This observation is not merely the central idea of the play, but is an enhancement to the basic personality trait that goes along with the horrifying aftermath of the warfare, conducted in the name of [...]
Othello is not perfect either and the reason he acts the way he acts is that he is jealous; not that Desdemona cannot match his 'principles'.
Examples of images used in the poem include "...my soul is white", in the first stanza, second line, the part which the author uses the words "...black as if bereaved of light" is also an [...]
Nathan the Wise is one of the best known plays by the German writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing that touches upon the religious issues, the conflicts, which may happen on the religious field and during the [...]
In the said play the protagonist adhered to a set of values that are alien to the people that have adapted to a belief system that was rooted in corruption.
Another reason that Macbeth is to blame for his own downfall is that he does not always let prophecies define his actions, which means he does not believe in them that much.
The current paper highlights the subject of gender inequality, which is portrayed in A Doll's House through the characters and the plot, highlighting the injustice as the diminishment of women as individuals.
In this paper, emancipation is explored through a close reading of a key speech given by Lopakhin and an analysis of the implications of the freedom of the serfs on the characters and the society [...]
The characters Mommy and Daddy are ignorant of Grandma and her needs, from her introduction to the stage to her eventual demise.
The first one is the plot of the play that lasts from the beginning till the scene when Hamlet meets the ghost of his father.
It is true because aristocrats and other representatives of the upper classes had specific obligations to society, and this was a burden to Algernon and Jack.
The tragedy of Hamlet addresses eternal problems: the incompatibility of lofty ideals and dreams with reality, the mismatch between the goals and the means of achieving them, and the role of the individual in history.
However, as levelheaded as she is, she still has a dream of her own. Beneatha's dream of becoming a doctor defines the character's main decisions, making her more vulnerable and relatable.
The task of A Thousand Acres is to demonstrate the relevance and popularity of the primary source among the modern reader, simultaneously with criticism and rethinking of specific points.
The essay will corroborate the quotation by Calvino proving that political use of literature is a voice of the voiceless, a name for the nameless and a way of including the excluded.
The genre of tragedy used in Macbeth poses the question to the reader: who is responsible for committing a crime - the individual or the society?
For Shakespeare, Brabantio's views are representative of the racial prejudice of the society in general, rather than of his personal feelings towards the protagonist. On the other hand, Othello's story is cohesive and believable; he [...]
The name of the comedy is a pun - the word Earnest is consonant with the name Ernest, which has the semantic meaning of a serious, noble, and honest, which represents the two heroes of [...]
Therefore, the lightning of the set was the primary signal for all the location and mood changes, perfectly supplementing the play, and the characters.
The first script of the play was written and acted in French at the Royal Court Theatre. The title of the play is symbolic of the chess game.
The very reason that made me write about this character was how he is depicted as a hero in the opening pages of the play, and only to learn how weak he is from his [...]
There are four most remarkable ridiculous plot points in the story; they can be observed in the relationships between Masha and Kulygin, the situation when Irina philosophizes on the sense of life, the character of [...]
Similar and different aspects in the real life and in the fictional world are not always easy to recognize, though it is possible to distinguish the real and invented aspects when at least one person [...]
O'Neill depicts that one of the many sins these women committed is to have built up the image of prostitutes as romantic and sensational, instead of showing these women as they really are, unfortunate and [...]
In the preface to "Tartuffe", the author argues that the main task of comedy or art in general is to eradicate the vices of the society, including hypocrisy.
In the tradition of classical dramaturgy of ancient Greeks, the concept of the pay and its representation was driven in terms of the natural play of actors and without decorations.
Too shy to attend the business school her mother enrolled her in and without any friends of her own, Amanda decides marriage is the only answer for Laura and forces Tom to find a beau [...]
By reading through Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, the idea of how the environment impacts the perception of self becomes clearer by understanding how the people in the story adopt community values and how they [...]
In Homer's Odyssey, the noble nature of the hero is made clear in the way that his servants speak of him and strive to behave as he would expect.
Shakespeare employs the traditional view of the woman as a means of illustrating its more dangerous elements through his portrayal of Ophelia in her innocence, the ease with which others use her, and the suspicion [...]
