or breaking rules of society, which is reflected in all...

Blood Doctor Faustus Faust Frankenstein The Bloody Chamber

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The Portrayal of Father/daughter Relationship in "Fun Home"

5 pages / 2326 words

A significant aspect explored by Alison Bechdel in Fun Home is her relationship with her father, Bruce. During her childhood, there seems to be constant friction between Bechdel and Bruce and she applies the Daedalus-Icarus metaphor to depict her relationship with her father. However, when...

Fun Home

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The Role of Doubts and Questioning in The Construction of Hamlet's Character

1 page / 618 words

The Many Doubts of Hamlet C.S. Lewis once said that “the world of Hamlet is a world where one has lost one’s way.” This statement has many truths to it for the play opens at midnight, which represents a world where man is essentially lost...

Character Doubt Hamlet

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Lucy Prebble's Enron and Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus: Comparing The Construction of Theme of Excess Power and Its Abuse

2 pages / 921 words

Is Doctor Faustus or Enron more successful as a moral play? The playwrights display lessons that the audience are to learn whilst watching the play. However, arguably the playwrights have different aims as to watch they are, Marlowe projects a moral warning about reaching higher...

Doctor Faustus Enron Faust

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Genghis Khan and Macbeth: How The Tyranny Develops

2 pages / 838 words

In spite of William Shakespeare’s lifetime existing after the reign of Genghis Khan, the infamous Genghis Khan and Shakespeare’s Macbeth remain similar in their acts of tyranny. Both tyrants valued their pride and idealized sense of self-worth over the bloodshed of innocent victims that happened...

Genghis Khan Macbeth