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Critical Essays on Shakespeare Topics
Throughout the centuries since Shakespeare took pen to paper, his plays and other works have inspired the writing of countless commentaries, analyses, and political and social critiques. Here is a small sampling of essays from CliffsNotes.com that illuminate Shakespeare's works and help us more deeply understand them.
As You Like It
The Natural and the Artificial in As You Like It
Hamlet
Free Will and Fate in Hamlet and Oedipus Rex
Henry V
Sixteenth-Century Political Theory
Julius Caesar
Who's in Charge Here? The Question of Leadership in Julius Caesar
A World without Women — Female Roles in Julius Caesar
Theater within a Theater in Julius Caesar
King Henry IV, Part 1
Shakespeare's Use of Verse and Prose
Sixteenth-Century Political Theory
King Lear
Parent-Child Relationships in King Lear: The Neglect of Natural Law
Macbeth
Measure for Measure
Subplot in Measure for Measure
The Substitute Bed Partner in Measure for Measure
Relationship to Shakespeare's Other Plays
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Moon Imagery in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Imagining Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Brief Movie Review of Michael Hoffman's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Language and Literary Style of Much Ado About Nothing
Introduction to the 1993 Film Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
The Role of Comic Characters in the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Critical Analysis of Setting in the Opening Scenes of Luhrmann's Film, Romeo + Juliet
Richard II
Sixteenth-Century Political Theory
Richard III
Date, Style and Theme in Richard III
Shakespeare's Sonnets
The Taming of the Shrew
Shakespeare's Historical Basis for The Taming of the Shrew
Role Playing in The Taming of the Shrew
