Essays and Research Papers on All Shakespeare

An 8 page paper that reflects a comparison of the characters of Iago, Othello and Desdemona in the movie adaptations of Othello, including those by Parker, Suzman and Welles.

A 6 page paper which examines the life and actions of Claudius in order to achieve a better understanding of the tragedy and the antagonist’s purpose in it. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the symbols of the ear (or poison ear) and disease and rotting as elements in Hamlet, especially as they serve to demonstrate loss and torment. This paper focuses on the messages of the ghost, as they were conveyed to Hamlet, and how these messages poisoned his perspective and transformed ...

A 4 page paper which examines the character balance and the moral complications they create. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which considers why Ophelia’s brother and father advise her to be wary of Hamlet’s attentions and affections. It examines how Laertes and Polonius perceive Hamlet, and discusses whether they are simply being protective or offer reasons for offering such a warning. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 6 page paper discussing the father and son relationship between King Henry IV and Prince Harry/Hal in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part I”. The father and son relationship between King Henry IV and Prince Harry/Hal in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part I” is one of the central themes of the play and some would ...

This 8 page paper examines why Coriolanus by Shakespeare is one of the worst plays by Shakespeare. Examples, quotes given. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper supports the thesis that Keats had attempted to use Shakespeare's techniques but could not master them. Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" and Keats' s "On first looking into Chapman's Homer" are used as examples. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page report discusses several of the master-slave relationships of 'The Tempest.' Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7 page paper provides a brief overview of a few of Shakespeare's characters, the use of nature and the presentation of a play within the play. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how kingship is presented in the play in terms of a king’s values, and how Macbeth either follows or breaks them. Specifically considered is the role of king as a leader, his qualities, the notion that the king is appointed by God and the significance of this within ...

A 5 page paper which examines how Shakespeare treats the theme in one of his most famous tragedies. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how modern feminism might react to or interpret the playwright’s portrayal of the characters and specifically considers their interaction with each other and the male characters, and whether they serve as catalysts that explain or otherwise move the drama toward its inevitable conclusion. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

In 5 pages the author discusses the symbolism present in "The Winter's Tale" by William Shakespeare. The play is filled with symbolism from its very title "The Winter's Tale" to the end. The title symbolizes the affiliation of the play with storytelling. In fact, Mamillius, who is the son to Leontes, the King ...

A 4 page paper which compares and contrasts how these concepts would be predominantly interpreted by Shakespeare’s audience in contrast with the postmodern perspective. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines how much Gertrude, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, knew about her husband’s death and the extent of her guilt in the murder. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the way in which despite his protestations, Richard III ‘proves a lover’ in his seduction of Lady Anne. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A nine page paper which looks at the form and function of the soliloquy in three of Shakespeare’s plays, showing how it allows insight into the fatal flaws and motivations of the protagonists as well as allowing the playwright to explore specific aspects of the human condition. Bibliography lists 3 sources

This 5 page report discusses one of Shakespeare’s best-known plays and best-known characters. One of the single most striking characteristics of the part of Hamlet is his manic behaviors. Hamlet is introduced to the audience as a great man, generous, even brilliant. But what the audience sees is a man who is unsure of ...

A 5 page paper which examines how the way in which Ophelia is manipulated represents a destruction of innocence and how her death is the unfortunate consequence of everyone else’s chaotic and corrupted lives. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines how the plays “As You Like It,” “Hamlet,” “Henry IV,” “King Lear,” “Love’s Labors Lost,” “Macbeth,” “Measure for Measure,” “Richard II,” “Romeo and Juliet, and “The Tempest” reflect his characteristics of patriotism (particularly in terms of the monarchy and colonialism), loyalty, spirituality (including his fascination with the supernatural), and ...

A 4 page paper which examines the extent to which Shakespeare subscribes to Machiavellian ideas in this tragedy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 9 page paper which examines research on Shakespeare’s Othello. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5 page report explores the idea that “Hamlet” was what literary critic Northrup Frye described as the “central and most significant play, because it dramatized a central preoccupation of the age of Romanticism: the conflict of consciousness and action...No other play has explored the paradoxes of action and thinking about action so deeply.” ...

A 5 page paper which examines how William Shakespeare employed the popular Elizabethan literary style of couplets and quatrains in his tragic play, "Romeo and Juliet." Bibliography lists 4 sources.