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- 421: How Shakespear Creats Humor In
- ... a comic situation may result in a series of complicated antics. The tradition for some of these comic devices has been carried over for hundreds of years, dating back to Shakespeare in the 1600's. In his play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare creates humor through three diverse devices: oxymoron's, malapropisms and mistaken identities. All result in a farcical mix of comic situations. Wordplay, such as the use of oxymorons, is an abundant source of humor in Shakespeare. The word oxymoron comes from the Greek meaning "pointedly foolish." Pointedly foolish certainly applies to the mechanicals, whose ignorance provides the root of all their comedy in the play. ...
- 422: Supernatural In Shakespeares P
- Books related to Supernatural in Shakespeare's Plays- Supernatural in Shakespeare's Plays- In the time of William Shakespeare there was a strong belief in the existence of the supernatural. Thus, the supernatural is a recurring aspect in many of Mr. Shakespeare¹s plays. In two such plays, ...
- 423: Macbeth Imagery
- Macbeth Imagery In all of Shakespeare s plays he uses many forms of imagery. Imagery is the art of making images, the products of imagination. In the play Macbeth , Shakespeare applies the many images, most of which are of clothing, blood and darkness. Each one seems to contain an important symbol of the play. Symbols that the reader must understand ... flirting round the castle of death. The second time, at the end, when the avenging army gathers to rid the earth of its shame. Therefore, the reader can conclude that Shakespeare uses darkness to establish the evil parts of the play. On the other hand, daylight is employed to define victory or goodness in the play. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses ...
- 424: Romeo and Juliet: The New Age vs The Old Age
- ... civil blood makes civil hands unclean: from forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-cross'd lovers take thier life." Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare's best plays, is one of the best love/tragedy stories he has written. It is a story a two "star-crossed lovers", or two people in love that weren ... recreation of Romeo and Juliet. It has been passed down generation by generation. It is in writing that anyone can relate to. There have been several recreations of the original Shakespeare play, but two movies come to mind. The old movie, West Side Story and the 1996 movie, Romeo and Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. The 1996 version of ... and Juliet shares many similarities and differences with the original play. The 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet showed that thier actors can still speak in the same dialect that Shakespeare wrote. Differences are also introduced into the movie because nothing can compare to what Shakespeare has written back the old English days. The biggest difference would be that the ...
- 425: Hamlet - Claudius
- Hamlet Character Analysis Paper: Claudius In the play, "Hamlet", Shakespeare needed to devize an evil character, a villain that is ambitious, and has the ability to scheme to get what he wants. The character would also have to contain some good qualities, such as kindness and contriteness. These good qualities make the character seem more human and thus, more believable. Claudius is this character. Shakespeare uses Claudius in his revenge theme in this play. Without the acts of Claudius, this theme just would not be. The entire play revolves around what Claudius has done, or ... few moments both Hamlet and Laertes are struck with the poisoned sword. Upon this, Laertes spills his guts revealing all to Hamlet. Claudius is then killed. This all fits into Shakespeare’s theme of revenge by if Claudius did not have this trait, the plans would never have been made and the play would be different. Also, the death of ...
- 426: Hamlet - Appearence Vs Reality
- Appearence vs Reality Possibly the best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare, Hamlet, is a classic example of a tragedy. In all tragedies the hero suffers, and usually dies at the end. Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, Brutus falls on his sword ... Hamlet quickly reveals the truth and says, "Were you not sent for/ And there is a kind of confession in your looks, which your modesties have not craft in color." (Shakespeare 2:2:278) From these words he is demanding an answer from his schoolmates as to their unexplained arrival. At the end he tells them nothing. As the play continues ... they are lying to him about their purpose of the visit, "’Tis as easy as lying: govern these ventages with you finger and thumb, give it breath with your mouth..." (Shakespeare 3:2:348) The twins show their appearance of being Hamlets friends but in truth they have a hidden reason for visiting with Hamlet. Both show that it will ...
- 427: Greek Tragedies
- ... with comedies, morality, and other's with, tragedies, whichever the case maybe each play has its unique style and theme. A Midsummer Night's Dream I believe is unusual among Shakespeare's plays, since it is lacking a written source for its plot. The wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta was described in Chaucer's "Knight's Tale" and elsewhere. The theme ... of a daughter who wants to marry against her father's desires was a common theme in Roman comedy. Nick Bottom and his friends are comic's of amateur players. Shakespeare must have derived his forest spirits from oral folk traditions, since the mysterious people of the forest might be in turn helpful mischievous or sinister. In "Henry IV Part I ... a study of the relationship between the plays can be useful when they all fit in together. The last two plays that I read were also tragedies and two of Shakespeare's finest, Julius Caesar and Hamlet. In reading Julius Caesar the material seems simplicity of its plot and has directness of its prose for making it accessible for reading. ...
- 428: Interpreting Poetry
- ... the same theme will be discussed. Each author uses various literary tools, but for now the main focus will be that of meaning. The first poet to be discussed is Shakespeare. The famous sonnet simply numbered eighteen, Shakespeare appears to writing (speaking) to a woman he is fond of. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do ... lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. In the simplest terms possible, Shakespeare is saying that the woman of whom this poem speaks of is beautiful. But even more than that, the eloquence in which he expresses her beauty demonstrates that Shakespeare ...
- 429: Greek Tragedies
- ... with comedies, morality, and other's with, tragedies, whichever the case maybe each play has its unique style and theme. A Midsummer Night's Dream I believe is unusual among Shakespeare's plays, since it is lacking a written source for its plot. The wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta was described in Chaucer's "Knight's Tale" and elsewhere. The theme ... of a daughter who wants to marry against her father's desires was a common theme in Roman comedy. Nick Bottom and his friends are comic's of amateur players. Shakespeare must have derived his forest spirits from oral folk traditions, since the mysterious people of the forest might be in turn helpful mischievous or sinister. In "Henry IV Part I ... a study of the relationship between the plays can be useful when they all fit in together. The last two plays that I read were also tragedies and two of Shakespeare's finest, Julius Caesar and Hamlet. In reading Julius Caesar the material seems simplicity of its plot and has directness of its prose for making it accessible for reading. ...
- 430: An Exploration Of Femininity I
- An exploration of Femininity in Shakespeare's Tragedies. (Hamlet). In a patriarchal structured society femininity and the female are restricted or defined by the socio-cultural precepts imposed by the male hegemony. Therefore, in order to ... of his hesitation over the duel with Laertes: "such a kind of gain-giving, would perhaps trouble a woman" (5.2.215-6). However, Hamlet's perception of Ophelia, indeed Shakespeare's presentation, is of Ophelia as a representative of 'Nothingness'. This has particular sexual significance when we consider that 'nothing' was Elizabethan slang for the female genitalia . As R. D ... conflict between ideal and real is the tragedy for femininity within such a social order. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Abbe Blum, 'Strike all that look upon with "Mar[b]le": Monumentalising Women in Shakespeare's plays' in, A. M. Haselkova The Renaissance English woman in Print: Counterbalancing the Canon and B.S. Travitsky (pub. Univ. Massechusetts Press, 1990) p. 99-108. T. S. ...
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