A Midsummer Night's Dream

Romeo and Juliet Paper The character that I have chosen is Mercutio. Mercutio is an interesting character who can be interpreted into many different ways. Even though his lines seem to be funny and sometimes very serious but he does have some qualities that many people do not see. The characteristic that I think many people do not see in Mercutio is caring. Many people do have something that they care about but when someone is caring, they care more about people than themselves. Even though he…

William Shakespeare is one of the highly cherished brilliant writers of all times. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in English literature. Besides, he is a prominent dramatist, poet, actor and a playwright. He is widely acknowledged for his contribution in the drama and writing history as a fiction writer and his use of literal devices in his works. Among his best works are a drama known as “The Tragical History of Hamlet” or simply Hamlet. Hamlet is the longest of all Shakespeare’s…

Do you believe in love at first sight? (Rhetorical Question) Romeo and Juliet did and it lead to both of their deaths. Romeo believed that he was in love, a feeling he had never truly felt before. As a young teen, you could expect that he would make some irrational decisions, but nothing like what he did to be with who he believed to be his true love. Romeo Montague's fatal flaw was his impulsiveness due to falling in love and marry Juliet, becoming a murderer, and taking his own life . One…

"I'll look to like, if looking liking move.” (I , iii, 97). This quote is uttered by Juliet from Romeo and Juliet, which is the tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is about two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. The two lovers start out as immature children whom end as passionate, mature people who are determined to be with one another. At the start of Romeo and Juliet, the main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are viewed as immature and childish. Evidence to support…

Puppet on a String Realism is a way people move and talk that are like everyday behavior, a reflection of real life. In the late 19th century realism came to theatre with remarkable theatrical innovations such as, playwriting, political, and social ideas. Rather than a platform, realism holds the image of a stage as a setting. (Jones). An example of realism can be seen in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House with the identity of Nora, social expectations, and individualism. Ibsen portrayed Nora, as…

Paired together in the Mischief Series at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Other Side, Earthworks and Myth allows for the audience to immerse themselves into novel ideas and perspectives; the concept of slow glass and the ignorance towards the environment. Between the twilight hours, and the fact that nothing good can come from being up that late, Earthworks, written by Tom Morton-Smith and directed by Erica Whyman, brings together the combination of companionship and science The…

Many fairy tales tend to have a similar theme, a stereotype, a pattern. These stereotypes are called archetypes, and archetypes are what links the similarities and differences between two stories. "Baldur" and "The Spirit Bride" are both fairy tales that tell about a person going to the underworld to bring back a loved one. In "The Spirit Bride", a warrior was trying to bring back his bride, who died on the day of their wedding, and in "Baldur", a man was trying to revive his brother, who was…

Correspondingly, the love juice’s effect on Titania addresses the artificialness of young love. Titania, controlled by the juice, became madly in love with Bottom, a man whose head was turned into a literal ass. Shakespeare continues to add to the idea of untrue love through Titania’s words when she says to Bottom “thou art as wise as thou art beautiful…and I do love thee” (3.1.131,138). This further illustrates how this love is only that of appearances and not of deep and meaningful emotion. A…

Men in Black "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself" was once said by Emerson, the father of transcendentalism. The movie, Men in Black, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, shows transcendentalism. It shows this through the ideas that nature is beautiful, nonconformity, and intuition over reason. A major concept of transcendentalism is connecting with nature. Throughout the movie, multiple people say that the stars are beautiful including an agent in the beginning. These people notice nature…

“Only fools fall in love” they say, yet so many people do. As beautiful and graceful love may seem, its ambiguity makes it a thin line between success, and failure. In both the Great Gatsby, and the Nightingale and the Rose, characters attempt to follow an ideal thought on what love is; in hopes to shape love in the way they want it to be. Since love cannot be restraint or conformed, characters setup their own demise, by trying to manipulate love as if it were a puppet. This produces a whirl…