Dramatic irony is used by Shakespeare to unveil the personal failures of the characters to see the reality and the world around them because of narrow-mindedness and shortsightedness.
The play 'The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams focuses on the life of Amanda along with her son Tom, and "weakling" daughter Laura during the year 1937 at St.
As Ben-Zvi asserts, "the concerns of the women are considered little or silly and insignificant and this is the most important reason for the men's comments about them.
However, the existence of the canary is itself a mystery as no one can guarantee that anyone has actually seen the bird at all. The canary is a metaphor by itself, and it symbolized the [...]
Oedipus's urge to free the citizens of Thebes from the plague leads him to vow to do everything in his power to find the murderer of Laius.'The only way of deliverance from our plague is [...]
It begins with supernatural such as the presence of the ghost and Hamlet attempting to glance into Claudius' soul, to the mystery of the crime and the need for revenge. The masterful use of style, [...]
When speaking of Sophocles, he integrates the myth of Oedipus into the plot of the play in order to demonstrate a deep conflict between the will of gods and the will of human beings.
The choice of the focus on acting as the primary means of conveying the essential message of the story becomes evident as the author emphasizes the double consciousness of the character.
Not only the figures of Pyramus and Thisbe were borrowed by Shakespeare from Ovid's "Metamorphoses" to create protagonists for his famous "A Midsummer's Night Dream", but the English genius was also parodying both manner and [...]
At the end of the day, the character learns the price of such a fatal mistake which is betrayal and loss of everything he loved in his life. The theme of the transformational power of [...]
Marxist criticism helps to get insight into the relationships between individuals and social groups and to understand the historical, social, economic, and political context of the environment of the story and its influence on a [...]
The character of Macbeth is used by Shakespeare to illustrate a man who lacks the strength of moral fiber under the affection of guilt and ambition.
By depicting the play as a failure of artistic representation, Pirandello captures the imaginations of the audience and highlights the mental states of the time.
They do not necessarily have to be from noble family backgrounds as in the case of Aristotelian tragedies. If this play is, therefore, performed in accordance to the dictates of traditional drama, most of the [...]
In the play, the author creates the unity of setting so as to underscore the feeling that the main heroine Nora is the prisoner of her life.
Critics such as William Merritt Sale argue that Homer's purpose in creating the mythic poem of The Odyssey was to represent the inherent struggle of the human condition when faced with the choice between the [...]
In this paper, we are going to focus on the two basic literary devices used by the author which contribute to the in-depth understanding of the themes and motives of the play.
Oscar Wilde's comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, is a satire of everything stuffy and constrictive in the 19th and early 20th century. The play explores the theme of the relations between the sexes.
This divergence in the acceptance of what is said to them between the younger and older versions of Oedipus is based on the fact that the older version of Oedipus had developed a considerable degree [...]
The bastardization of Shakespeare's poems is one of the most widespread tendencies in evaluating the impact of Shakespeare's work since the great poet started creating his masterpieces one of the strongest is.
Therefore, through the reconnection of the paragraphs, the author enables the reader to conclude that the narrator could be famous if she had followed her mother's advice.
The author focuses on the development of the both the minor and major characters. There is a high degree of gender and culture stereotyping in the play.Mr.
Creon is the antagonist in of the story. She is even willing to die in the name of honor.
The theme of this story was to address issues that were affecting the people of Thebes during this time and even in times to come.
Hamlet is a son to the former King and a nephew to the current King Claudius These two characters seem indispensable throughout and serve as informants of Claudius. In the play, they fit in as [...]
Dorine is being in cahoots with Elmire to expose Tartuffe to Orgon as to what he really is a truly despicable individual, who turned milking gullible Christians for money into the permanent source of his [...]
I can see in her eyes a strong sense of justice and loyalty at the core of her being. She upholds her friend's honor in the face of discomfort, teaching me about the strength of [...]
Her family and friends in the community provide a variety of responses to her difficulty, extending from acceptance and understanding to disapproval.
In Othello, Shakespeare portrays a clash of cultures, between the traditional Venetian culture and the foreign Moorish culture, that leads to the downfall of Othello and the destruction of his marriage.
The play reveals the detrimental impact of the capitalist system's pressure to succeed at any cost on human relationships, as seen through the character of Willy Loman.
