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- 891: Hamlet: Horatio - A Man of Thought, Fortinbras - A Man of Action
- Hamlet: Horatio - A Man of Thought, Fortinbras - A Man of Action In the play Hamlet, William Shakespeare proposed two kinds of men. Horatio is the character who represents a man of thought. The other kind of man is represented by Fortinbras, a man of action. Hamlet is the character that manages to be both, thought and action. Hamlet failed to avenge his father's death because he was both. According to Shakespeare in the play Hamlet, a man could not succeed if ge was both action and thought. The most evident man of thought in the play was Horatio. Horatio sees the ...
- 892: Merchant Of Venice
- ... people. They may be out to destroy others, or improve their own social status. However, at the same time, the villain may also be out for revenge. Shylock, from William Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice, has each of these motives as he takes on the role of the antagonist in this play. Shylock, the Jew, manages to mistreat almost everyone ... to court, however, his plan to destroy Antonio only backfires on him. Shylock was out for the destruction and revenge of Antonio. In the play The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare portrays the villain as a ruthless and vengeful person. He mistreats too many people, and when he himself looks for mercy, he is denied. Shylock is such a truculent person ...
- 893: Cinematography: Everything You Need To Know
- ... Known for his use of multiple cameras, extended takes, and tight editing, Kurosawa has made screen adaptations of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot (1951), Gorky's The Lower Depths (1957), and Shakespeare's Macbeth (Throne of Blood, 1957). Dersu Uzala (1976), which won an Academy Award, was made in the USSR. With Kagemusha (1980), he returned to Japan and to the medieval ... film, and television productions. Streep earned a master of fine arts at Yale University, where she appeared at the Yale Repertory Theatre, and since 1975 has appeared in New York Shakespeare Festival productions. Other stage roles include a highly acclaimed performance on Broadway in the Tennessee Williams play 27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1976). Among her television credits is the miniseries ...
- 894: The Tempest Caliban Character
- ... better. However, Antonio is much more malicious than Caliban because he knows what he has done is evil This goes back to the concept of nature vs. society. Caliban is Shakespeare's representation of natural instinct and how it collides with society. Of course Caliban could have simply been a man raised in nature, but his image enhances his character by ... be tamed, but he shows characteristics of a tamed being; as does he show promise to be tamed. But he seems to revert back to his instincts and natural intelligence. Shakespeare's message is that no matter how hard we try we cannot unlearn things that have become our nature, what we are cannot be changed, it can be tamed to ...
- 895: Questionable Heros in the Play Julius Caesar
- Questionable Heros in the Play Julius Caesar Julius Caesar, a play written by the famous play-write William Shakespeare, had many characters who could have been questioned in terms of their motives and will. Some may have had good intentions, but others were revealed to have other things in ... upon his sword. Over his dead body, even the evil Mark Antony declares him to be "the noblest Roman of them all". Of all of the people involved in William Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar, only one of them had good and pure intentions behind his actions. Brutus did what he did in the name of the Roman people, in fear ...
- 896: The Truth of Suffering in King Lear
- ... in blindness all contain the same basic meaning. In order to find and recognize our real selves and the truth, we must suffer. These various themes are continually illustrated throughout Shakespeare's King Lear. Their effects are not solely felt by Lear and Gloucester. All sincerely “good” characters in the play must, in some way, suffer before they can gain wisdom ... his wife, it would be impossible for him to achieve his strength. In suffering comes pain, in blindness comes sight, in pain comes strength. These universal truths affect us all. Shakespeare is able to capture these truths in King Lear. Lear, Goucester, Cornelia, Edgar, Kent, and Albany all feel the same type of effects from these truths. Deep down these characters ...
- 897: Madness In King Lear
- Madness in King Lear: Act 4 In Shakespeare's play King Lear, Shakespeare introduces many themes. The most important theme shown in King Lear is the theme of madness. During the course of this play madness is shown in the tragic hero, King ...
- 898: Lysistrata
- ... of the human race. And were not thought of as just "women", but rather "WOMEN!", said with respect. Moving along in time we come across a beautiful play done by Shakespeare, As You Like It (AYLI). AYLI is a romantic comedy. Within this comedy we see many gender issues arise. The play starts out with the typical stereotype. The women are ... reveals in her epilogue, "she", the actor playing Rosalind on the sixteenth-century English stage, is male, as were all the actors who played female roles on the stage of Shakespeare’s time. Just like in the times of Aristophanes. We come across an interesting problem with gender in this play. And that is the complications of acting the roles of ...
- 899: Macbeth- Tragic Hero
- Macbeth: Tragic Hero The following is an essay on how the character of Macbeth serves as an example of a tragic hero in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. His tragic decision stems from the influence of a tragic flaw. Once he has made the decision, it is irreversible, and produces his downfall. In an attempt to ... fail. The damage is beyond repair. In Act V, the Act of Catastrophe, the character suffers the consequences of the decision, and is destroyed professionally, physically and socially. In Macbeth, Shakespeare strays from the traditional structuralist point of view and takes upon a more creative point of view in a sense that the tragic decision could be anywhere in the play ...
- 900: Macbeth Character Analysis
- Character Analysis In the tragedy Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, many character traits are portrayed through the various characters throughout the play. Macbeth was one of Shakespeare s greatest tragedies. It was completed in 1606 and was most likely first performed before King James I and his royal family at Hampton Court. King James I is believed ...
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