Comparing the Uses of the Supernatural in Shakespeare’s Comedies and Tragedies
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This 7 page report discusses the ways in which in much of Shakespeare’s work, the supernatural -- in the form of ghosts, fairies, strange creatures, and unnatural weather phenomena -- exist as much as a character in the play as any of the flesh and blood characters. In several of Shakespeare’s other works, the function of the supernatural is a more subtle occurrence but one that has an even more profound impact on the plays’ characters and the outcomes of events. This paper looks at the different applications in Shakespeare’s romances compared to tragedies. Plays discussed are: “Macbeth,” “Antony and Cleopatra,” “The Winter’s Tale,” and “The Tempest.” No secondary sources.
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Interpretation of Cleopatra's Eulogy to Mark Antony (V.ii.88-90) in William Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"
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A 5 page paper which analyzes the meaning of Cleopatra's eulogy to her lover Mark Antony, shortly after his suicide, "His delights / were dolphinlike, they showed his back above / The element they lived in" (V.ii.88-90), and how this statement accurately describes Antony. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Lyric Poetry in William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “Antony and Cleopatra,” and “Richard II”
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A 3 page paper which examines specific scenes from each play to demonstrate how Shakespeare employed lyric poetry to achieve dramatic effect. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Problems in Antony & Cleopatra
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An 8 page critique of Shakespeare's 'Antony & Cleopatra.' The writer posits that many conceptual problems run throughout the play and that 'Shakespeare's thematic message is never made clear in the end to its poorly constructed action.' Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra' / Opposition of Values
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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.
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Shakespeare/Antony and Cleopatra
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A 5 page essay that analyzes Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. The writer argues that in this play the audience is presented with a conflict that involves a clash between cultures, between Rome and Egypt, in so doing, this Elizabethan play offers the modern audience insight into how Shakespeare and his era viewed this ancient clash between East and West. An examination of this political situation as characterized via the personas of Antony and Cleopatra demonstrates that Shakespeare does not definitively side with the Western power, as one might expect, but rather he subtly suggests that the East cannot be easily controlled or subsumed within the power of the West. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Shakespearean Fool
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A 14 page paper which examines the wise fool in Shakespeare’s work, focusing on how Enobarbus, in “Antony and Cleopatra,” is clearly one of Shakespeare’s fools, or fool like characters. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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