Essays on William Shakespeare

I, Orlando Evans the director producing the performance of Shakespeare’s play Henry V, will be directing the play to demonstrate Henry V was a valiant leader who had a legitimate claim to the throne of France and led his men into battle in a way...

In the Taming of the Shrew, men from far-off lands arrive in the town she lives in and search for her hand in marriage. The catch is that she is not allowed to marry until her older sister (named the Shrew)is married off. Some men...

Disguises along with cross-dressing were integral to the storyline of The Taming of the Shrew. This play uses many dramatic functions that break the barriers between social classes and gender, which was unseen before the 16th century when the play was first put on. The...

In todays day and age, societies concept of love at first sight is one that continues to be a debatable topic, because of the many controversial issues about love in the present day. When one falls in love with another individual, the relationship with the...

Shakespeare’s Henry V tells the story of a young royal that sets out to claim the French crown. Henry goes from a young, free-spirited prince that parties with the peasants to a king that takes on the burdens of the English throne. Shakespeare’s script from...

Shakespeare uses the elements of drama to portray characters and create meaning to his plays. He has used the drama elements of movement, rhythm, and mood in his play The Taming of the Shrew to portray and create meaning to the characters. The element of...

 Although some aspects of William Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of the Shrew are no longer accepted in contemporary times due to the play’s subordination of women it still has high literary value. This is because the play gives insight into a more patriarchal era that...

William Shakespeare’s play ‘Measure for Measure’ has been deemed as one of Shakespeare’s more “problematic plays”. On more than one occasion is there a situation that seems either questionable or outright strange. Already seemed as “problematic”, the stance in question which involves marriage and crime...

Feminist Criticism of Midsummer’s Night Dream Women often stereotyped into gender roles determined by a patriarchal or male-dominated society. Women are often viewed as submissive, housewives, homemakers, and nurturers, emotional, and Irrational. All these terms were how Men view women and sometimes how women view...

Shakespeare’s play within a play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1595) successfully explores themes such as love and its challenges, life, art, and imagination as well as dominantly portraying some of the main issues occurring during the Elizabethan Era. The tone of the play is so...