Essays on Plays

1730

The Connection Between Sleep and Nature in Macbeth

3 pages / 1477 words

In Shakespeare's, Macbeth, there seems to be an uncanny connection between the images of sleep and nature. The play refers to the results of nature being thwarted, and since sleep is the primarily natural function of every human being, its seems the most appropriate in...

Macbeth

1731

A Grim Perspective of Humanity in Macbeth

3 pages / 1656 words

As a story of appalling crime and retribution, Shakespeare’s Macbeth is unique in ascribing greater attention to unscrupulous criminals than to their victims. As such, the overall mood of the play must be taken with respect to the context; the focus is deliberately placed on...

Macbeth

1732

Moving The Boundaries Through Transposition and Reconfiguration in Film Adaptations of Shakespeare

3 pages / 1688 words

The universal themes of ambition, power, and greed make William Shakespeare’s Macbeth remarkably applicable to countless other times, places, and people. It is with this mindset that directors Akira Kurosawa and Billy Morrisette approached their respective adaptations of the play, Throne of Blood and Scotland,...

Film Analysis Macbeth

1733

The Appearance of Fairness in Shakespeare's Macbeth

3 pages / 1504 words

Starting with the witches’ assertion that fair is foul, and foul is fair, it is clear that Macbeth is a play in which appearances will be deceiving and morality will be muddled. From the dialogue between King Duncan, Malcolm, and the wounded sergeant in Scene...

Macbeth

1734

The Macbeth's Witches and Their Controversial Nature

2 pages / 1247 words

The nature of the three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a controversial subject. Mildred Tonge suggests in her essay Black Magic and Miracles in Macbeth that the witches represent women that serve a dark power, most likely Satan, or even that they are a form...

Macbeth

1735

The Question of Gender Stratification in Lysistrata

2 pages / 1199 words

On the surface, the play Lysistrata could appear to be a light-hearted comedy about a group of women who decide to refuse sex to the Greek men in order to end the Peloponnesian war. However, inside of this humor there exists a dangerous, hidden transcript:...

Lysistrata

1736

The Role of Cordelia's Self-confidence in King Lear

3 pages / 1691 words

In the first scene of the first act of King Lear Cordelia, Lear’s youngest daughter, is banished from his sight forever. As per his decree, she does not return to the stage until the end of the drama. Yet Cordelia’s actions and attitude reverberate throughout...

King Lear

1737

Character's Development in King Lear and Pride and Prejudice

5 pages / 2567 words

Two English literary works, one a comedy and the other a tragedy, by two different authors of separate centuries, both have their fair share of characters who illustrate the admirable and the not-so-admirable of dispositions. Jane Austen’s socially satirical novel Pride and Prejudice from 1813...

Character King Lear Pride and Prejudice

1738

The Dynamics in Relationship Between Lear and Gloucester

2 pages / 1226 words

Through experience and suffering, one tightens one’s grasp on reality. In William Shakespeare’s King Lear, the characters’ impressions of their society change as their status changes. Lear’s and Gloucester’s views of their once perfect society is forever tainted when they see the corruption and deception...

King Lear

1739

Paradox and Irony: The Means of Presentation in King Lear

5 pages / 2390 words

Throughout King Lear, the play’s themes and messages are communicated to the audience using a devastating combination of irony; reversal of situation and fortune; and paradox, underlining the harrowing truth of the futility of human existence presented in the play. This method is particularly effective...

King Lear

1740

Comparative Study of Fool's Character in Shakespeare’s and Kurosawa's Works

4 pages / 1783 words

In Akira Kurosawa’s transformation of King Lear into Ran, the flat character of the Lear’s Fool has evolved into Hidetora’s Kyoami, a character who exhibits a number of personal complexities absent from Shakespeare’s Fool. Both characters have a significant and unique position in their respective...

King Lear

1741

Analysis of King Lear's Madness in Shakespeare's Play

3 pages / 1604 words

It is odd to think that true madness can ever be totally understood. Shakespeare’s masterful depiction of the route to insanity, though, is one of the stronger elements of King Lear. The early to middle stages of Lear’s deterioration (occurring in Acts I through III)...

King Lear

1742

The Significance of Introspection in King Lear

7 pages / 3419 words

In The Tragedy of King Lear, William Shakespeare drags his audience through horrific tragedy to get to the core of truth. Violence, pain, betrayal, and finally death come crashing down upon almost every character, good or bad. This peeling away of pleasantries is fundamental to...

King Lear

1743

The Images of Sight and Blindness in King Lear

3 pages / 1389 words

In King Lear, the recurring images of sight and blindness associated with the characters of Lear and Gloucester illustrate the theme of self-knowledge and consciousness that exist in the play. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to...

King Lear

1744

Divine Justice Vs Evil in King Lear

3 pages / 1612 words

The Christian will not find comfort in William Shakespeare’s King Lear. Imbued with the ideals of divine justice and good prevailing over evil, the Christian will be appalled as he delves into the tragedy to find pure-hearted gentlemen reduced to rags and feigned madness and...

King Lear

1745

Being King and Being Father: Claudius and Lear

4 pages / 1899 words

In an excerpt from Sir Robert Filmer’s The Natural Power of Kings, the defined paternal positions of father and king are inextricably synonymous. In the periods in which William Shakespeare’s plays Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and King Lear both occur, usurper of the throne Claudius...

King Lear

1746

The Use of Language and Its Role in King Lear

4 pages / 1755 words

“There is a cliff, whose high and bending head Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay Looks fearfull in the confin’d deep. Bring me but to the very...

King Lear

1747

Blindness Vs The Ability to Perceive in King Lear

4 pages / 1961 words

Blindness is not just an inability to see with your eyes. It is a quality derived from lack of wisdom and intuition. True vision is not the product of properly functioning optic nerves – it is the ability to keenly observe one’s situation and to...

King Lear

1748

King Lear and Hamlet: Freudian Interpretation of The Two Plays

4 pages / 1941 words

Shakespeare’s Hamlet and King Lear both contain a multitude of driving forces at work behind the actions of the main characters, but common to both works exists an obvious Freudian interpretation of what is driving two of the most interesting characters in all of Shakespeare’s...

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