Although William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing exemplified many different types of literary devices, the most prominent and significant of these was the continual pun on the word nothing. ... Since majority of the play was based upon lies and assumptions, which all amounted to nothing in terms of the truth, it could be concluded that the entire play itself was about nothing. ... Much Ado About Nothing is a play in which many literary features are present, but by far, none were as prominent as this seemingly "simple" play on words. This pun was significant to this literary feature...

• Word Count: 940
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

I chose to analyze sonnet's 33 and 34 because there are an exceptional amount of examples of literary terms that we have discussed throughout the semester. ... First, sonnets 33 and 34 possess a tremendous amount of literary forms. ...

• Word Count: 627
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• Grade Level: High School

They saw: "The post war mood of disillusionment and skepticism (which) was expressed in bizarre terms by a number of foreign playwrights." ... In response, Stoppard was able to open his audience's eyes, as "The element of "pure", abstract theatre in the theatre of the absurd is an aspect of its anti-literary attitude, its turning away from language as an instrument for the expression of the deepest levels of meaning." ...

• Word Count: 508
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Perhaps such plays alone would have earned him literary fame in later days. ... The histories of this period are Shakespeare's best, portraying the lives of kings and royalty in most human terms. ... The comedies of this period, however, show Shakespeare at a literary crossroads moody and without the clear comic resolution of previous comedies. ...

• Word Count: 943
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• Grade Level: High School

Why is blood used to create different images in Macbeth? The playwrite, William Shakespeare uses literary devices in Macbeth. He uses symbols to represent abstract ideas. One well-known example is his use of blood. It emerges throughout the play in various scenes, representing many characteristics. ...

• Word Count: 804
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• Grade Level: High School

. --- Although some scholars have speculated that Shakespeare wrote portions of The Tempest at an earlier stage in his career, most literary historians assign the entire play a composition date of 1610 or 1611. ... (or, in Elizabethan terms: What is man?) ...

• Word Count: 727
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Heffernan adds, "Even in Petruchio's hasty wooing of Kate they jest about there relationship in terms of in terms of the copulation of horses."... (Heffernan, Page 333) The literary critic describes the end of the taming process and that Kate will be able to go to her sister's wedding and finally get to eat and sleep. ...

• Word Count: 1089
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• Grade Level: High School

Critics have noted his disregard for Aristotle's rules regarding literary unities, but in the words of Pope, "To judge of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rules, is like trying a man by the laws of one country who acted under those of another"." ... Such detailed development in terms of plot and character has so far not been rivaled. ...

• Word Count: 1032
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare is a tragedy defined by the revealing soliloquies that allow readers to peer deep into the thoughts of the characters. In the beginning of the play, the main character Hamlet learns of his father's death, and soon thereafter his mother's remarriage to his unc...

• Word Count: 1185
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School