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William Shakespeare is considered the greatest English writer and poet of all times and the world's most renown dramatist. His plays are still the most frequently performed in theatres worldwide, outshining by far any other playwright. With about 39 plays, 154 sonnets, and a few other works, his legacy is fairly considerable and a subject of
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exploration and continuous interpretations. Essays on Shakespeare works may focus on his characters and their struggles, on love, loyalty, fate, sacrifice identity, vengeance, human nature, the corrupting effect of power, etc. This makes them relevant for students even nowadays. Check out the essay samples in this rubric for additional topics and examples of good writing focused on Shakespeare’s works.
Shakespeare: The Einstein of His Time
view essay exampleShakespeare, the Einstein of his time has changed the intrepid minds of many influential people in the Elizabethan era which includes King Edward I. In his greatest play, Macbeth, has showed us that ‘foul is fair and foul is fair’ in the relationship between Macbeth...
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Duncan I of Scotland, Judi Dench, KILL, King Duncan, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth of Scotland, Malcolm III of Scotland, Three Witches
An Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Othello
view essay exampleThere are many powerful stories in the world. Tales of intrigue, revenge and redemption. But it is the skilful craft of storytelling which makes these narratives memorable. Narratives which are well told that involve the compelling characterisation of complex individuals, an engaging and suspenseful plot...
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A Story, Boy, Character, Drama, Fiction, Iago, Irony, Jealousy, Narrative, Narrative mode
The Role of Women in Shakespeare's Plays
view essay exampleIn Shakespearean plays, women have always played important roles. Whether their purpose was to create the base of the play, main conflicts, or generate moral and cultural questions, women are always put in arduous situations. Often, the role of women surpasses the role of male...
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare: Fate and Destiny
view essay exampleWilliam Shakespeare’s highly acclaimed drama Romeo and Juliet is the story of two lovers against fate who by their death end the quarrels between their families, The Montagues and the Capulet. After meeting each other at a masquerade, Romeo and Juliet fall in one. The...
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Fate
Exploring Human Nature in Macbeth
view essay exampleThe nature of mankind makes us struggle to choose between right and wrong. From time to time, there is a struggle between personal desires and moral decisions. In the play “Macbeth”, William Shakespeare illustrates humanity as murky and corrupt. He demonstrates the unsavory side of...
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Banquo, Bounty, Duncan I of Scotland, Early Modern English, Human nature, Jonathan Vilma, Judi Dench, King Duncan, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth
Things Are Never as They Appear
view essay exampleManipulation, coupled with good intentions, can lead to a favourable outcome; but when used in an immoral manner, it is the beginning of a tragic end. Such a tragedy strikes in the play “Othello” written by one William Shakespeare. The passage in Act I.i.45-71 is...
Family Theme in William Shakespeare's Works
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«The family is like a body. Just as the organs and limbs of a body are connected and interdependent, so the members of the family are connected physically and are also bound together by ties of emotional and practical interdependence» Bruce W. Young. The family...
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BBC Television Shakespeare, Characters in Romeo and Juliet, Daughter, English Renaissance plays, Family, Father, First Folio, Frances Barber, John Gielgud, Judi Dench
Different Vision on a Different Love
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Innumerable poems address the concept of love, with the written battle between positive love and negative love continuing to be waged today. Not surprisingly, there are not, nor would we expect many future poets to write, many poems that juxtapose both the positive and negative...
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Death, English-language films, Iamb, Iambic pentameter, Line, Love, Madrid Metro, Meter, Metropolitana di Napoli, Poetic form
The Power of Love in William Shakespeare’s Play The Tempest
view essay example“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”- Jimi Hendrix. The power of love is strong enough to open the hearts of powerful men, who abuse their power, to obtain dominance, control, and to seek revenge. Lust for...
The Image of The Rebellious Wife in Elizabethan England in Shakespeare's Play "The Taming of The Shrew"
view essay exampleMany cultural and literary historians, along with feminists, without leaving any margins of doubts, have demonstrated that throughout the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, rebellious and defiant women were always a concern for men in the Elizabethan society. Evidence of unease, anxiety and discomfort...
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Abuse, Accession Day tilt, Domestic violence, Elizabeth I of England, Elizabethan era, Embarrassment, English literature, English Renaissance, Humiliation, Husband
Dynamics Between Characters as Major Mean of Plot Construction
view essay exampleAlthough the characters of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar can not be easily classified because of their emotional depth and mental complexity, one can draw certain conclusions about them based on the attributes that they possess. Shakespeare uses the intricacy of the characters’ personalities to...
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Ancient Roman generals, Assassination of Julius Caesar, Battle of Philippi, Cicero, Cleopatra VII, Correspondents of Cicero, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Mark Antony, Roman dictator
"Romeo and Juliet" as One of Shakespeare's Most Famous Plays
view essay exampleRomeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, narrates the tragic love story of two teenagers from different houses hating each other, who are destined to die this young but had chances, especially Romeo, for taking a different track towards their fatal ending. Romeo...
Analysis of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
view essay exampleThe play Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a tragedy between all the characters, but most importantly Macbeth himself. This play is one of the most gruesome and tragic plays Shakespeare has written. It is about a man who is hungry for power and will do...
Macbeth: Witches Influence on Macbeth's Decisions
view essay exampleIn the Shakespearean play, “Macbeth,” the witches influence on how Macbeth made his decisions played a crucial part in contributing to his eventual destruction. The witches were trying to create chaos by prophesying to Macbeth in order to get him to act. They planted the...
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Banquo, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth of Scotland, The Birnam Wood, Three Witches
Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
view essay exampleMerchant of Venice is a play in the 16th century that was written by the infamous writer, Shakespeare. Just like many other of his play, the story is The Merchant of Venice is classified as a tragicomedy, because it shares features in common with comedies...
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Antonio, Portia, Shylock, The Jew of Malta, The Merchant of Venice, Usury
A Universal Protagonist in William Shakespeare’s Tragedy "Hamlet"
view essay exampleWilliam Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy Hamlet presents a universal protaganist who defies to Aristotelian tragedy conventions to wholly embody the struggle of the human condition – Hamlet’s psychological transition from disillusionment to a state of resolution. Hamlet, a christian humanist, provides a unique introspection into the...
The Tragic Story of Hamlet
view essay exampleHamlet is a tragic story where there is a hero and criminals. Everyone has an imperfection that leads to something tragic or r emotional in all of the history. The main evil in this story is Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. In Shakespeare’s Theatrical Story, Hamlet...
Review of "Richard Iii" by William Shakespeare
view essay exampleRichard III is one of Shakespeare’s earliest works, first believed to be performed around 1593 and as it is often the case with villains, the title character’s allure lies first and foremost in his unbridled, single-minded, gleefully exhibited amorality, executing his revenge and acting out...
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Born
April 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Died
April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Occupation
Playwright, Poet, Actor
Movement:
English Renaissance
Spouse
Anne Hathaway (m. 1582–1616)
Quotes
"All that glitters is not gold."
"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. Open, locks, Whoever knocks!"
In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, "to be, or not to be, that is the question." In the 21st century, "to code, or not to code, that is the challenge.
What was Shakespeare's first poem?
Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication.
How many works did William Shakespeare write?
Shakespeare wrote at least 38 plays and over 150 short and long poems, many of which are considered to be the finest ever written in English.
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