Essays on Plays

The Glass Menagerie is written by Tennesse Williams. It is a memory play on which it is something that is worth to read by many readers because it tackled mostly about the reflections and memories as well of the main character, Tom Wingfield. In The Glass Menagerie, I actually liked how the author conveyed his...

Romeo and Juliet, one of William Shakespeare’s arguably most renowned plays, heavily relies on the theme of love. Although, one must explore what types of love this refers to. Romantic love is probably most obvious, this love is mainly communicated between the two main characters throughout majority of the play. Platonic and familial love is...

“Romeo and Juliet” were written by the famous Shakespeare in the mid-1590s, this play is famous because it basically sets and the example of forbidden love. Romeo and Juliet are one of those most performed plays that were written by Shakespeare. As stated in the prologue introduction “Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair...

  At the beginning of the play a storm breaks out in the Mediterranean Sea. Alonso and members of his court are passengers on the ship that is destroyed in the huge storm. Everyone on the ship is separated in the water, but they all find safety on a seemingly deserted island. The island they...

Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare during the seventeenth century in Scotland. It was written succeeding the period in which Macbeth and Lady Macbeth partook in unethical and immoral means to take the throne and gain power over Scotland. The tragedy was written in an era where gender roles were prominent in society....

In the Sophocles tragedy Antigone, the title character is the more sympathetic character due to the fact that that she was absurdly punished for essentially having an opinion and following through with it. Antigone simply believed that even though her brother Polynices fought for the opposing side in the war, he deserved the same right...

Racism is prejudice discriminative antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior. In William Shakespeare’s play Othello, racism is evident throughout the play. The primary beliefs of the Elizabethan era concerning race and culture are essential to Othello’s tragic death. The enlightening theme of racial...

As humans, we feel guilt. It is a part of our daily life. Whether it’s something as small as forgetting to say thank you to someone or something as large as being found guilty in a court of law. In the play, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the author uses the motif of blood to represent...

Shakespeare’s villains are complicated. not like the earlier antiheroes of the revenge or morality performs that had been popular in the Elizabethan and Jacobean way of life, Shakespearean criminals lack the simple clarity of absolute evil. Claudius is a great instance of a quintessential Shakespearean antagonist. The person of Claudius the King in Shakespeare s...

In Elizabeth Era, men would be considered as more superior than women because of the gender roles. Also, men would have a higher expectation of women’s appearance (Howard 180). Thus, beauty would be mainly valuable for women. At the same time, the typical Elizabethan women were not often seen or heard in the public, and...