As May notes, these people more that other people questioned matters beyond their vision (39). ... Magic and supernatural beings occur in one-forth of Shakespeare-s comedies, 60% of his plays, and 60% of his tragedies (Hoffman67). ... The last of the plays dealing with the supernatural was The Tempest, which reveals Shakespeare's final attitude, not only toward the supernatural, but also toward life overall. ... All authority is taken form the spirits in The Tempest and the power to harm is gone. ... William Shakespeare was a genius. ...

• Word Count: 1725
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As May notes, these people more that other people questioned matters beyond their vision (39). ... Magic and supernatural beings occur in one-forth of Shakespeare-s comedies, 60% of his plays, and 60% of his tragedies (Hoffman67). ... The last of the plays dealing with the supernatural was The Tempest, which reveals Shakespeare's final attitude, not only toward the supernatural, but also toward life overall. ... All authority is taken form the spirits in The Tempest and the power to harm is gone. ... William Shakespeare was a genius. ...

• Word Count: 1725
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Performances of Shakespeare's plays are not isolated, unrelated occurrences. ... So, due to the position of adaptations of Shakespeare's plays within a large cultural framework one can analyse and explain the appearance of an adaptation. ... I will start with a general analysis of the topic related to Shakespeare's text. ... Indeed, Shakespeare's text suggests that the magical creatures of A Midsummer Night's Dream could be explained as physical allegories of nature. ... Shakespeare's Puck himself acknowledges that he is the cause of little domestic accidents. ...

• Word Count: 9832
• Approx Pages: 39
• Grade Level: High School