What do you find interesting about Shakespeares representation of different types of love in As you like it William Shakespeare paints the trials and tribulations of Rosalind and Orlando on the brooding canvas of the court and a jovial one of the country Rosalind and Orlando two ardent lovers segregated in the realms of the comedy which is characterised by mistaken identities deceptions and transformations There is a wide spectrum of the representations of love in As you like it the portrayal o
A protagonist is described as the prominent character in a novel or text In Aldous Huxleys Brave New World John the Savage is the central protagonist opposed to Bernard Marx or Helmholtz Watson because he symbolizes cultural difference amongst the World State and the Savage Reservation Although Bernard and Helmholtz demonstrate differences that would not be accepted in the civilized society they are only seen as leading characters Huxley uses Johns character to point out the short comings of wh
Fellow Shakespearean enthusiasts once again we have seen one of Shakespeare brilliant texts slaughtered and smeared onto a movie screen The BBC version of Macbeth Shakespeare Retold strays so far from Shakespeares original text it is no longer a good representation of the story The essence of the original play is all but gone and all that is left is a shell of its original self This has happened before I think we all remember the abomination that was Baz Luhrmanns Romeo Juliet How many more tim
English is a silly language One may use the ineffable concept of love to describe even the simplest generic pleasures and say for example I loved that meal Similarly modern society has tainted the concept with the euphemism Making love which insinuates that the sexual act creates love The speaker in Andrew Marvells poem To His Coy Mistress likewise places an overzealous emphasis on intercourse Conversely speakers in the works of Edna St Vincent Millay balance the ideas much more fairly As an il
In both John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men and Mark Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn use the characters Curley and the King and the Duke respectively to illustrate the predatory human nature Both of the two characters are predating others however Curley predates because of his own hostility on big guys while the King and the Duke predates for money Curley is a predator in the mean of physical power in contrast the King and the Duke are predating by their intelligence over peoples foolish Curl
In this Essay I will be Comparing Dulce et Decorum Est And Anthem for Doomed Youth by Willfred Owen The Soldier By Rupert Brooke and Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare showing how each one presents the issues of war In the two poems Dulce et Decorum est and Anthem for Doomed Youth both written by Wilfred Owen the authors main purpose was to expose the true horrors of the war and to challenge the romanticized view of war that the poet Rupert Brooke had Owen used familiar imagery techniques
ENDINGS IN RENAISSANCE TRAGEDY Among the various definitions of tragedy the one most commonly proffered is a play that treats at the most uncompromising level human suffering or pathos with death being the usual conclusion According to Aristotles Poetics the purpose of tragedy is to show how humans are at the mercy of fate and to cleanse the audience by provoking extreme emotions of pity and terror The tragic actions on the dramatic stage cause the audience to experience these extreme feelings
Essay on King Lear The varying ways audiences or readers respond to King Lear reveals a great deal about the complexity of this work Discuss this in relation to at least two different productions that you have seen or read about Shakespeares King Lear has survived over four hundreds years of performances and alterations yet it is still considered as one of the greatest literary works of all time Considered by many critics as the most complex of Shakespeares works this tragedy holds a unique ran
Isabella Linton derives little sympathy from the reader of Wuthering Heights through her selfish behaviour vain little fool her negativity towards the lead character Catherine If Cathy died I might begin to live and her sheer petulance and disregard for the feelings of her brother She even disgraces the name of Linton I will explore the traits within her personality that create the antipathy from the reader towards Isabella and the events that unfold because of this Isabella Lintons incapabilit