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- 211: Romeo And Juliet 8
- ... be in a sea of empty darkness. White and black are complements of each other, expressing different extremes of color. Instead of using color and light to visually see, William Shakespeare uses color and light to show love between the star-crossed lovers in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare also uses the power of contrasting colors to extend the power of his words. These contrasts reflect the feelings of Romeo and Juliet. Secondly, the contrast of light and dark ... Verona, with the coming of an unfortunate event with the approaching morning. Juliet expresses her sorrow at their parting, "More light and light; more dark and dark our woes!" Here, Shakespeare compares the literal meaning of light to the figurative meaning of dark. As the morning approaches, the intensity of their problems increases, as the darkness suggests. In the early ...
- 212: Marlowe Cut Short
- Marlowe Cut Short Christopher Marlowe, the author of many wonderful poems and plays, was born on February 6, 1564, the same year that the infamous William Shakespeare was born. Marlowe was raised in Canterbury, England and attended King's School in Canterbury in 1579 and 1580 after which he received a scholarship to Corpus Christi College in ... knife, pleaded self-defense and the coroner's jury accepted this. However, the facts in the case are few and far between and do not adequately explain what happened. Suspiciously Shakespeare began his own career in the early 1950's in London. Some believe that Shakespeare had something to do with the murder of Marlowe. Shakespeare may have felt threatened by Marlowe's success with the English language (Marlowe created many of the English language' ...
- 213: Iago and Honesty in Othello
- ... doubt. The third way is Iago’s most effective use, which is to use honest in the context to mean truthful, as in, he has told Othello the truth. However, Shakespeare has created tremendous dramatic irony, for we know that Iago is being anything except truthful. The three uses of the word honest are used largely in the subtext of the act, they are used by Iago to force Othello to question his wife’s integrity, and honesty. Shakespeare uses the word by Iago to plant tremendous doubt in Othello’s mind. The word is also used by Iago in the action line. His objective is constantly to make ... to create. This use of it also contributes to Iago’s objective, to make Othello think the opposite, that Cassio is dishonourable, even though this contradicts what Iago later says. Shakespeare has built up tremendous subtext for Iago and Othello around this simple word in this case. Iago manages to, without saying really anything, force Othello to believing that Cassio ...
- 214: Weakness of Women in Hamlet
- Weakness of Women in Hamlet Author: Christine Maxwell In The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare, women are portrayed as ineffectual and impressionable creatures dependent on men for emotional stability. The two women characters in the play, Ophelia and Gertrude, are similar in their weaknesses and frailties. Ophelia’s madness ensues from the loss of her father, who made her choices for her, and from Hamlet’s renouncement of their love. Shakespeare uses Ophelia’s reaction to tragedy to show how women are hysterical and lost without the voice of a man to guide their actions. Through her speedy remarriage and her refusal to believe in her son, Hamlet, Shakespeare depicts Gertrude as a traitor and a coward. The female characters in Hamlet seem to have very few redeemable qualities. Shakespeare effectively demonstrates how dependent women are on men ...
- 215: Hamlet - Elizabethan Revenge In Hamlet
- Hamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare that very closely follows the dramatic conventions of revenge in Elizabethan theater. All revenge tragedies originally stemmed from the Greeks, who wrote and performed the first plays. After the Greeks ... influential to all Elizabethan tragedy writers. Seneca who was Roman, basically set all of the ideas and the norms for all revenge play writers in the Renaissance era including William Shakespeare. The two most famous English revenge tragedies written in the Elizabethan era were Hamlet, written by Shakespeare and The Spanish Tragedy, written by Thomas Kyd. These two plays used mostly all of the Elizabethan conventions for revenge tragedies in their plays. Hamlet especially incorporated all revenge ...
- 216: Macbeth - Summary
- ... Language: Macbeth compares the people he's killed with a snake. This metaphor is quite a large one, and lasts for several lines. "O! full of scorpions is my mind..." Shakespeare tries to show what Macbeth is going through with this image. There is much contrasting language in this scene as Macbeth uses harsh words and angry tones, while Lady Macbeth ... is all about evil, despair, and crime. The second part is about courage, and hope and confidence. Many metaphors in this scene: "I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;" Shakespeare usually carries his metaphors quite far, and this is no exception. "The poor state esteem him as a lamb." Shakespeare uses many references to animals in Macbeth. Act V Scene V Context: The death of Lady Macbeth, drives Macbeth to despair, but he still fights on to the end. ...
- 217: A Character Analysis of Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth
- A Character Analysis of Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth By the end of Act V scene v it is clear that Macbeth is not going to rule his kingdom much longer. He is to be killed by ... things when he knows they cannot be true. When Macbeth gets his title as Thane of Cawdor he knows that the witches were right and he shall soon become king. Shakespeare also tells us that Macbeth is superstitious by him going to see the witches for a second time latter in the play. Macbeth believes that the witches were right the ...
- 218: The Fool in King Lear
- The Fool in King Lear William Shakespeare's play King Lear tells the tale of the main character who divides his kingdom between his older daughters, Goeneril and Regan, and disinherits his youngest daughter, Cordelia. The action ... to civil strife, his insanity, and his ultimate death. King Lear can be viewed as a great illustration about the struggle between good and evil. Perhaps better than any of Shakespeare's other tragedies, King Lear displays the concept of evil most strongly. It is believed that King Lear is an expansion of a British legend. The legend is as follows ... youngest daughter. His youngest daughter had married the king of France while she was gone. His youngest daughter returned with him two Britain and helped him to regain hi throne. Shakespeare utilized this British legend to create what is arguably one of the greatest tragedies of all time. Shakespeare took this British legend and conceptualized it to fit his audience. ...
- 219: Shakespeare's Hamlet
- Shakespeare's Hamlet Ned Kraemer In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet discloses his true feelings, in Act 4, scene 4. In this soliloquy, Hamlet illustrates his mental instability by contrasting himself and Fortinbras. He illustrates himself as being ...
- 220: Camera Techniques Used In Shakespeare In Love
- Camera Techniques Used In Shakespeare In Love There were many techniques used in the making of Shakespeare In Love. Among these techniques were: camera techniques, editing techniques, and also the elaborate use of sound and music. The various camera techniques that were used in this film helped ...
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