Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece which illuminate the complexities of human emotions and character that continuously engages many audiences on the subject of love and the tragic fates of a star-crossed lover; whose death ultimately reconciles their family fuels. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet explores the concept of tragic love and fate, hence, impinged Romeo and...
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Shakespeare has captured the attention of the world creating his new words and developing characteristics in characters relationships that are still seen in the 21st century. His personal views on justice and mercy are implicitly and explicitly shown through characters and their relationships. The Merchant of Venice; one of Shakespeareâs most famous articles of work has many examples of justice...
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William Shakespeare, a monumental playwriter in society has explored many contrasting themes throughout his works. His writings embrace themes such as love, tragedies and comedies. Shakespeareâs most famous writing, âRomeo and Julietâ, describes the love tragedy between two naĂŻve young lovers in Verona, Italy. The tale âRomeo and Julietâ, was written during the Elizabethan era and is set in the...
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Human frailty encompasses oneâs weaknesses and insecurities as well as lack of self-belief, which acts as catalyst for their downfall. William Shakespeareâs play The Tragedy of Othello through Othelloâs paradoxical character and how his character changes as the play advances, explores the fallibility of human nature, epitomised through Othelloâs degeneration from a great soldier to a blood â thirsty monster....
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A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen is a play that primarily focuses on the relationship between Nora and her husband, Torvald Helmer. The play has three acts which all take place in the Helmer residence. Torvald just received news about a promotion at work. Nora, his wife, is excited by this news as she believes that the promotion would come...
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The fragility of the human judgement as affected by latent weakness within and external factors that are influential in disrupting the moral process of thinking is clearly demonstrated in Shakespeareâs âOthelloâ(c.1600). Judgement is the factor that provides the original conflict, acts as a vein, and runs through the text, resulting in chaotic events. The allegorical tale acts as a caution...
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In the twentieth century, the topic of class conflict and revolutionary ideas was an important issue. The conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests is known as class conflict. This essay will discuss how these ideas are explored in Animal Farm by George Orwell and An Inspector Calls by...
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Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali and Macbeth both provided readers with an inside look at how prophecies and the role of fate help determine the outcomes of oneâs action. Alongside the prophecies exist magic and sorcery that further influenceâs oneâs decision to be good or evil. In Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, a king named Soumaoro abandons his...
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Othello and Medea are two stories from different eras tied together by similar intertwining themes of death, betrayal, exile, and love. In both plays, the main characters, Medea and Othello, experience all of these. The betrayal felt by both came from the people they were both closest to. Othello was closest with his wife, Desdemona, and Medea with her husband,...
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a heartbreaking story that will live on for centuries. The agonizing conclusion was a result of many miscommunications and rash decisions. However, there is one person who rises above the rest when it comes to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Lord Capulet intended, like most parents, to be a loving, caring and...
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In Christopher Marlowe's play, Doctor Faustus, the protagonist, Dr. John Faustus, struggles between following God or Lucifer. Faustus is a divided soul, pulled between competing interests and needs. There are many examples of dichotomy that are established in Marloweâs play that back up the notion of why Faustus was being torn between two different worlds. Some of these binaries include...
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Ibsen's implementation of female sacrifices in A Doll's House brings to light the prominence of prescribed gender roles during nineteenth-century Norwegian society. Female sacrifices are one of the many ways that Ibsen conveys the realistic situations that women were facing during that time, such as gender discrimination, which were mainly supportive of men disallowing women basic rights. The distressing aspects...
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If Hitler wasnât elected, the Holocaust couldâve been avoided. Maybe if Romeo and Juliet hadnât met, Tybalt and Mercutioâs deaths couldâve been avoided, and even the deaths of Romeo Juliet themselves couldâve been avoided. The thing that ties each of these events together though is Fate. In the tragic play by William Shakespeare titled, âRomeo and Julietâ, two teens, each...
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Introduction The works of William Shakespeare have long been celebrated for their profound exploration of human nature and the intricacies of the human condition. Among his most esteemed tragedies are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, each presenting a richly woven tapestry of themes such as love, revenge, fate, and the dichotomy of life and death. Despite their shared categorization as...
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Introduction Often, we fall as victims of our indecisions in our plight to please and fit in society. We fail to contemplate that self- realization, independence, and subtleness also count. In Ibsen's play, A Doll's House, the protagonist Nora is tied by family and societal issues that eight years later, she realizes her life is incomplete. She abandons her marriage...