Cory's disobedience is a nuisance for Troy, who seeks to avoid further exposure of his children to the cruelties of the outside world.
Albany, the husband of Lear's daughter Goneril, may initially seem soft, loyal, and mild-mannered, without much to add to the play's structure and story. Cornwall's actions and relationship with his wife, Regan, are the principal [...]
The stage directions and dialogue that emphasize Loureen's mental suffering and her emancipation from the restrictions of her abusive marriage serve as one example.
Menaechmi is considered one of Plautus' most outstanding comedies and is believed to have inspired Shakespeare to write an identical play, The Comedy of Errors.
The conclusion of the play suggests that the capacity to express one's emotions openly and truthfully is necessary for a healthy sense of self.
The historical and cultural context of William Shakespeare is often depicted in the themes of each play, the characters, and the setting.
This confirms the fact that initially, the main character only wanted to appear insane, but as the events in the play develop, the character behaves more and more illogically, and his monologues become incoherent. Ophelia [...]
The play is interesting because it delves into the human condition, examining the nature of revenge, the role of power, and the fragility of sanity.
Even though the family's dreams are quite different, the main obstacle to their realization is racism and the conditions of life of the family caused by it.
Khatoon explores how the characters in the play grapple with this sense of desperation and their dreams in the face of systemic racism and discrimination."On our Great West African Heritage.the great Ashanti empires; the great [...]
Desdemona is the innocent and loyal wife of Othello, while Emilia is the wife of Iago, who is willing to betray her husband to save Desdemona.
Love is one of the central themes in the poem "Fuenteovejuna". In one of the conversations, the girl claims love is a "desire for beauty".
He would also understand that he alone was responsible for his actions and could not blame the witches for his decisions. He would realize that he alone was responsible for his actions and had the [...]
Frequently, the influence of misinformation in the modern day is just as significant as it was in the history of Salem.
The play highlights the unfair and biased treatment many members of the Latin American community faced in the country. Thus, in Act 1, Scene 1, when the main characters are introduced, the outfit is illustrated [...]
In addition, it is possible to argue that Romeo and Juliet's parents are to blame for the tragedy. In conclusion, it is difficult to say who should be blamed for the deaths of Romeo and [...]
Through the exemplification of an individual's struggle, the play discusses identity loss and a man's resistance to change in his life and the surrounding society.
At the beginning of the play, Jack is told that the cucumber sandwiches are reserved for Algernon's aunt, while the butter sandwiches are meant for Gwendolen.
Therefore: Y-AXIS: Romeo's level of lovesickness. X-AXIS: Quotes from the play, separated by acts.
It is common to perceive the relationship between religion and reason as clashing, yet McCarthy provides a different perspective, in which both sides realize that their deep dissemblance is detrimental to a harmonious existence.
One of the central plot points of this legendary work by William Shakespeare is the cowardly murder of King Duncan by Macbeth and his wife with a dagger while the ruler slept.
Firstly, the image of a bird in a cage is a powerful symbol of the systematic oppression of women, which is evident in many different cultures and time periods.
Even though the theme of love intends to represent happiness and peace, it cannot always be achieved in life because of the complexities of social lives and the pressure of relationships that individuals in the [...]
The actors created compelling and relatable portrayals of the characters and their motivations for the audience, which made the play simpler to comprehend during the performance. The portrayal of Puck as a cunning and naughty [...]
The high school is home to two pairs of young lovers: Roberto and Gianna, the star athlete and the head cheerleader, and Sofia and Angelo, the school's resident gossip and her sidekick.
Iago's persona, which is portrayed as predatory and cynical, is crucial to the tragedy because it disturbs the plot. Shakespeare succeeds in making the play unsettling by utilizing a lot of epithets, metaphors, amplifications, repetitions, [...]
According to the information provided the reader rises with the question dealing with the resiliency of both Hamlet and Oedipus and what does it mean to them.
Through their portrayal in the play, the accused witches have become powerful symbols of strength and resistance for women who want to take a stand against corruption and injustice.
The play explores the idea of fidelity and faithfulness in a marriage, the relationship between Richard and Robert, and between Richard and Bertha.
