Where To Begin?

The more I consider the assignment of a Shakespeare presentation, the harder it gets to brainstorm a topic. On one hand, Shakespeare is incredibly broad in scope that allows for just about any kind of exploration. However, what is there to say about his works that nobody else has said before? When you consider how the persistence of "myth" is also a big topic for discussion, that means a little bit more digging.

Consider this a stream of consciousness brainstorming blog. Here it goes...

• Consuming myths--Shakespeare had them, his characters have them, and we all have them. Which consuming myth can I explore as it relates to the works we have studied in class?
• The Green World--It isn't always as perfectly spelled out in his plays as it is in A Midsummer Night's Dream or the pastoral As You Like It, but the presence (or absence) of it always plays a part in the universe in which the characters live, even if not explicitly stated.
• There always seems to be a fatal flaw that afflicts a mortal who is given blessings and grace from divine beings that makes them so close to perfection, and yet they experience an utterly complete demise that they remain just slightly out of arm's reach of such status. Some characters are looked upon favorably in a similar fashion by having great fortune, but experience a complete downfall (Arguably: Antony and/or Cleopatra, Othello, which I read in my group). I'm sure there's a word or phrase for this complex (if you know it, you can write it in the comment box!).
• What happens when the divine beings cross over into the mortal world? (Consider: A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, Cymbeline) Also worth looking at--does the stark and bleak world of, say, King Lear, have anything to do with the fact that there are no gods that look favorably upon the players? (The line about the gods causing humans to suffer for sport)
• The question of displaced myth--that's kind of all that I got for that one for some reason.
• Stratification of people/gods and how it plays into Shakespeare.

More to come, let's hope?