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- 471: Twelfth Night: Theme of Love
- Twelfth Night: Theme of Love In the play "Twelfth Night," Shakespeare explores and illustrates the emotion of love with precise detail. According to "Webster's New World Dictionary," love is defined as "a strong affection or liking for someone." Throughout the play Shakespeare examines three different types of love: true love, self love and friendship. "Twelfth Night" consists of many love triangles, however many of the characters who are tangled up in the ... Sir Andrew appreciates Sir Toby's company because he always lifts his spirits and makes him feel like a true knight. Love plays a major role in "Twelfth Night," and Shakespeare addresses true love, self love and friendship in a very compelling and interesting way. Love is great to read about because everyone deserves a little love. "Twelfth Night" is ...
- 472: The Winter's Tale: The Tragedy Within A Romance
- The Winter's Tale: The Tragedy Within A Romance In 1623, the complete works of Shakespeare were published in the First Folio. Within this Folio were the works of Shakespeare categorized by their genre. There were tragedies, histories, comedies, and the final four were romances. Prior to this time, romance was not a widespread genre in anyone's writings. We ... genealogy" of writing, that the romance we know today was created through the combination of the Greek novels and Shakespearean comedies. This alliance between the two genres is apparent in Shakespeare's Winter's Tale. The most obvious indication to this suggestion is in the first three acts of the play. Within these acts a whole tragedy can be seen ...
- 473: The Character of Macbeth
- ... Although we are presented with his deterioration from good to evil, we can see his human side throughout the play, which makes it a tragedy. It is the shortest of Shakespeare's tragedies, and has a very fast pace. Once Macbeth's ambition has ‘set the ball rolling', events happen quickly in the play as it gathers momentum. The themes of ‘Macbeth' are ambition, effects of evil, and violence, shown mainly by the language of the play, as in Shakespeare's time plays were performed in daylight with very few props. Ambition is something that everyone can identify with, and ‘Macbeth' is a compelling study of how ambition can destroy ... ambitious, and they only increased this by making his ambitions seem like they could be reality. The war hero becomes a murderer and then dies a shameful and violent death. Shakespeare creates an atmosphere of evil and darkness mainly through his language, although scenes containing violent actions or the witches are often played in darkness. Shakespeare uses poetry (verse) as ...
- 474: The Taming of the Shrew: Mistaken Identities
- The Taming of the Shrew: Mistaken Identities Throughout the play "The Taming of the Shrew," William Shakespeare has utilized several ingenious techniques resulting in an effective piece of work. One of the more unique and creative methods is the use of mistaken identity. With the use of mistaken identity, Shakespeare has successfully given the play an element of humor from the beginning to the end. The mistaken identity within the two induction scenes must have been quite humorous for the upper-class noblemen who watched the play. In Shakespeare's time, the upper-class often found their amusement in the poorer, more unfortunate lower-class. Christopher Sly was no exception. When the lord finds Sly, a drunk beggar, ...
- 475: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Contrast In Human Mentality
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: Contrast In Human Mentality The Play: “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, by William Shakespeare offers a wonderful contrast in human mentality. Shakespeare provides insight into man's conflict with the rational versus the emotional characteristics of our behavior through his settings. The rational, logical side is represented by Athens, with its flourishing ... with his plan to inflict Titania with the love spell, and also gives him an extra chore as a bonus. This ends up to be a disastrous, yet entertaining event. Shakespeare successfully contrasts the duality of man's nature by using two settings with opposite characteristics. Whether this was the entire purpose of the play is doubtful, but is remains ...
- 476: The Taming Of The Shrew - Mist
- The Taming of the Shrew In Shakespeare's comedy, "The Taming of the Shrew," one of the main ways that the theme is shown is by mistaken identity. The main theme of this play is that what ... is beckoned. The other wives only make up excuses. This shows how Kate has a mistaken identity becuase she appears rude and insolent. This situation is one of the ways Shakespeare uses mistaken identity to display theme. Another part of the theme is that when a person changes outfit's and roles, their personalities and attitudes stary the same. The first ... tutor for Bianca, but is rejected by her. Before the changing of clothes, Hortensio is in competition with Lucentio for Bianca, and still is despite the change in clothing. What Shakespeare is trying to convey is that although you can change your clothes, you can't change the person who wears them. The most effective way Shakespeare demonstrates this theme ...
- 477: The Taming Of The Shrew - Anal
- The Taming Of The Shrew by William Shakespeare is probably one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies. Its plot is derived from the popular 'war of the sexes' theme in which males and females are pitted against one another for dominance in marriage. The ... he is someone he is not and then by having the main play performed for him. By putting The Taming Of The Shrew in a 'play within a play' structure, Shakespeare immediately lets the audience know that the play is not real thus making all events in the play false realities. Almost all characters in the play take on identities ...
- 478: The Taming Of The Shrew
- The Taming Of The Shrew by William Shakespeare is probably one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies. Its plot is derived from the popular 'war of the sexes' theme in which males and females are pitted against one another for dominance in marriage. The ... he is someone he is not and then by having the main play performed for him. By putting The Taming Of The Shrew in a 'play within a play' structure, Shakespeare immediately lets the audience know that the play is not real thus making all events in the play false realities. Almost all characters in the play take on identities ...
- 479: Macbeth-a True Hero?
- ... this is Sherlock Holmes. He is a fictional character who is a crime solving genius, and is admired for his powers of deduction. Macbeth is the eponymous hero of William Shakespeare's play. He is the main character of the play. He would be expected to be a noble, honest and trustworthy man, as the play's hero. Shakespeare' names the player after Macbeth to indicate he is the hero. The opening scene shows three witches in a wide-open space chanting a spell. Shakespeare uses pathetic fallacy to set the scene for witches: An open space, thunder and lightning. This scene conjures up a sense of mystery, evil and fear. The rhyme and ...
- 480: Henry IV: Redemption
- Henry IV: Redemption In Shakespeare's Henry IV, the character Hal, the Prince of Wales, undergoes a transformation that can be characterized as a redemption. Shakespeare introduces Hal, in the opening act as a renegade of the Court. His avoidance of all public responsibility and his affinity for the company of the Boar's Head Tavern ... In the King's eyes Hotspur, not Hal, is the "theme of honor's tongue" (1.1. 80), because he has won his glory through his merits in war. Thus, Shakespeare has set Hal and Hotspur in opposition: Hal, the prodigal prince, versus Hotspur, the proper prince. Hal understands that he has been branded with the label, "truant to chivalry,"( ...
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