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Romeo and Juliet are the main protagonists of William Shakespeareâs romantic tragedy. Romeo, a descendant of Lord and Lady Montague, falls in love and secretly marries a young girl called Juliet, a descendant of Lord and Lady Capulet, whom of which happen to be the rival family. Romeo is a well-respected young man in Verona. At the start of the...
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Romeo is one of the main protagonists of William Shakespeareâs romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo, a descendant of Lord and Lady Montague, falls in love and secretly marries a young girl called Juliet, a descendant of Lord and Lady Capulet, who of which happen to be the rival family. Throughout the duration of the play, both Romeo and Juliet...
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Written a long time ago, the famous love story of young Romeo and Juliet may not be as romantic as it leads its audience on to be. While the story focuses on the true love between two young lovers, there is a bit more meaning behind it all rather than the romance alone. Knowing whether Romeo and Juliet is a...
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Love is a recurring theme in Romeo and Juliet. It is shown in many different aspects, and is shown in many types, from familial love to love at first sight. The first time love was mentioned was in the prologue. It was mentioned that someone will be falling in love with another person, as said in âA pair of star-crossed...
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Introduction Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House is a compelling exploration of social issues that were prevalent in the late 19th century. The play, often hailed as a landmark in feminist literature, challenges the societal norms and conventions of its time, particularly those related to gender roles and marital dynamics. Set in a seemingly typical bourgeois household, it scrutinizes the...
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In the nineteenth century, the society was patriarchal and controlled by men, women were deprived of all rights. The society was constructed and conducted in a way that women made completely dependent on men in all cultural domains, religious, political, and economic. This is the background in which Henrik Ibsenâs play âA Dollâs Houseâ is written. Ibsen created a female...
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Allan G. Johnson, a sociologist, defines Misogyny as 'misogyny is a cultural attitude of hatred for females because they are female'. (Johnson, 2000). In the play, Hamlet, there are just two individuals from the cast who are female characters. One is Gertrude who is anticipated as a forbidden, cutthroat and a prostitute. The other, Ophelia, is cast to be an...
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An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley deals with the theme of power which is conveyed as; an ability to influence the behaviour of others or events, this is demonstrated through the speech and actions of the characters. The play is deliberately set in 1912 (in Brumley, England), to show the distinct gender imbalances and class divisions which were apparent in...
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Romeo is the young boy looking for love, Juliet is the clever girl, and Capulet is the protective father. William Shakespeare made these characters like this so the audience could relate to their characteristics and personalities. William Shakespeare made complex characters throughout The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet with both strengths and weaknesses. Throughout the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet...
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Priestley presents an imbalance of responsibility within the Birling family between the two generations , with the older generation (Mr and Mrs Birling) showing a lack of responsibility and empathy towards Eva smithâs death whereas the younger generation (Sheila and Eric) hold a majority of the responsibility showing maturity and understanding which the older generation should hold ,however, they evidently...
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In Shakespeareâs didactic play the themes of âdoubtâ and âguiltâ play a central role in the presentation of the tragic hero: Macbeth. Macbeth has to make many decisions throughout the play that revolve around his guilty conscience.Whether it be him doubting himself about whether to kill Duncan or him feeling guilty and regretful after his act of regicide. However, Macbethâs...
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Both Ishiguro and Williams explore many aspects of the past, including how it defines and contours their charactersâ identities. Characters like Amanda and Kathy dwell on their past to bring them comfort and an escape from the depressing reality of their situation. âNever Let Me Go,â Ishiguro portrays the past to be a memory that Kathy desires to cling on...
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Shame is dependent on the expectation of the self, and society, with tragedy lying in the characterâs ability to never accomplish their desires. Tess in Hardyâs Tess of the DâUrbervilles and Willy in Millerâs Death of a Salesman can never transcend their shame, not because a prejudiced society limits them, but because they internalise such prejudice that confines them to...
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Introduction to the Theme of Evil in 'Macbeth The play Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare who was famous in the 17th century for his poems and plays during the Jacobean period. He wrote the play for James I who later became a patron to his theatre. The play was set in Scotland to appeal to the King at the...
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âTwelfth Nightâ or âWhat You Willâ is a Shakespearean play that includes many comedic conventions like disguise, trickery and love interests. It is these conventions that make modern audiences enjoy and laugh at âTwelfth Nightâ, contrary to Sir Richard Eyreâs comment, 'It's true that a lot of Shakespeare's jokes aren't very good, because they're topical, you know. Comedy dates very,...
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