American plays

Introduction: Even though Shakespearean plays have existed for centuries, bringing forth both enjoyment for audiences and discussion for literary thinkers, and having been analysed, scrutinised and their very essence explored. This essay will attempt to create a vivid and fascinating exploration of Hamlet and the Taming of the Shrew, for emphasis the purpose of this essay is to traverse in the depiction of Shakespearean women. Chiefly the performance of these female characters on stage whilst…

there purely to give some light relief from the rest of the play using sexual humour however if looked at in more detail many more roles of the nurse come into play than simply top make the audience laugh. In Act 1 Scene 3 the nurse is portrayed in a very positive and light hearted manner particularly when she tells Juliet to 'seek happy nights to happy days' it could be argued that is very light hearted sexual reference was put in the play by Shakespeare to amuse the uneducated groundlings at…

Literature has always been enraptured with love and describing its effects on people. In the theater, playwright John Lyly uses his play Galathea to paint his own picture and definition of love that is complex and ever-changing; through his characters Galathea, Phillida, and the goddess Diana’s nymphs, Lyly shows that love comes in different forms. Sometimes love is pure and innocent, while other times it is undesirable and invasive, consuming one’s thoughts. Through these dynamic relationships,…

Write a critical note on the contrast of women characters used in the Merchant of Venice. Merchant of Venice is one of Williams Shakespeare comedy play or story written somewhere between the 1596 and 1598. This essay will mainly focus on each role of the women characters characteristics in the merchant of Venice. The female roles are consistently more complex than the male ones and even though the protagonists are often the male role, the action is frequently directed by a…

of Hamlet’s father appears. Hamlet followed the requests of his father’s ghost to avenge his death. After the encounter with the apparition, Hamlet’s entire motive in life changed, and his every decision is then lead by revenge. After putting on a play in front of King Claudius that exposed his murdering of Hamlet’s father, Hamlet goes to his mother. He was physical with her and ended up stabbing Polonius to death thinking it was the king. Hamlet was then banished where he discovered the…

The Bow of Herakles is a powerful symbol in Sophocles’ Philoctetes. It is used both as a visual and verbal motif throughout the play. Copious references to the Bow convey important themes that ultimately prepares the play’s audience for the events that transpire in the exodos. Some of these points include ___. The significance of the Bow is made evident in the play with several references to the prophecy within which it is invoked. The first of these references was an indirect allusion to the…

Through the various elements of his play Tara the including dialogue, theme, plot, and setting, Mahesh Dattani skilfully highlights the social evils occurring in the contemporary world. This instability stems from the mother who is clearly an irrational person whose behavior, actions and deeds are integral to the theme of the play. The imbalance is nothing but the lack of equilibrium in the family which is in turn due to gender bias, Oedipus complex, guilt and the illogical decisions taken that…

this change is where the text reads, “My wits begin to turn.- / Come on, my boy. How dost, my boy? Art cold? / I am cold myself” (III. ii. 73-75). The concern he shows for the once worthless fool exemplifies the change Lear undergoes throughout the play. On the other hand, Larry in A Thousand Acres hides behind layers of incest,…

Written analysis of Act 3 of the play Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen Ghosts, written in 1881 by Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright, was first performed in its original language in Sweden at Helsingborg in 1883, and was translated and performed in Chicago in May, 1882. Ghosts was a play that received many negative criticisms because of its themes of “individual freedom and self-realization by social and institutional forces: by commercial hypocrisy, religious intolerance, political expediency…

This epistolary writing, titled “The hush within turmoil”, is an adaptation of the play “The Tempest”, by William Shakespeare. These are a bunch of diary entries by “Miranda” as seen in the original play “The Tempest”. However, she is given the name “Myra” in this adaptation. This story is based on an Indian modern day backdrop as opposed to the Renaissance setting on a Mediterranean island in the original play. The names of some characters are changed due to the change of the geographical area…