Essays and Research Papers on All Shakespeare

A 5 page paper which examines how the images in this poem contribute to the central metaphor of the lover compared to a summer’s day. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper is a brief overview of Shakespeare’s life and times. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An eight page paper comparing Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Shakespeare’s King Lear in terms of their development of the tragic hero. The paper concludes that the way Shakespeare has developed his hero also owes much to the influence of Sophocles and Greek tragedy. Bibliography lists seven sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how Shakespeare explores kingship and leadership in his play Richard II. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts these plays on the basis of mood, setting, imagery, theme, magic, characters and plot structure. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper looking at the dramatic oppositions presented in the contrast of Egypt with Rome, Cleopatra with Octavius, in Shakespeare's play. The paper observes that in the play's resolution, Shakespeare is able to meld Rome's sense of order with Cleopatra's passion. No additional sources cited.

A 10 page analysis of the validity of the opinions of philosopher Stanley Cavell regarding Shakespeare's five greatest tragedies -- Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. The paper concludes that Cavell's insights, contained in his book Discovering Knowledge in Six Plays of Shakespeare, can be appropriately applied to Shakespeare, because Shakespeare's mindset ...

This 4 page report discusses an important secondary character in the play. Enobarbus, the Roman soldier who is Mark Antony’s trusted friend in Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” is to provide something of a rational voice that foresees the disaster that is certain to befall his friend and commander. One of Enobarbus most important purposes in the play is to ...

A 4 page paper which analyzes the play structure of Hamlet and the role each characters played in telling the story. No additional sources are used.

This 5 page paper discusses the case studies that might be developed for Lady Macbeth, Hermia and Helena. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page paper looking at three of Shakespeare's comedies -- As You Like It, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Twelfth Night -- and the motifs of disguise, transformation, and revelation in each. It concludes that the disguised state is a learning stage, and in order to return life to its proper place, this stage must ...

A 3 page paper which illustrates how confrontation concerning Macbeth’s manhood lead to murder in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page analysis of Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca in Shakespeare’s Othello. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts male attitudes towards women in both plays. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page essay that analyzes the construction of Shakespeare's Othello and argues that it is Othello's background as a military man that helps propel him toward the tragic murder of his beloved Desdemona. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which analyzes Act III in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as it relates to the rest of the story. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines how the importance of the natural world in this whimsical fantasy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper explores Shakespeare's use of harmony in both Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice. Psychological aspects of the works are explored as well. No additional sources cited.

This 5 page paper analyzes how William Shakespeare convicts loss and restoration in his plays. Specific examples are provided from The Tempest, Midsummer Night's Dream, & Macbeth.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of disorder in Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Text references suggest the theme of disorder in Macbeth's ascension and Lady Macbeth's madness. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A five page paper which looks at some of the social and political issues in Shakespeare, including gender politics and the politics of ambition, with reference to the Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, and The Merchant of Venice.

A 5 page essay that examines how two films, Zeffirelli (1968) and Luhrmann (1996), present Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, concentrating on the characterization of Juliet in the balcony scene. The writer argues that this characterization reflects on the status of women in society in general as a "temptress" of masculinity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines the relationship between the human side and the authority side of Lear’s character, and evaluates the contradictions that propel the play’s tragedy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

In five pages this paper examines how this theme is depicted in the relationships between Orsino and Olivia, Orsino and Cesario/Viola, and Olivia and Cesario/Viola in Twelfth Night. The bibliography lists only the primary source.

In five pages this paper examines how the theme of jealousy is presented in William Shakespeare’s tragic play. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.