Essays on Plays

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The Examples of Unchecked Ambition in Macbeth and Its Effects

9 pages / 3024 words

Introduction Power has the ability to destroy one’s nature, thus making one capable of doing things that they usually wouldn’t intend on doing. The main theme that is revealed in The Tragedy of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is that humans are corrupted by unchecked...

Macbeth Macbeth Ambition Macbeth Power

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The Influence of Power in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

3 pages / 1802 words

Introduction There are many different types of powers, which a person may possess. Sometimes people are born into families of such class status. Other will strive to improve their status and to better their lives. To achieve such powers, one must manage to successfully challenge...

Macbeth Macbeth Ambition Macbeth Power

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The Tragic Downfall of Macbeth in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

2 pages / 1090 words

As a whole, the story of Macbeth and his downfall is tragic.When looking at the place Macbeth started, as a valiant hero who turns into a fiend, it gives light to the meaning of tragedy. Macbeth started on one spectrum and fell into another which...

Macbeth Macbeth Power

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Psychological Disorders in Polonius in "Hamlet"

1 page / 671 words

The Psychological Health of Polonius In The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, several characters exhibit the signs of possible psychological disorders, such as Prince Hamlet, Ophelia, and Polonius. With Polonius, Shakespeare seems to characterize a sneaky, untrustworthy snake of a man. Upon further inspection,...

Hamlet Psychological Disorders

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Foreshadowing Cleopatra's Betrayal in "Antony and Cleopatra" by Shakespeare

1 page / 419 words

Foreshadowing Betrayal Cleopatra’s betrayal is not unexpected at all if one closely reads the text in Antony and Cleopatra. There is ample foreshadowing of Cleopatra’s corrupted morals and sense of self. Antony’s infatuation with Cleopatra leads him to overlook her behavior and forgive her almost...

Antony and Cleopatra Betrayal William Shakespeare

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The Collapse of Relationships in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ted Hughes' Birthday Letters, and Ian Mcewan's Atonement

4 pages / 1984 words

Expectation My Great-Aunt Melon gave me a lime green shirt with a bedazzled pickle splashed across the chest for my fifteenth birthday. It also rained. I wasn’t shocked or sad at all. It had rained on my birthday every year for the past fourteen. Mom...

Hamlet William Shakespeare

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Plot Analysis of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

2 pages / 920 words

On the surface, the plot in Death of a salesman seems rather simple. This is in fact not the case, when you dig deeper into the themes and motives of the novel. It deals with the core value of modern American society, The American Dream....

Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman American Dream

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Gang Violence in Romeo and Juliet, a Play by William Shakespeare

2 pages / 912 words

Gangs are socially destructive and detrimental to society for several reasons. Very often they will seek to control their group and the surrounding community through fear and violent crime. Rivalries and territory wars with other gangs bring violence to neighborhoods and endanger the lives of...

Gang Violence Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare

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The Right of Every Man and Woman to Have Babies

1 page / 386 words

I am fairly neutral with regards to the statement, because I think that people have the right to a baby if they intend to take care of it while it nurtures, however on the other hand, I don’t think that we people with bad intentions...

Everyman

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Characters, Death, and Evil Deeds in "Everyman"

3 pages / 1531 words

Introduction Everyman, the play is based on the premise that a person will be held accountable for the good and evil deeds committed on earth by God after they have died. All these deeds are noted in a ledger book by God and one is...

Everyman

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The Negative Effect of Jealousy in Othello, a Play by William Shakespeare

2 pages / 702 words

The Unsuspecting Jealousy is an omnipresent emotion. It oftentimes has a negative effect on people. In Othello, the play by William Shakespeare, the protagonist ends up killing his wife because he suspects her of infidelity. While this is a heinous crime, Othello was simply a...

Othello Othello Jealousy

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Love and Mistaken Identities in Twelfth Night, a Play by William Shakespeare

2 pages / 885 words

“Twelfth Night” is a play written by Shakespeare. This play, mainly based on love, begins with Orsino trying to win Olivia’s love. Viola, who was shipwrecked, assists the Duke by disguising herself as Cesario and ends up falling in love with the Duke. Olivia’s servant,...

Twelfth Night William Shakespeare

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An Inspector Calls Report

2 pages / 981 words

In An Inspector Calls, Priestley portrays inspector google as a peculiar mysterious man. His name Goole having the same pronunciation as “ghoul”, in another word a ghost/spirit. This suggests perhaps someone who has an interest in death and maybe is sent as Eva’s afterlife to...

An Inspector Calls Literature Review

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Fortune in Troilus and Criseyde

4 pages / 1843 words

As a poem that presents tragedy within love as inevitable, in Troilus and Criseyde, Chaucer also explores the forces that control this downfall: Fortune, the planets and free will. These can be separated in to two categories, those that exist in the human world, and...

Troilus and Cressida

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Comparative Analysis of Troilus and Criseyde and Hippolytus

3 pages / 1524 words

In Troilus and Criseyde, a poem which presents tragedy as a necessary component of love, Chaucer explains that fortune, the planets, and free will all control the fall of the protagonist. These forces, none of which lead to his ultimate benefit, exist in two different...

Troilus and Cressida

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Reality and Appearance: a Comparison of Hamlet and The Revenger"s Tragedy

3 pages / 1322 words

Throughout both Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy, the disparity between how things seem and how they really are is a constant underlying motif; the depth in which both plays examine the concept of appearance and reality justifies the claim that they are a...

Hamlet Revenge Tragedy

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Stanley Kowalski is a Traditional Villain

3 pages / 1453 words

“A Streetcar Named Desire” is the famous story of Blanche du Bois and Stanley Kowalski’s passionate power struggle; written by Tennessee Williams in 1947, the Play is set in New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1940s. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each...

A Streetcar Named Desire Villain

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Review of "Othello" by William Shakespeare

2 pages / 796 words

In William Shakespeare play Othello, Iago make Othello believe that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio. He does by taking advantage of any situation to make of Othello doubt. Iago makes Othello thing a lot of crazy thing on his head, Othello got so...

Othello William Shakespeare

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The Concepts of Fate and Free Will in "The Kite Runner" and Oedipus

2 pages / 955 words

Fate and Free Will The elements of fate and free will are not black and white. Humans have an unconscious free will while making everyday decisions: what we want to wear, where we want to go, and when we want to sleep. Sometimes, however, we...

Oedipus Rex The Kite Runner