Essays on William Shakespeare

Shakespeare created comedies, such as The Taming of the Shrew, in order to criticize the negative social norms in the Elizabethan era. Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew strongly inspires the conventional notion of arranged marriage between woman and the noble man. Woman, however, deals...

As many say “Old is Gold”, this statement seems quite true when referred to Shakespeare. His works are clearly exceptional, even today we teach the English language based on his doings and using him as an example. His fairytale characters have been shown through genres...

“Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is a pain, you might say – the pain of being truly alive”, this quote by Joseph Campbell indicates...

William Shakespeare is notable for his capacity to make sentimental and simultaneously questionable plays. One must recollect that during Shakespeare’s time things were unique. Social standards were man centric, implying that the male figure had authority over the family in general and extraordinarily the spouse....

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare portrays gender as an act, the characters change costumes to disguise themselves as different genders. For the purposes of this essay, it will be referring to the 1996 film adaptation directed by Trevor Nunn, starring Toby Maguire and Helena Bonham...

In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, expressing an “untraditional level” of desire, there is an evident and not so subtle hint that Orsino has a mild desire for Cesario as the friendship between the two develops in most of their interactions in the first act as well....

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, written around 1601- 1602. It is believed that the play was written to perform in twelfth night, which is a festival of Christianity, celebrated on the last night of the twelve days...

Twelfth night is a festival celebrated on the twelfth night after Christmas which marks the time when the wise men followed the star and found baby Jesus. The notion of ‘finding’ just as the wise men had found Jesus, is conveyed when Viola reunites with...

William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night explores the ways in which nothing is as it appears. Deception and disguise result in difficulties for the characters as they explore for love inflicting melancholy and confusion. It is only once truth prevailing that, in most cases, love may...

In Shakespeare’s comedic play, ‘Twelfth Night’ is a timeless play as it displays a range of human emotions and experiences that the audience finds relatable. These texts are enduring because of their timeless relevance. The problem with romance in ‘Twelfth Night’ is unrequited love, this...