Shakespeare, William

The materials include an article explaining the doctrine of cosmic identities and the philosophy behind it. It also applies the doctrine to Shakespeares time and how he incorporated it into his plays.

The materials include an article describing Shakespeare's portrayal of Elizabethan life and whether it was a realistic portrayal or not and also the different representations of court and country in Shakespeare's plays.

The article analyzes the character of Dogberry in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." The author discusses the character's impact on the plot of the play and the significance of his actions.

The materials include a document discussing Elizabethan Credulity and how individual attitudes towards strange features of the world might affect the response of readers towards literature that makes references to those wonders.

The materials include three articles discussing the play Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare. One document talks about plot structure and sources; another talks about the development and evolution of the show. Also included are general notes and analysis of the show.

The materials include a document discussing the comical device of Flyting, regarding what it is and how Shakespeare uses it throughout his plays.

The document discusses whether or not Garrick had a significant effect on the revival of Shakespeare's plays for the mid-eighteenth-century London stage.

The document discusses how Shakespeare overly satirizes his language and his writing for the play "As You Like It" and what that says about his criticism towards the show.

The materials include documents talking about Alexandre Hardy's life as a playwright and author and also the strange resemblance between Hardy and Shakespeare. The articles give examples of how the playwrights are similar through their plays.

The document discusses possible sources for the statue scene at the end of A Winter's tale, explaining why the statue comes to life. The potential source is named Signor Timbreo di Cardona and Finecia Leonato, the twentieth story in the Novels of Bandello, which before A Winter's Tale, inspired another Shakespeare play: Much Ado About Nothing.