Richard The Third VIEWS AND VALUES RICHARD III Richard the third is one of the most provocative examples of literary text I have ever been privileged too discover It explores many sociological aspects of Shakespeares time and can be even used as a tool to explore our modern society This can be done as it delves into aspects of human character which are the very fabric of humanity as we know it It does this predominantly through Richard whos absolute domination of the text is unparalleled out of
Plot Overview Lear the aging king of Britain decides to step down from the throne and divide his kingdom evenly among his three daughters First however he puts his daughters through a test asking each to tell him how much she loves him Goneril and Regan Lears older daughters give their father flattering answers But Cordelia Lears youngest and favorite daughter remains silent saying that she has no words to describe how much she loves her father Lear flies into a rage and disowns Cordelia The ki
Imagine you have seen either a Feminist Marxist or Aristotelean production of King Lear You are to present a discussion of the Feminist Marxist or Aristotelean interpretation of the play and how it differs from your own When looking at King Lear there are many interpretations to consider One of these is looking at King Lear from a feminist point of view After seeing a production which focused on this interpretation I now have a greater understand of what quotes and language techniques show this
William Shakespeares King Lear tells the tale of an authoritative and domineering king which focuses on the relationships of many characters and their good and evil personas This tragedy speaks of the injustice that befalls the play at the beginning and the conclusion at the end through the restoration of justice It is a play which speaks of cruelty and righteousness and just deserving However it is not until the end of the play that the characters who are moral and virtuous are recognized in t
Inherit the Wind was a play written in 1979 by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee The play is fiction but was based on an actual trial The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 The defense attorney in the play Henry Drummond portrayed the historical person Clarence Darrow In the play Henry Drummond was a well known attorney that was un liked because his defense had freed two young boys accused of murder Drummond believed in the idea of freedom of beliefs He came to Tennessee to defend the rights of this be
Plot Summary The novel In the Time of the Butterflies takes place in the Dominican Republic The whole novel itself is depicting the lives of four sisters struggling in this time of the dictator Rafael Trujillo The sisters throughout the whole book also narrate it There are four sections that are divided up according to the time and year Section 1 1938 1946 In the first chapter the surviving sister Dede starts off by talking to this American woman that is interviewing her and her story In the se
Hills like white elephants The short story Hills like white elephants takes place in a small river valley in Spain called Ebro We meet a man and a woman having a odd conversation We know that the womans name is Jig but the man is just referred to as the American page 414 line 3 from the bottom They are waiting for their train to arrive while they order 2 cold beers You are told that the two are a couple and during the time at the station they are telling each other how much they love each other
The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmark or more simply Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 The play set in the Kingdom of Denmark recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius for murdering the old King Hamlet Claudiuss brother and Prince Hamlets father and then succeeding to the throne and marrying Gertrude the King Hamlets widow and mother of Prince Hamlet The play vividly portrays real and feigned madnessfr
M ark Antony one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire spends his time in Egypt living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with the countrys beautiful queen Cleopatra When a message arrives informing him that his wife Fulvia is dead and that Pompey is raising an army to rebel against the triumvirate Antony decides to return to Rome In Antonys absence Octavius Caesar and Lepidus his fellow triumvirs worry about Pompeys increasing strength Caesar condemns Antony for neglecting his duti