characteristics used by the writer in respect to his/her characters. The following paper provides a similar comparative study on two of the most famous Shakespearean Characters: Juliet from Romeo and Juliet and Desdemona from Othello, by William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was one of the greatest English poets and playwrights of Elizabethan era. His various contributions to the field of English literature include tragedies or tragic plays and tragicomedies, also known as…
they implement methods such as method acting and end up blurring the line between themselves, their identity, and their characters “power” as a character has no true identity. A similar situation occurs in the play The Tragedy of Richard II by William Shakespeare. In the play, staging is a means of claiming power by using an audience to provide acknowledgment of said power. Power comes from others but is confused for identity which comes from oneself resulting in the downfall of King…
The Faces of Love William Shakespeare’s “A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream” is, like many of his works, a play whose theme is centralized around love. In this particular play Shakespeare approaches love from several different angles or different types of love. There is a paternal love like that of Egeus and his daughter Hermia or even between Titania and the changeling child she cares so much for. The reader also experiences marital love as between Theseus and Hippolyta as well as the love of Oberon…
On October 21st the JMW Theater Majors went to see Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet was put on by the Brown/Trinity MFA program. In the 2nd year of the program, the students put on two Shakespearean plays simultaneously. The cast is also in rep meaning, it is the same cast of actors for both productions. For the Brown Trinity MFA program, the leads in one of the shows will be minor characters for the other. Each year the MFA program likes to feature one area of social…
The above quote is taken from Shakespeares’ The Two Gentlemen of Verona. This phrase has been said by many men and women from ages. However, its significance still lies in the contemporary times. This quote has been used by different people in different ways. Some may say that love is blind because one does not care about the looks of the other partner and also about the pains given by the other partner. He or she loves the other partner anyway and gives importance to inner beauty. However, some…
mad-house tragedy that could have no meaning for the very sane Englishmen for whom Shakespeare wrote. There is dramatic value in such madness as Lear's, for the play traces the causes of his madness, and the influences that restore him. Lear's madness had its roots in his moral and spiritual defects, and the cure was his moral regeneration. But no such dramatic value can be assigned to Hamlet's madness. Shakespeare never makes of his dramas mere exhibitions of human experience, wise or…
Blame is a funny thing. When something bad happens, everyone has to find a scapegoat, someone to blame for why what just happened happened. There is always blame to be placed. Everyone is going to find someone different to blame, and have a reason for why they are correct. When it comes to the confusion in the woods in Shakespeare’s, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Oberon, not Puck, is responsible. He was driven by jealousy and a personality that forced him to meddle in other people's business.…
Shakespeare Paper 1 Throughout all of Shakespeare’s plays we’ve read power struggles have been very apparent in all of them. Whether it is between genders, religions, social or economic class power struggles are a recurring theme. Generally, the rich, white, protestant males come out on top when power struggles occur. Whether Shakespeare agrees with this or is appealing to his audiences, this result sheds light on the societal norms/expectations of his time. The struggle for power between…
The character Macbeth in the play, Macbeth by Shakespeare, faces a rise to power through betrayal. His wife, Lady Macbeth, is seen to be a very predomiant and influential figure throughout the play. As Macbeth is eventually persuaded by his wife to gain more power through murder. Resulting in a drastic change in not only Macbeth but Lady Macbeth as well. The playwright Shakespeare showcases the overarching theme of guilt through character development in Lady Macbeth. Notably, Lady Macbeth’s…
Within literature, authors utilize the presence of minor characters to illuminate the qualities of the protagonists. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth's cynical desires for her husband to obtain the throne resurrect the hidden evil and lust for power within Macbeth. Throughout the play, Lady Macbeth encourages her husband to use any force necessary to acquire the throne, whether it be through devious lies or cold-blooded murder. At first, her own brutality contrasts the mercy and loyalty…