Essays on Plays

Shakespeare’s plays, Henry V (1599) and Macbeth (1623) have similar, yet different, plots. The play Henry V revolves around a young man (Henry V) who has recently been crowned King of England following his father’s (King Henry the IV) death. The issue is that the…

Othello is an exploration of the villainy and deceit of one’s own mind and its power to manipulate the psyche to be overcome by jealousy and motivated to take devastating and irreversible actions. Shakespeare deals with these ideas through the representation of Iago as a…

Shakespeare is a playwright who knows how to make a villain complex and intriguing. This can be seen from the play ‘Othello’. Iago is a character who has many layers to him, which can be especially seen in act 2 of Othello. This essay will…

King Lear, one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, follows a society in a series of terrible events. As with all tragedies, there exists a tragic hero which, according to Aristotle’s theory “Poetics”, is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to…

I truly believe that madness should be very concerned in our society nowadays because people around us need help. Mad people are always found isolated and therefore, they have no one to talk to. People these days should be more concerned about their lonely and…

Lady Fortune: Friend or Foe? The face of Fortune in Chaucers Troilus and Criseyde Lady Fortune and her wheel are two of the most enduring symbols in mankinds history. Witness the popular game show, Wheel of Fortune. While it may seem silly, it proves that…

One of the most striking elements of Troilus and Criseyde is the difference in Chaucer’s presentation of the two lovers. Whereas Troilus is certainly the better person of the two, I intend to show that the reader ultimately finds it easier to identify with and…

English: Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida: Manipulations of a Universal Wolf February 25, 2000 Tris Warkentin Shakespearean Comedy Troilus and Cressida, question 2 11/18/99 Manipulations of a “Universal Wolf” The focus of Troilus and Cressida on appetite as a type of human value, and hence a…

To what extent, in Troilus and Criseyde, Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby, is love shown as a ‘futile pursuit doomed only to cause suffering’ The nature of the love depicted in Troilus and Criseyde, Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby is key…

The Bell Shakespeare Company s play Troilus+Cressida Directed by Michael Bogdanov is an example of the many re-skinned Shakespearean plays that emerge out of obscurity to challenge social mores in modern society. Troilus+Cressida, based in the 10 year war for a whore (Helen played by…