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- 161: Much Ado About Nothing: Pretense
- ... in the play at some point plays a part of pretending to be what they are not. This poses a few questions. Why the sub-theme of pretense? Why does Shakespeare use eavesdropping as a transportation of pretense? What is Shakespeare trying to tell us? Most if not all of Shakespeare's plays have a moral. In this play, Shakespeare models a small world after society. In it everyone and everything is just as he sees it - a façade. Shakespeare ...
- 162: Romeo and Juliet: A Review
- Romeo and Juliet: A Review Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. One, could give many reasons as to why this play became such a huge success, but one of the most important reasons could be the use ... could be to relieve the tensions in the play, and to entertain and keep the Elizabethan audience interested. Humour plays a very significant part in the play as it allows Shakespeare to create a lot of contrasts and moods, as and when he wants to. In Romeo and Juliet humour occurs in three forms. The first being, humour by the use of puns, irony and jokes. The second being through the actions of characters and by their behaviour and the third by the incidents of the play. Shakespeare uses characters like Mercutio and the Nurse to bring out the comical element of the play, and each character does this in a different way. One of Shakespeare's ...
- 163: Summertime Blues
- ... phrase are powerful. Only the most talented and capable authors can provoke such feelings within us. Who is more than able to stir these feelings in a reader but William Shakespeare? His various plays keep us entranced and curious but it is his poetry that strikes a chord deep within us. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" by William Shakespeare is particularly powerful using specific phrases to evoke the inner feelings of the reader as well as the woman to which he is speaking. Shakespeare creates wonderful imagery by using elegant phrases and key contradictory lines to try to win the heart of his reader, and the woman he loves. Shakespeare wrote his sonnet ...
- 164: Julius Caesar
- Julius Caesar Historical Fiction novels are often brought on by authors for special and particular reasons. In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Julius Caesar, he documents the rise and fall of a great roman leader during a time of political unrest in Rome. This play was written during the sixteenth century in Shakespeare’s home, London, England. In the following paragraphs, a summary of the play will be provided along with a history of the time in which the book was set, a ... In the play of Julius Caesar, we see a brief picture of Roman life during the time of the First Triumvirate. In this snap shot, we see many unfortunate things. Shakespeare gives us the idea that many people try to circumvent what the future holds, such as unfortunate things, by being superstitious. Superstition seems to play a role in the ...
- 165: The Tempest - Barbarism Versus
- In Shakespeare’s play, "The Tempest," an underlying theme of barbarism versus civilization appears. Shakespeare creates characters that exemplify symbols of nature or nurture. The symbolism of the characters is derived from their actions. These actions show Shakespeare’s view of the uncivilized and the civilized, as well as help the reader develop his own opinion of each side. In this whimsical play, Prospero, the former Duke ...
- 166: Macbeth: Superstitions
- Macbeth: Superstitions The tragedy of Macbeth was written by Shakespeare in 1606 and produced in 1610. Macbeth is the most concentrated of Shakespeare's tragedies. The action gushes forward with great speed from the beginning to end. The main characters in the play are Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, who are very noble, but their evil ambition ultimately causes their downfall and death. The play focuses around evil, greed and the supernatural. The play was written by Shakespeare for the king at that time, since he was a big believer of witches and the supernatural. Supernatural is classified as the unnatural or the explainable mysteries of our ...
- 167: Shakespeare - Tragic Heros
- The name "tragic hero", which has become synonymous with Shakespearean dramas, was developed before Hamlet, Macbeth or any of Shakespeare’s well-known plays were written. The literary term was actually discovered around 330 BC by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. Through his theory of catharsis, Aristotle debated that the ... flaw, or harmartia, they all were from a noble class, with very human personalities, and they all face their tragedy with dignity. It is not until the late 1500s that Shakespeare began to utilize Aristotle’s observations in the production of his many tragedies (Desjardens). Probably the most important characteristic of a Shakespearean tragic hero is that one must posses a ... is death. It is in this death scene that the tragic figure is transformed into the tragic hero (Desjardens). Although it was Aristotle who characterized the tragic hero, it was Shakespeare that made the tragic hero famous ("English Lit."). Through his great many tragedies Shakespeare developed each tragic hero beautifully, making sure that each harbored a tragic flaw, were from ...
- 168: An Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing
- An Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing Written between 1598 and 1600 at the peak of Shakespeare's skill in writing comedic work, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's wittiest works. In this comedy, Shakespeare's drama satirizes love and human courtliness between two couples who take very different paths to reach the same goal: making the connection between inward and outward beauty. Much ...
- 169: Shakespeare's Hamlet
- Shakespeare's Hamlet Have you ever heard the saying that actions speak louder than words? Well, this is true in many cases, but in one case particular, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, we see that words can just about say it all. In the tragedy Hamlet by Shakespeare, we see how the character of Hamlet expresses his concerns and feelings towards other characters through soliloquies. Hamlet’s words or thoughts expressed as a soliloquy seems to take ...
- 170: The Use Of “Foil” Characters In Shakespeare’s Hamlet
- The Use Of “Foil” Characters In Shakespeare’s Hamlet Author: Dominic Squires “What a piece of work is a man”. In this statement, Shakespeare through the words of Hamlet acknowledges man as a brilliant and complex creature. This inherit complexity may be the reason for Shakespeares use of foil characters. We can see examples of these foil characters in Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the form of Fortinbras, Laertes and to a lesser extent Horatio. These characters are placed in similar situations to that of Hamlet so that through their ...
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