Shakespeare Book Reviews Samples For Students

“Macbeth” is one of the greatest literary works of William Shakespeare. This play proves why Shakespeare is still the most influential English author. Shakespeare has tried to portray mordant psychosomatic and political effects when people do not hesitate in taking help of evil for fulfilling their aspiration of power. The play is believed to be written in the beginning of the seventeenth century but it still pleases people who love English literature. This paper intends to discuss the “Macbeth” and presents a succinct analysis of the play along with discussing all other related aspects.

The play takes place ...

Henry V is the final part of a four part series of plays written by Shakespeare about English kings and which deals principally with the exploits of the great King Henry V particularly against the French.
The first scenes of the play are concerned with the embarkation of the English fleet towards France and there is also an incident where an assassination on Henry is foiled – this was apparently the mastermind of the earl of Cambridge. We also see a change of character from the homely Prince Hal of Henry IV in the king’s wily uncovering of the plot ...

- In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” the author frequently comments on the play itself. For example “To Be or Not to Be" (Shakespeare) is a comment made by Hamlet to the outside audience and doesn’t represent Hamlet’s thought at that moment.
- A. I do feel that there is evidence that Hamlet was jealous of Claudius. This statement made by Hamlet is telling of his relationship with Claudius, Such an act /That blurs the grace and blush of modesty, /Calls virtue hypocrite, takes off the rose /From the fair forehead of an innocent love /And sets a blister there, ...

For centuries, scholars have been trying to figure out if Hamlet was insane, sane but acting insane, or sane at times time and insane at others. Einstein held the opinion that insanity is a sane reaction to an insane world and Hamlet definitely lived in an insane world. His uncle killed his father so he could seize the throne, then he married Hamlet’s mother Queen Gertrude. Then Ophelia kills herself. This behavior is not part of mundane day to day life, not even in a royal family or on reality TV. It is enough to drive a man insane. However, acting ...

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a trio of witches predicts that Macbeth will be made king of Scotland. Despite his own doubts as to this prophecy, his wife, Lady Macbeth, schemes with him to kill the current king, Duncan, so that he can take the throne. He simply follows the orders of his wife blindly, even though she is clearly interested only in her own ascent to power. In this essay, we will explore the idea that Macbeth could have taken different actions, and that the result of his own activity leads to a play that is quite difficult to watch or ...

In the introduction to Hunter's Shakespeare and the Comedy of Forgiveness, the author announces his intention to combat oversimplifications that have arisen over the past few decades with regards to the scholarship of Shakespeare, wherein the attitude of Shakespeare itself at the time of his writing would actually reflect the politics and intent of the work itself (e.g. King Lear having a sad ending indicating Shakespeare being despondent at the time of its composition). "This study...will be an attempt to investigate one feature - the denouement in forgiveness - which is common to five of the later comedies" (Hunter 2). ...

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Robinson Crusoe

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The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe (1660 – 1731)
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Social and Diversity Issues

including Logical Human Reactions to Incentives and Penalties
with Examples from the Book and Personal Examples
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE STORY
3. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS NOVEL IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
4. THE AUTHOR, DANIEL DEFOE (1660 - 1731)
5. THE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THE NOVEL
- The Title
- The Plot
- The Narrator, Robinson Crusoe
- The Use of Imagery
- The Setting
- The ...

Mystery and romance: The Mystery of Love (39)

History: The mystery of Mary (39)
Novel: The Mystery of the White Lions (40)
Guide: The Mystery Shopper’s Manual (37)
Graphic Novel: The case of the mystery meat loaf (39)
Mystery: The Icon of Mystery and Crime Detection (32)
Play: Shakespeare in Shorthand (36)
Short stories, satire and poetry: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (33)
Religion, Spirituality & New Age: The Christian Mystery (39)
Horror: Medusa: Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon (40)
Art: If You Can’t Be Free, Be a Mystery (37)
Travel: The Mystery of the Easter Island (38)
Books Descriptors
The Mystery of Love
This ...

With the division between the south and the north on the issue of slavery, the fugitive slave act was passed in 1850. According to the act, if slaves ran away and caught, they were to be returned to their masters. This act was one of the most controversial because people who supported the freedom of the slaves did not embrace this law. Northerners did not obey this act despite the harsh terms according to the fugitive act.
According to the act, a northerner who refused to help in the capture of slaves was jailed in addition to the one ...