Essays and Research Papers on Mixed Issues in Film Television Theater Music & Dance

A 6 page paper which examines the differences between the way the play was conceived and staged and the way Branagh presented the action on film. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing this story of the life of 1994 Nobel Prize winner John Forbes Nash, Jr. Nash is a mathematical genius whose promising career is nearly destroyed by the emergence of schizophrenia. The film instructs and informs, but it mostly conveys a message of hope. John maintains the hope ...

This 9 page paper provides an overview of the major film versions of Hamlet. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

Bringing Murderers to Justice in William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” A 3 page paper which examines specific sections of dialogue from each play and considers how these words bring sychological, moral, or philosophical complexity to the notion of bringing murderers to justice. No additional sources are used.

A 10 page paper which examines the ideals of courtly love as it is represented in the film “Shakespeare in Love.” Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how Iago functions in the play, and how successful Shakespeare is in achieving his significance. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page review of the latest movie version of Othello, starring Laurence Fishburne as Othello and Kenneth Branagh as Othello. The paper notes that Parker cut and altered much of Shakespeare's dialogue and changed the very slant of the film in a quest for "relevance"; it questions whether Shakespeare would not have been better ...

A 6 page paper which examines some big and small screen interpretations of Shakespeare’s most popular tragedies to analyze how they attempt to improve the play, how they can reach more audiences, how the works have to be altered to fit the film format, and considers whether or not this hurts the integrity of ...

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares the movie The Lost World with the original book by Michael Crichton. The writer argues that the film, not surprisingly, concentrates on the visual aspects of the story -- heart-stopping scenes where the main characters have to run for their lives from very real-looking dinosaurs. In ...

A 7 page paper which examines the influences on the work, how it came to be, both in terms of its creator (an interpretation of William Shakespeare’s tragic play) and environmental factors such as politics, culture, and technology. Also provided is a description and analysis of the film’s tone, structure, and message, and also ...

A 10 page paper which compares and contrasts how these films based on Shakespeare plays remain faithful to and deviate from the original works. Considered are Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” (1968) and Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo and Juliet” (1996), Orson Welles’ “The Tragedy of Othello” (1952) and Tim Blake Nelson’s “O” (2001), Paul Czinner’s ...

A 6 page paper which analyzes Shakespeare’s Henry V and then discusses the film versions of the story starring Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which compares/contrasts William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 with Luther Vandross’ song “Here and Now” as it involves love. No additional sources cited.

This 5 page report discusses the fact that the unique aspect of the universality of very well-known works being turned into a cinema application is that the audience has easy access to the original text and, in fact, may have seen the story presented in a different context, in a number of circumstances. They are likely to know the story ...

This 6 page report discusses the legend of Pocahontas (real name “Matoaka”) and compares the Disney animated movie version of it and her actual story. Was Pocahontas a brave young women who defied her father to save the life of the foreigner chief John Smith? Or is the story simply a myth, given new credence ...

This 7 page report compares Sherman Alexie's 1993 book with the 1998 movie "Smoke Signals" directed by Chris Eyre tht it inspired. Both comment on the contemporary Native American experience and consider stereotypes about Indians. Both offer the outsider a glimpse of life in a truly "outsider" culture.

This 10 page paper considers the movie Bend it Like Beckham starring Parminder Nagra. The traditional expectations of an Indian family living in London are challenged when their daughter wants to play soccer. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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

A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts Laurence Olivier's 1948 film version of William Shakespeare's most famous play, Hamlet, with Kenneth Branagh's 1996 interpretation, specifically considering the soliloquies, and their importance to the dramatic action. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

In seven pages, this paper compares and contrasts the relationships between Shakespeare’s Gertrude and Hamlet and Williams’ Amanda and Tom Wingfield to determine which is the more controlling of the two mothers. Six sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 4 page paper which compares Shakespeare’s play Richard III with the film “Looking for Richard.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines how to stage this play based on the dramatic element of spectacle described in Aristotle’s “Poetics” and considers the major themes the play dramatizes, how the classification of the play as a comedy affects staging, appearance of the characters (i.e., age, class) and the style of dress. Bibliography ...

This 4 page report discusses the film versions of two of Shakespeare’s plays that were directed by and starred Sir Laurence Olivier. Olivier was so closely associated with Shakespeare that even his final resting place is next to a representation of “the Bard.” Such an association was due, in great part, to his movie portrayals of King Henry, ...

A 5 page research paper/essay that contrasts and compares 2 versions of Shakespeare’s famous play. The writer examines director Trevor Nunn’s film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and compares it to a televised version of a stage production that was directed by Kenneth Branagh, with the television version directed by Paul Kafno. The paper contrasts ...

A 4 page research paper in which the writer contrasts and compares Roman Polanski's 1971 film version of Macbeth to Shakespeare's original. The writer argues that Polanski saw Macbeth as the author of his own fate. Deleted scenes are related to this interpretation, which de-emphasizes the supernatural elements in Shakespeare's play. Bibliography lists 3 sources.