Jay Gatsby and the Amazing 1920s The Great Gatsby is a compelling story of a man and a mogul This piece of fictional work is written by F Scott Fitzgerald and it takes the reader on a roller coaster ride As Fitzgerald writes the story he only describes a few of the settings in the story such as East Egg West Egg Valley of Ashes and New York City Most of the storys action takes place in both East and west Egg As the story progresses more of the Valley of Ashes and New York City are depicted The
Have you ever read any play that was written by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was one of the greatest playwrights in the world He wrote many famous plays such as Romeo and Juliet However Macbeth is considered one of his best dramas In Macbeth two motifs are evident sleeplessness and the natural world versus the unnatural world These motifs can be found in the conversations between characters of Macbeth There are two examples of sleeplessness First this motif appears when Macbeth kille
Lady Macbeth does not fit into the typical picture of a woman Explain Lady Macbeth is a manipulative strong un lady like figure She is one of the strongest women that Shakespeare has ever written about Therefore she is not the usual woman that you would expect in every day life In a everyday situation a typical woman is expected to be polite offer support to their households and their family and we expect them to have feminine qualities However in the play Lady Macbeth does not have any of thes
Macbeth This essay will compare and contrast the ways in which Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are presented in the Shakespeare play and in Macbeth on the Estate which uses most of the Shakespearean dialogue but sets it in the modern context of a rundown English council estate The main scene that will be explored is Act 3 Scene 4 which in the Shakespeare Play is the scene where Macbeth and Lady Macbeth welcome their guests to a state banquet The Ghost of Banquo appears but only Macbeth can see it and
Macbeth Essay During the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare the characters are quite frequently victims of their own emotions This leads to the downfall of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Also because of these certain characters being victims of their own emotions other characters like Banquo will die because of a foolish decision based on their emotions They are victims of their own passions desires and emotions in how they act think and feel There are some characters in Mabeth that fall victim to t
In this second version of William Goldings novel a group of cadets from an American military school are stranded on a desert island along with the wounded pilot after their plane crashes Eventually the camp divides Ralph Getty and Piggy Pipoly represent the values imposed by adults and civilisation while they struggle to maintain a signal fire Jack Furrh and his band of hunters giving way to more primitive impulses run rampage and turn murderous The film simplistically assuming the books centra
Clarence is the most sympathetically presented character in the play Richard the Third To what extent do you agree Richard the Third is a tragic history where various characters are allowed to gain sympathy through the use of language and plot Shakespeare is problematizing it through the introduction of other characters In comparison with the rest of the characters he suceeds in convincing the audience that Clarence is indeed the most sympathetically presented character in the play due to his u
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
In this speech which occurs near the end of the play Richard is talking to himself trying to shake himself out of a nightmare and prepare himself for the battle which will take place at dawn It is dead midnight on the eve of battle the witching hour the time of night when the lights burn blue which refers to an old superstition that when ghosts or spirits are about they affect the lamps Richard has awakened in a cold sweat Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh with murder on his mind T
The play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare contained an entrancing plot resulting in my group never wanting to put the play down and stop reading Throughout the play youll find many motifs Mainly the bad events revolved around misread letters or bad omens Julius Caesar should be considered good literature The plot was captivating and made me want the story to continue There was very good use of symbolism throughout the play and the characters were very well developed Overall I find that thes