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- 551: Oedipus Rex (film Vs Text)
- In the film Oedipus the King produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company we are presented with a modernistic adaptation of Sophocles' classic Greek tragedy. A Greek tragedy essentially consists of the story of something terrible happening to a person of noble ... all the roles of the play upon themselves, which is where the importance of masks came into effect in order to help the audience distinguish between different characters. The Royal Shakespeare Company has taken Oedipus Rex and made some changes with it in their film, some of which make sense and some others that do not seem to make sense in ... the same point across, I still feel that this was an unnecessary change, which more or less transforms this it into a completely different play. It has become The Royal Shakespeare Company's Oedipus Rex and is no longer Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.
- 552: Othello 10
- ... Venice, whom I trace For his quick hunting, stand the putting on I'll have our Michael Cassio on the hip Abuse him to the Moor in the right garb. (Shakespeare, II, i, 302-06) These are but a few of the ways that Iago manages to keep the audience involved in the plot of his diabolical scheme. Iago is also ... example of such can be found in the play Othello when we read "I pray you be content. Tis but his humor./The business of the state does him offense./" (Shakespeare, IV, ii, 164-65) Another is apparent during the same conversation when Iago tells Desdemona "Go in weep not. All things shall be well." (Shakespeare, IV, ii, 169) By telling Desdemona that all shall be well is the equivalent of saying that the problems in her marriage have nothing to do with her. The ...
- 553: King Lear: Consequences Of One Man's Decisions
- King Lear: Consequences Of One Man's Decisions Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed description of the consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man is Lear, King of England, who's decisions greatly alter his ... one's self if a single wrong turn can do this to Lear then what difficult corner lies ahead that ma cause similar alterations in one's life. Reference List Shakespeare, William. King Lear. Eric A. McCann, ed. Harcourt Brace Jovanovick Canada Inc., Canada. 1988. There has been many different views on the plays of William Shakespeare and definitions of what kind of play they were. The two most popular would be the comedy and the tragedy. King Lear to some people may be a comedy ...
- 554: Macbeth: Imagery
- Macbeth: Imagery In his plays, Shakespeare uses many forms of imagery. Many forms of his imagery are used in his play `Macbeth,' including the forms of clothing and darkness. Each detail in his imagery, it seems ... that the imagery of clothing is used to suggest that throughout the play, Macbeth is seeking to hide his "disgraceful self" from his eyes and from others. I think that Shakespeare wants to keep alive the ironical contrast between the wretched creature that Macbeth really is and the disguises he assumes to conceal the fact. Secondly, I think that in the ... is that of the imagery of darkness. In a Shakespearean tragedy a special tone, or atmosphere must be created to show the darkness and blackness in a tragedy. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the design of the witches, the guilt in Macbeth's soul, and the darkness of the night to establish the atmosphere. All of the remarkable scenes take place ...
- 555: Hamlet 2
- ... suffering and, finally meets his death. Great literature usually defines this term throughout its course by clarifying and illustrating its meaning. One of such classic examples is Hamlet by William Shakespeare, where characters such as Polonius and Claudius have freedom to choose their fate and where death of innocent becomes a frequent event. Although many people lose their lives as a ... relish of it; I loved you not. Ophelia: I was the more deceived. Hamlet: get thee to a nunnery; why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? Hamlet by William Shakespeare is a classic example of a literary work where death of innocent becomes a frequent event and characters have freedom to choose their fate. The tragedy is characterized by The ... to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow and where the death of innocent characters such as Polonius, Ophelia, and Gertrude becomes a frequent event in such play as Hamlet by William Shakespeare is generally defined as tragedy. Hamlet had many possibilities to escape his fate but he stuck with his plan to revenge his father s death. At the same time ...
- 556: Evolution Of Profanity
- ... language used today. Some cuss words have somehow maintained their original meanings throughout hundreds of years, while many others have completely changed meaning or simply fallen out of use. William Shakespeare, though it is not widely taught, was not a very clean writer. In fact, he was somewhat of a potty mouth. His works encompassed a lot of things that some ... curses. Most all original (before being censored) Shakespearean works contain very offensive profanity, mostly religious, which is probably one of many reasons that his works were and are so popular. "Shakespeare pushed a lot of buttons in his day- which is one reason he was so phenomenally popular. Despite what they tell you, people like having their buttons pushed" (Macrone 6 ... once in Othello. 'Sblood occurs less than 'zounds, but is equally offensive and means basically the same thing. Several other words came from Great Britain, but were not included in Shakespeare's works. Today the expression "Gadzooks!" is not particularly offensive to most. Of course, most don't know what it originally meant. Gadzooks was originally slang for "God's ...
- 557: Book-Movie Comparison Hamlet
- ... add small details or leave some out in order to meet time limits and to make the story what they think will be more interesting. Such is the case with Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The movie starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close left out and even added things that were not originally in the play. When Shakespeare wrote Hamlet he did not write in a scene depicting the funeral of King Hamlet. However, in the movie this scene is present. Not only is it an added scene ... meaning of the story. Even though there are a few discrepancies, the movie and the play are the same story. All in all, the movie was an excellent depiction of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
- 558: Twelfth Night - Analysis Of Fo
- ... imaginative literature is that "He could provide a topic, a theme for mediation, or he could turn into a stock character on the stage, a stylized comic figure". In William Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night, Feste the clown is not the only fool who is subject to foolery. He and many other characters combine their silly acts and wits to invade ... tied to each other in some sort of way. They relatively have the same objectives in their roles but in appearance wise (clothes, physical features) they may be different. In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Feste's role in this Illyrian comedy is significant because "Illyria is a country permeated with the spirit of the Feast of Fools, where identities are confused ... Sir Toby are the fools that make the comedy work in many senses. They create the confusion through humor and it all works out in the end to make William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night a really funny Elizabethan play.
- 559: Much Ado About Nothing: An Overview
- ... distance. Looking down from the clouds, one can see a gathering of finely dressed people. Birds flying overhead hear the murmurs of the crowd gathered for a wedding of gentry. Shakespeare could never have planned the first scene of Act IV in Much Ado About Nothing so well. The serene sky overhead symbolizing the beauty and joviality of the occasion; dark rain clouds looming in the distance foreshadowing the mischief to come. Despite his inability to control weather patterns, Shakespeare developed marvelous scenes which he displayed in his own theater, The Globe. How did Shakespeare portray the emotional aspects of his characters and their strife to his audience? How did he direct the actors and what did the open air stage of The Globe ...
- 560: Othello and King Lear: A comparison
- Othello and King Lear: A comparison If Shakespeare was alive today it is certain that there would be a lot written about him. We would read reviews of his new plays in newspapers, articles about his poetry in ... his voice well-known from radio broadcasts. There would be so much recorded evidence about his life and his opinions that it would not be hard to write about him. Shakespeare, however, lived some four hundred years ago in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, when there was no tele-vision or radio, nor even any newspapers as we know them today. Although he was respected as an important person in his own lifetime, nobody ever thought of writing about him until well after his death. And Shakespeare did apparently not believe in keeping a diary either. So it is largely by luck that the little evidence we have, such as the entry of his birth in ...
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