Macbeth Explore and Analyse the ways that Shakespeare makes Act Two Scene Two of Macbeth dramatically effective Macbeth is an extremely tragic and famous play a Royal audience was the first to see one of Shakespeares most famous fictional wonders The play itself is classed as a tragedy because the true and rightful King had got murdered and betrayed by a once noble loyal knight of his own flesh and blood Macbeth is based upon a misguided soldier and even arguably broken man let on by three delu
Macbeths Downfall Macbeth is at complete fault that lead to his downfall Instead of waiting to see if the prophecies and apparitions came true Macbeth decided to take fate into his own hands and paid with his life Although the witchs prophecies and apparitions were quite startling he could have waited to see if they were telling the truth or not how far can you really trust a witch One prophecy told Macbeth that he would be thane of Cawdor He did not interfere with that prophecy Not only did it
As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods they kill us for their sport Gloucesters words in Shakespeares King Lear represent a sense of futility and of being controlled by external powers revealing hopelessness at every level As the director of the most recent production of King Lear I have chosen a nihilistic perspective on the play emphasizing the bleak and meaningless world of the characters Such an approach was made famous by Peter Brook 35 years ago on the stage and then in film My style
John Steinbeck includes more of the tale of Genesis 4 than is actually told in the bible The basis of this is a Jewish story involving twin sisters of both Cain and Abel The two disputed over Abels twin whom Abel was to marry Cain murdered Abel and wed the twin sister of his brother Fonterose Joseph p 3380 The story differs also in that it is Abel who leaves his home instead of Cain Abel found his Eden represented by Salinas Valley but lost it after fathering a second generation very similar to
Conventional Ideals of Masculinity and Irony in My Last Duchess The dramatic monologue is used in this poem to highlight certain events that have deep irony One of them being the irony the Duke presents to the audience about his Personality and the affection for History and arts He is powerful and desires control over everything he wants the audience to imagine of him as a powerful personality with great masculine traits that of pride and kind personality but when the instance comes about his D
The Da Vinci Code is a murder mystery set in modern times but its intrigue for many people has been its historical claims about Jesus and Mary Magdalene I wont summarize the entire plot here as it is familiar to nearly everyonethere are only six people in the English speaking world who have not read the bookand in any event there are numerous books written about it What Im interested in here is the portrayal specifically of Mary Magdalene which for many readers is the books most captivating fea
Toni Morrison filled Beloved with an abundance of imagery through symbols and motifs The Novel builds on the usage of symbolism to explore the themes and perspectives of different characters Trees are frequently used and play a supporting role in Beloved In Beloved Morrison uses trees as a symbol for the theme of freedom and how freedom relates to life and death The most apparent and direct use of the symbol of trees occurs when Paul D is escaping from his imprisonment in Alfred Georgia Blossom
John Steinbeck includes more of the tale of Genesis 4 than is actually told in the bible The basis of this is a Jewish story involving twin sisters of both Cain and Abel The two disputed over Abels twin whom Abel was to marry Cain murdered Abel and wed the twin sister of his brother Fonterose Joseph p 3380 The story differs also in that it is Abel who leaves his home instead of Cain Abel found his Eden represented by Salinas Valley but lost it after fathering a second generation very similar to
Code The Da Vinci Everyone has heard of the controversy surrounding Dan Browns novel The Da Vinci Code The main character of his novel is the likeable Robert Langdon a Harvard professor and world famous cryptographer who inherits the challenging task of interpreting a variety of clues within art architecture and religion in a search for the Holy Grail His quest will take him on a life and death chase through Europe as well as Time as he teams up with Sophie Neveu to unravel the mystery that her