Essays and Research Papers on All Shakespeare

A 5 page paper which compares the characters of Macbeth and Hamlet from the plays of Shakespeare. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.

This 4 pages essay contrasts and compares Shakespeare's "Hamlet" with Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and argues that both plays meet Aristotle's definition of "tragedy," despite some reservations in regards to Miller's play. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper that answers 4 questions pertaining to Shakespeare's "Hamlet." The answers relate 3 examples of death and how Hamlet reacts; what the writer considers to be the turning point of the play; meaning of 2 soliloquies and meaning of 2 themes. No additional sources cited.

5 pages. Who was the Dark Lady in William Shakespeare's Sonnet 127? This paper examines Sonnet 127 and considers what she must symbolize and who she might be. There are references to her in many of his sonnets, and just as many different theories about her. Bibliography lists 3 sources. ...

A 4 page paper which examines the transformation of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, and themes, in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. No additional sources cited.

In eight pages this paper examines how the soliloquies Hamlet delivers in William Shakespeare’s tragedy reveal his descent into madness and also considers how the play would have been altered had they been cut. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.

A 4 page paper which examines the characteristics and relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the themes of love’s difficulty, magic, and dreams in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 5 page paper which examines various elements in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” No additional sources cited.

A nine page paper looking at the psychological reasons William Shakespeare's Hamlet begins to mistrust people -- such as Ophelia -- who have never given him any reason to do so. The paper shows that he feels embittered and emasculated by his inability to avenge his father's death. Bibliography lists six sources.

A 10 page paper which examines the politics in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Bibliography lists 10 sources.

In William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet, The Prince of Denmark” Hamlet utters the well known quote “the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king”. This 4 page paper considers how plays are used to catch the conscience of different characters within this play. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

“Hamlet” – Still Debated After All These Years: This 6-page essay examines a number of critics’ opinions relevant to some of Shakespeare’s themes in “Hamlet.” Undoubtedly, this play and most all of the Bard’s work will continue to be a prime source of much armchair discourse for additional centuries to come. Bibliography lists 5 sources. ...

Iago in Shakespeare's Othello is seen as the personification. In this 5 page paper the character is analysed in terms of his manipulative and treacherous behaviour in order to ascertain if Iago is a truly evil man, or simply one that has been unjustly treated and feels the need for revenge to ease the hurt. ...

A 4 page paper which examines the treatment of women in Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” No additional sources cited.

A 12 page paper describing Shakespeare's use of sexuality in three of his plays. The writer explores the themes of incest, adultery, interracial love, and obsession. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

The “Poetics” and “Othello” – Get the Connection: This 15-page essay examines the precepts relevant to tragedy in Aristotle’s the Poetics, with respect to Shakespeare’s play, Othello. Undoubtedly, the Bard made good use of a number of Aristotelian ideas. However, he also made aberrant personal choices that only served to make his work that much ...

A 5 page paper which examines the oracles in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and "The Winter's Tale." The paper discusses whether the oracles are beneficial or destructive within the stories. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how and why Shakespeare’s Hamlet is still a valid piece of literature today. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page research paper discusses the maternal relationships in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men. Specifically discussed are the Oedipal implications between Prince Hamlet and Queen Gertrude; between Jack Burden and his mother and its consequences on their lives and relationships with others. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the development of Romeo and Juliet in the play be William Shakespeare. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines how Chaucer’s “Wife of Bath” from Canterbury Tales and Shakespeare’s Hamlet summarize and illustrated Medieval thought. No additional sources cited.

This 15 page paper argues that Shakespeare was NOT a feminist, but rather was a man of his times. The film versions are shown to have remained true to this anti-feminist tone even in modern adaptations. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 5 page paper argues that Ophelia, in Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark, is brought to a crisis of identity as a direct result of the intervention of the men in her life, including her father, her brother, Hamlet and Claudius. No additional sources are listed.

A 6 page paper which illustrates how Shakespeare and Arthur Miller present their tragic heroes in "Hamlet" and "Death of a Salesman" respectively. The argument is presented that both men are struggling to do the right thing. They are both noble in many respects, but Hamlet appears more noble only because his presence is in the past in a ...