Hamlet considers the plan to disturb Claudius and convince the audience of his guilt distracting attention from prayer and confession. Such innovations permeate the entire text, which allows the reader to assert that Hamlet did [...]
In The Glass Menagerie, Tom opts to find space from all the pressures by leaving his job and family for the sake of peace of mind.
Finally, the story of Agamemnon told in The Iliad and Agamemnon taught us that a capable leader must remain humble and self-aware.
However, in the drama of that period, there is a noticeable discrepancy between the frequency of jokes and the rarity of adultery.
In the tragedy, one can consider the collision of equally just principles: the interest of the state and the interest of the family, expressed through the feminine principle.
Sophocles used the artistic technique of tragic irony in the play "Oedipus the King," the essence of which is that the audience understands the progress of events, but the characters do not.
The nature of family in both works shows how reality changes the identity of the characters. The author of the play uses the trajectory of Oedipus to show the relationship between reality and identity.
The first couple is Claudio, a lord and close friend of Prince of Aragon Don Pedro, and Hero, daughter of Leonato, governor of Messina. Don John, the brother of Don Pedro, plays a prominent role [...]
Bhardwaj's Maqbool is a great example of how the weather sets the tone for the story, it is not the backdrop in the film, but an active force expressing the psychological state of the characters.
Considering that this character is not a person but a spirit, one should consider character traits and external features in revealing the character in the staged play.
For instance, Sarah Ruhl, in her In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play, presents the perception of the condition in the 1880s.
This play relates the tale of Oedipus, the King of Thebes, who is looking into the execution of King Laius, his forebear.
The visual representation of the stage and characters, sounds, text of the play, and ideas agree with the drama regulations. In such a manner, Glaspell manages to construct a distinctive play that emphasizes women's centrality [...]
Developing the characters' personalities within the scope of the trial, Lawrence and Lee state that despite having the exact cause of seeking the truth, religion and science are different.
As a result, the educated and intelligent Beneatha chooses the sincere Asagai, with whom she is not shy about leaving her hair curled and dancing to African music. Thus, Beneatha is a strong heroine who [...]
Speaking of racism as a possible motivation for Iago's behavior, it is worth noting that it is not the primary and only source of its manifestation.
In 1985, August Wilson created a play, Fences, and described the life of a Black American family in a world full of white prejudices and judgments.
One of the main protagonists of the play "Fences" by August Wilson is Troy Maxson, the father of the Maxson family.
The play's central conflict revolves around the struggle for justice in the 1950s and the reluctance of human nature to recognize and accept social change.
These examples indicate that music in the play is one of the foremost instruments that express the idea of escapism and contributes to character development. The theme of hope and hopelessness is effectively conveyed in [...]
The correlation of the fate of the hero with the development of society, which is the main distinguishing feature of the genre of tragedy, can take on a variety of artistic forms.
The most laconic in the depiction and criticism of the society of his time was Arthur Miller, who presented the world with two significant works: "Death of a Salesman" and "Incident at Vichy".
The scene serves to highlight the dual nature of Lancelot Gobbo, the play's clown. At this point, Lancelot shows his more positive side, deciding to drop the act and reveal himself to his father.
To sum up, A Doll's House presents the harsh life of the mother and wife, Nora, who is trapped with her husband with no choices and goals.
The appearance of Angels on the stage is exciting - in the scenery of bookshelves, on both sides of the set contain niches with statues of angels, slots turn, and actors appear.
The story of the overthrow of the King of England Richard II by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, unfolds among monochrome ascetic scenery to the sound of music.
The play takes place in Pittsburgh in the 1930s, but the rich history of the courageous characters is made relevant by a particular piano that is the object of contention.
According to Karali, "The Phantom of the Opera shows the affective dimension of music that is felt at a corporeal level of experience," revealing the secret behind its influence on the observer's psyche.
The title of this drama is the essence of all three members of the Hubbard family. Each of the three members of the Hubbard family tries to outsmart the other for the most benefit.
Despite this, her husband also takes the side of the brothers and transfers all his money as an inheritance to his daughter and not to Regina. Regina's opposition to the commonwealth of her brothers, her [...]
The surviving myths, poems, plays, and stories of the Age of Antiquity allow people to learn about not only the events and religions of the past but also the cultures, lifestyles, and morals of societies [...]