Essays and Research Papers on All Shakespeare

A 7 page paper which presents an examination of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as a film for children. The paper discusses elements of the play, the audience, sets, and other aspects which need to be considered. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

This 7 page report discusses Shakespeare’s own understanding of the essential nature of love which allows him to establish a variety of realms in which the realities of romance are interwoven throughout all aspects of life. Romance gone wrong, romance perverted, or the “romantic” aspects of fear, hatred, and suffering, appear much more often in ...

A 5 page research paper that examines Shakespeare's extraordinary gift for language. The writer emphasizes Shakespeare's contributions to the English language as well as focusing on how Shakespeare used the character of the Ghost in Hamlet as a form of figurative speech. A portion of Hamlet is translated from old English into modern English. Bibliography ...

An 8 page paper describing the way Shakespeare's use of imagery supports the tragic elements in the story and in fact makes the ending easier to accept because the audience (reader) perceives it as inevitable. Bibliography lists 6 additional critical sources --cited.

A six page paper analyzing the pivotal character of the usurper to Richard's throne. Particular attention is paid to the differences between Bolingbroke and Richard, and the reasons behind the success of Bolingbroke's reign after Richard was deposed. Bibliography lists four sources.

This 7 page paper discusses the way Shakespeare handles death in "Romeo and Juliet," "Macbeth" and "Hamlet." Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the overt use of water throughout Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 6 page essay that discusses the way in which Shakespeare portrays father/daughter relationships. Generally speaking, these relationships can be characterized as loving, with the father taking an appropriate attitude toward his daughter. However, in understanding this relationship within the cultural context of Shakespeare’s era, the Elizabethan perspective on gender roles and the manner in ...

A 4 page paper which examines why many consider this play one of the greatest works in Western literature. No additional sources are used.

This 3 page paper discusses some of the themes that Shakespeare addresses in his plays, and includes a discussion of love, and of the play Macbeth. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper explores what some call one of the world's greatest mysteries, whether or not the works attributed to William Shakespeare were actually written by him. There is a movement to give credit to another who lived during the time period. The paper exposes that movement as having hidden motivations and concludes that ...

In 5 pages the author discusses the element of tragedy in "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare. All is not as it seems in Ephesus. Are all of the townspeople mad or is there a reason for their confusion? This is a play about familial relationships and mistaken identity. The play is ...

A 5 page paper which examines how the images of disease are used throughout the play. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines how love, jealousy and deception contributed to the downfall of the tragic Moorish hero. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how Hamlet successfully satisfies Aristotle’s tragic hero criteria by possessing a noble stature, possesses a tragic flaw and faces a reversal of fortune. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

In three pages this paper examines the purpose of ‘the play within a play’ in Act III of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and considers how it provides a commentary on the action of the actual play itself. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.

In 10 pages, the author discusses the love and tragedies of William Shakespeare's plays, focusing on "The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," "The Tragedy of Macbeth," "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice," and "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark." Bibliography lists 14 sources.

5 pages. This paper answers several questions about Shakespeare's famous Romeo and Juliet. Important commentary is included regarding the meaning of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Also reviewed are the differences between Shakespeare's work and that of Arthur Brooke's Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet. Finally, viewpoints are given about ...

This 4 page paper illustrates the ways in which Shakespeare uses spying and eavesdropping in "Othello", "Hamlet", and "Measure for Measure". This paper explores the significance of spying and eavesdropping in these plays and how the audience is served by this literary technique. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper on the topic of the journey as depicted in Hamlet, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet. The writer notes that in every case, the literal journey encompasses only a very tiny section of the play; but the hero's departure and return at that precise point in the plot has great significance to ...

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra to John Dryden's play, All For Love. Examples, quotes, offered. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A six page paper which looks at Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice from a feminist perspective, considering in particular the relationships between Jessica and Shylock, and Portia and Bassanio, and the use of masculine disguise in Portia’s courtroom appearance. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

7 pages in length. No one is without a social face; in fact, people often maintain many social faces depending upon the situation or the ultimate objective. When assessing Viola's emotional and mental disguise in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the student will want to address such elements as social dictate, gender oppression and the ...

This 4 page paper discusses the issue of incest as described in Shakespeare's, Hamlet. Correlation to modern theories on incest offered. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 11 page paper which compares and contrasts two of William Shakespeare's most tragic heroines, Desdemona in "Othello" and Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet," and specifically considers the way each comes to grief by different means. Bibliography lists 1 source.