Essays on William Shakespeare

The need to conform is driven by the innate struggle to escape humanity’s indoctrinated fears. Reinforced by the paradox of individual desires and external pressures, the conformation to societal values dictates how we react with texts and is a dominant aspect resonating within the human...

Jealousy and vengeance are common emotions that people go through every day. These emotions can drive people to behave and act in a certain way. Sometimes one’s jealousy consumes them so much that they end up doing something that they end up truly regretting it....

As humans, we’re naturally born with universal traits and emotions that embody us as individuals. Some may argue that they’ve never possessed certain traits because in today’s society and even in the past, some traits were/are seen as taboo, but regardless of these claims, jealousy...

 It’s a known fact that jealousy can cause a person to go to extreme measures in order to get what they want. With a little bit of jealousy and a spark of ambition, the evil possibilities are endless but how far exactly will an envious...

Everyone has been in a group before, whether it is for school, work, sports, etcetera. In that same group, there will always be that one person who chooses to take over and who seems to have the most power, also known as the leader. It...

One of the most profound yet disturbing themes in Shakespeare’s Macbeth involves the power that exerts over an individual who has ascended to a role of authority. Under the influence of unchecked power, Macbeth takes actions that result in serious and devastating consequences for himself...

The play Macbeth portrays the physical and psychological consequences of unchecked political ambition on those who desire power solely for themselves. Macbeth was written when Kings were chosen through divine rights and when a patriarchal society was a norm. In contrast, Shakespeare wrote his play...

What is power? Power is a magnificent thing but at the same time can be evil. People strive to gain power all of their life, how far will they go, to acquire this so-called power? In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, power is a very present...

The tragic story of Macbeth is taken place a long time ago where gender stereotypes were normal and forced on by society. But throughout the story we can see these gender roles flip flop from one another in different characteristics of characters. The three main...

‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’: the bloody rule among rulers who fought through bloodshed to gain their status, warfare and treachery through iniquitous actions for the sake of power. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the protagonist follows this exact rule on his blood-stained pathway...