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Papers On Macbeth
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Compare and Contrast: The Characters of Seneca's Oedipus and
Macbeth
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5 pages in length. Seneca's Oedipus is a quite more
violent and gruesome version than that of the play by Sophocles.
By comparing the characters in Macbeth and Seneca's Oedipus, one
can see what the playwright is able to create in terms of
manipulating the audience and how the characters are used in this
way. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JGAoedip.wps
Compare Clytamaenestra From Aeschylus’ Trilogy, “The Oresteia” With William Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth
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A 6 page paper which compares the treacherous antagonist Clytamaenestra, who is featured in “Agamemnon’ & “The Libation Bearers,” and as a ghost in “The Eumenides” of Aeschylus’ trilogy, “The Oresteia” with William Shakespeare’s ambitious antagonist, Lady Macbeth, to determine if Shakespeare used Aeschylus’ female
character as a model. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGclymac.wps
Comparing the Uses of the Supernatural in Shakespeare’s Comedies
and Tragedies
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This 7 page report discusses the ways in which in
much of Shakespeare’s work, the supernatural -- in the form of
ghosts, fairies, strange creatures, and unnatural weather
phenomena -- exist as much as a character in the play as any of
the flesh and blood characters. In several of Shakespeare’s other
works, the function of the supernatural is a more subtle
occurrence but one that has an even more profound impact on the
plays’ characters and the outcomes of events. This paper looks
at the different applications in Shakespeare’s romances compared
to tragedies. Plays discussed are: “Macbeth,” “Antony and
Cleopatra,” “The Winter’s Tale,” and “The Tempest.” No secondary
sources.
Filename: BWshuper.wps
Comparison of a Chaucer's A Pardoner's Tale and Shakespeare's Macbeth
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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts these two infamous works. Common themes are discussed with an emphasis on death. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA103Cha.wps
CRITICAL ESSAY ON THE ROLE OF THE SUPERNATURAL IN SHAKESPEARE’S MACBETH
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This 10 page paper discusses the problematic nature of Macbeth's belief in the supernatural and the manipulation that occurs due to his superstitions. Quotes cited from text, examples given to support thesis. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBdemisemac.rtf
Critiquing Shakespeare's Macbeth
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This 5 page paper provides three
literary critiques of Shakespeare's Macbeth, as well as a tutorial on
writing a critique based on the thesis: William Shakespeare, in Macbeth,
balances the evil of the murder of the King with the acknowledgment of
the difference between good and evil, making the reader more sympathetic
to the crime. A tutorial critique of the critiques is included.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTmacbet.wps
Dark Keys to Shakespearean Conflict
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(10 pp) In any tragedy, it is tension or conflict
which keeps the play moving. Modern jargon would
call it "spin" and "counterspin." In this
discussion we will compare the sources of conflict
in two plays, Othello and Macbeth. Iago and Lady
Macbeth are our major obsessives,the first prompted
by an apparent frustration with being passed over
in military command, yet disguising a darker
personal agenda, and the second, Lady Macbeth with
a compulsive need for power and title.
Filename: BBOthMB2.doc
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