Essays on Plays

Merchant of Moor: A Tragic Tale by Shakespeare Merchant of Moor is a tragic story by Shakespeare, and it is thought to have been printed in 1603. The tragedy emphasizes on Othello who is the central character and plays as a military general in the Venetian war and his traitorous acquaintance...

Shakespeare prominently used recurring themes throughout his work, particularly those of love, betrayal, hate, revenge, jealousy, deceit, politics and race.  The play, “the Tragedy of Othello” is mostly about love and hate. These are two great themes in literature.  Although the two are opposites, in the play, they are closely...

Jealousy is apparent throughout Shakespeare’s Othello. The tragedy Othello highlights the doom of Othello and various chief characters as a result of jealousy. Jealousy is mainly depicted through the two main characters: Othello and Iago. It destroys their lives since it makes Iago depict his true self, which successively prompts...

Hamlet: A Modern Character Hamlet is perhaps one of the most studied characters in literature. He has been a point of fascination for readers and audience for centuries perhaps for his enigmatic character. There is always more to him than what the other character in the story can see and what...

Fences: An Analysis of the Character Troy Maxon Fences is a short play of about ten minutes written by American playwright August Wilson. Set in the late 50s, the play talks about themes such as race, relationships, and issues of trust. All these themes and others are brought to the fore...

Beholding Oedipus after his self-mutilation, Choragos states, "[y]ou were better dead than alive and blind" (Exodos.139). Paraphrase Though Choragos is responding in regards to the physical condition of Oedipus, the statement is also an assertion on the connection between self-awareness and one's quality of life. Introduction and Claim In the play Oedipus Rex by...

The Argument between Peter and Thomas Stockmann The two brothers, Thomas and Peter Stockmann, are in an argument on the state of the Water Baths in their town. Peter, having received a report from Thomas on the state of the Baths, is tainting the report, terming it as untrue. Both Peter...

The Tragedy of Macbeth and the Second Creation Story The tragedy of Macbeth can be easily related to the second creation story through the choices the protagonists make to achieve their wishes and the failures which result from their decisions. For instance, the creation story can in the Bible be easily...

Introduction Done by one Henrik Ibsen, from Norway, the “A Doll's House” is a play which has three acts. The play was published in 1879 in December. The premier performance of the “A Doll's House” happened in the same year it was published, in Denmark, Copenhagen (Ibsen 12). Consequently, the setting...

Jealousy is apparent throughout Shakespeare’s Othello. The tragedy Othello highlights the doom of Othello and various chief characters as a result of jealousy. Jealousy is mainly depicted through the two main characters: Othello and Iago. It destroys their lives since it makes Iago depict his true self, which successively prompts...

Comparing and Contrasting two plays: “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennesse Williams and “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen. Bloom, Harold. Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. New York: Infobase Publishing, 2007. The book tries to bring out more about Tom Wingfield, the father to the narrator, who in the whole play is little...

The Organization of Literary Information The organization of literary information is one of the crucial aspects of literature that help the authors to develop their plot and the storyline. In Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House," the author applies the climax and the denouement to heighten the contexts of his message to...