1980s drama films

Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” was revolutionary at the time when it was written, and the story still relates with audiences today. Written in the late 1500’s, “Hamlet” deals with heavy topics, such as mortality, religion, and broken family dynamics. All of these themes were becoming increasingly popular during the Elizabethan Era, and they were a large influence in Shakespeare’s writing. The Elizabethan Era marked a time of change and development. Art and literature began to flourish. Theater became a…

All tragedy in the world could perhaps be avoided if there was less haste and more patience. If instead of rushing to war over a single offense, and patience and tact were employed—lives could be saved. “Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error,” wrote the famous French playwright Molière, one of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. The French playwright was well known for his comedies in the same way that Shakespeare is known for his tragedies. One of his most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet is…

Theater Theater in ancient Rome would range from festivals, nude dancing, and acrobatics. Theater for Romans at the time was for honoring the gods on religious days. But since there were “over 200 religious days every year,” according to Rome.mrdonn.org, you could watch a performance almost every day! Theater was first recorded in Rome around 300-400 BC along with a performance by Etruscans. The actors did get paid though. Since they got paid, wealthy nobles would typically pay for the actor's…

heme: One of the most prominent themes in Death of a Salesman is denial. In the play, Willy Loman denies that he is a mediocre man, with a mediocre family, and will die after living a mediocre life. Although he wishes that he were perfect, deep down he knows that he is nothing but subpar. This denial is seen throughout the play, and also seen in the show How To Get Away With Murder. Annalise Keating continues to deny the death of her husband, Sam Keating. In the show, Annalise is a law professor…

Solo dramas, like the one I used in my classroom, are superb educator tools, allowing a teacher to take on a person or characters’ perspective and dramatically convey important facts or ideas to the students. Through the use of a monologue, a teacher can add a missing voice from a book, tell a story from the perspective of a historical character, or bring focus to a social issue (Kemeh, 2015). The monologue often comes from an unexpected viewpoint, giving a voice where there was not one before.…

Into Hamlet’s Mind (An Discussion of Themes Found in Hamlet's Soliloquies) Many scholars consider Shakespeare's work to be true genius. This is because of Shakespeare's amazing ability to pack so much meaning and depth into his writing. Out of Shakespeare's many magnificent plays, Hamlet continually proves to be one of his most popular. This is the most performed, studied, and ultimately well known play Shakespeare ever wrote. Throughout the play, Hamlet, the main character, performs numerous…

The present report is concerned with evaluating the assertions made by Warren Kirkendale with regard to the “birth” of opera, or how it truly originated. Kirkendale has written an article “The Myth of the “Birth of Opera” in the Florentine Camerata Debuked by Emilio de’ Cavalieri: A Commemorative Lecture” in effort to determine exactly where opera began and who created it. We will also compare Kirkendale’s article to Grout, Palisca, and Burkholder’s textbook “A History of Western Music” with…

Tragedy has become a large part of English literature. Tragedy started early dating back to the ancient Greeks. It is a piece that contains strong, powerful, brave, noble characters who challenges barrier and disadvantages. This alone is an embodiment of a tragic story. A person writes tragedies because it allows readers to experience their emotions, and experience they never felt before actually happening to them. The text gives an outlook and creates an image in your head. It is an emotional…

mythology, mainly mythical heroes that would let their pride, or hubris, get in the way and cause them many obstacles in their life. While the comedies would be related to current events, they would criticize the people and ideas using sarcasm. The Greek Dramas followed many themes and the play would have a moral that would involve how life should be lived by an individual in that time. Modern theatre plays are more free, they can have both tragedy and comedy features, as well as music, creating…

Theatre of Cruelty was developed by Antonin Artaud to show to audiences that the theatre wasn't necessarily an escape from the world but actually realisation of their worst nightmares and deepest fears. I believe both groups did this extremely well even though one was more subtle than the other. Each group used various techniques to enhance and manipulate the atmosphere of the performance. In the first piece we watched, the audience was blindfolded and lead into a room. There use of space and…