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Young Frankenstein and Frankenstein Comparison

A comparison of Mel Brook’s Movie “Young Frankenstein” and Marry Shelly’s book “Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus”.

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Problem Plays of Shakespeare: All’s Well That Ends Well

An introduction to one of Shakespeare’s problem plays, All’s Well That Ends Well, which is a work that subverts nearly all the conventions of the romantic comedy.

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Comedies of Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor

An introduction to one of Shakespeare’s lest consequential works, the comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor.

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Comedies of Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

An introduction to Shakespeare’s comedy of love, cross-gender desire, cruelty and madness, Twelfth Night.

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Comedies of Shakespeare: As You Like It

An introduction to one of Shakespeare’s more popular but over-rated plays, As You Like It.

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Comedies of Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing

An introduction to one of Shakespeare’s greatest and most commonly staged comedies, Much Ado about Nothing.

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Comedies of Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice

An introduction to one of the most well-known of the problematic comedies of Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice.

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Early Comedies of Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is generally taken to be the last or one of the last of Shakespeare’s early or youthful comedies – later comedies belong to the mature or late periods.

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Early Comedies of Shakespeare: Love’s Labour’s Lost

An introduction to one of Shakespeare’s less well-known early comedies, Love’s Labour’s Lost.

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Early Comedies of Shakespeare: The Taming of The Shrew

An introduction to the second of Shakespeare’s early comedies: The Taming of the Shrew.

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