Essays on William Shakespeare

The very first rule of “Seneca’s 7 Rules of Revenge Tragedy” states that the son seeks revenge for some wrong done against his father. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, this rule was reason for all the irrational decisions made by Prince Hamlet throughout the long and...

It is an established view that Shakespeare cannot be read in a gender-blind way and this view has prompted an immense volume of feminist criticism about Shakespeare’s works. Authors of feminist work on Shakespeare are many but the most notable ones are Marianne Novy, Carole...

As with many of Shakespeare’s plays, the themes presented in Coriolanus are timeless. One such theme, gender, plays a prevalent role throughout the play. Even in modern day society, all across the world, gender issues are argued and debated. Equal pay, women’s rights to education,...

The year is 1608, the hottest book of the year actually of the century is about to hit the shelves of modern day England: Shakespeare’s Sonnets. To William Shakespeare’s surprise, the complete opposite of success would be the result for his book of sonnets. At...

I have decided to write about three brave and tenacious women in William Shakespeare’s stories, that go up against the society in the Elizabethan times. At that time, women knew where they belonged, and were most likely to become mothers and homemakers. There was no...

The text Macbeth is still important to this day, as it delivers many themes and fundamental questions that prevail in current society. Macbeth the dramatic, poetic play written by William Shakespeare was first performed in 1606. The play was written to show gratitude towards King...

The Redemption of King Lear by Cherrell Guilfoyle and King Lear and Essential Humanism by Jonathan Dollimore are two critical essays that analyze the theme of suffering in the play, King Lear, into two distinct and intertwining aspects. Cherrell Guilfoyle- an honorary research associate at...