Essays and Research Papers on All Shakespeare

This 5 page paper examines the two Shakespearean tragedies and looks at the characters' abilities to use reason. It is suggested that the characters are run on emotion and use little reason. Several quotes from the plays are provided. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which compares an early seventeenth-century audience’s response to Hamlet’s plight of love and revenge within the revenge tragedy construct to that of a modern-day audience’s response. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page report discusses the fact that Uncertain vision serves as a unifying theme in both Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” and Shakespeare’s “Othello” but there is a difference in how each of the authors present their characters’ overall vision and the direction of that vision. What they perceive or understand is not necessarily what they ...

A paper which looks at the devices which Iago employs to incite Othello's jealousy, and the use of dramatic irony in the relevant scenes of the text.

A 5 page paper which examines Act III, Scene I of Macbeth from various perspectives. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines the Shakespeare characters, Othello, King Lear, and Gloucester, in regards to blindness. The paper examines how the men are blind in some ways, which makes them more sensitive in other areas. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page research paper that investigates the effect of the dark imagery in Macbeth on the audience. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

6 pages in length. The father/daughter relationships between "Hamlet's" Ophelia and Polonius and "The Taming of the Shrew's" Katherine and Baptista reflect diversity of devotion, respect and admiration between two entirely different sets of parental association. That Ophelia is completely absorbed in the love she feels for her father Polonius is vastly contrary ...

A 5 page research paper/essay on Shakespeare's Othello. The writer examines various interpretations of the relationship between Othello and Iago and relates these to the text of the original play and the 1995 film version by Kenneth Branagh. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page essay that takes the unusual form of a letter home from a common soldier in Henry's army that discusses his life and also the execution of a fellow soldier, Bardolph, for looting. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines three father and son conflicts in Shakespeare's "Hamlet." The relationships are those of Hamlet and Claudius, Laertes and Polonius, and Fortinbras and Fortinbras. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the concept of acting throughout Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

This is a 6 page paper which discusses the different aspects of the love relationship found in the central couple in William Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra”. The levels of depth found in their commitment and passion are discussed in relation to their actions and their eventual tragic deaths. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the dishonest and deceitful behavior of Iago in Shakespeare’s “Othello.” bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the stages of decline which Macbeth goes through in Shakespeare’s play. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 8 page paper which examines whether or not they are, as described by Malcolm at the play’s conclusion, a “butcher” and “fiendlike queen.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how style, tone, and irony are used in Shakespeare’s “Othello.” Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how comedy and poetic imagination come together in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines how different characters must deal with circumstances that they did not invent, but which clearly influence their lives. The characters discussed are Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jeckyll, and Gus McCrae from “Dead Man’s Walk” by Larry McMurtry. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the nature of the tragedy present in Shakespeare’s King Lear. No additional sources cited.

A 6 page research paper that discusses how Shakespeare's Hamlet is such a complicated play that the Danish prince is caught in a quagmire of indecision, powerless to take action because he is not certain of anything. Also, he feels that he has no moral compass to aid in sorting out what he should do. ...

A six page paper which looks at Shakespeare's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra, with particular reference to the contrasting ways in which Rome is portrayed in relation to the Egyptian civilisation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 8 page paper which examines the claim, made by Claudius in “Hamlet,” which argues that nature’s common theme is the death of fathers or father figures. The paper addresses other pieces of literature as it involves the search for one’s identity in the face of the death or absence of a father or father figure. Bibliography lists 8 ...

A 5 page paper which examines what Horatio may have said if he were to deliver the eulogy at Hamlet’s funeral. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines the play of Macbeth, illustrating how the characters, the plot, and the themes are still incredibly relevant today. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.