Blank verse

crucial because it shows the reader how the poem is going to be formatted (Carabrinkey 1). Wordsworth constructed the poem in order so it would flow easier and more pleasing to the reader. Another way he does this is by the way he writes the poem in blank verse and in iambic pentameter (Robinson 2). Many poets write their poems in iambic pentameter because it gives the poem a beat. Wordsworth does a great job in making the poem appealing to the reader. There are many different literary devices…

Today I have the pleasure of presenting my proposal for arts funding in 2016. As the director of the Queensland Theatre Company, I want to bring something new to the Minister of Arts in Queensland. I want to bring a remarkable play by William Shakespeare, which involves a storyline drenched with love and jealousy. It is, Othello, one of Shakespeare’s most tragic plays, featuring two loving characters that audiences will instantly connect with. The lead protagonist, Othello, is a young man who is…

Shakespeare’s play, Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s films all used the same language. All three pieces spoke in blank verse iambic pentameter. This language used originally by Shakespeare, is lyrical, poetic, and very descriptive. The descriptions of the characters emotions and thoughts help to fully express how beautifully tragic this love story was. Since all three…

order to provide runaway slaves the directions needed to reach the free states. This folk song provided instructions on how to avoid the white man on their journey, meaning how to avoid capture, being returned to slavery, and potential death; the verses in the song tell the slaves when to move and what to look for. In the H.B. Parks version of “Follow the Drinking Gourd”, he tells runaways: “When the sun come back, when the firs’ quail call, Then the time has come, foller the drinkin’ gou’d.”…

then proceeded to rise above the ranks and have countless plays produced and performed. As a novice playwright, he received criticism. Robert Greene, a celebrated playwright from this time wrote that Shakespeare was “well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you…” meaning that Shakespeare was a mediocre playwright and poet. Although Shakespeare received this criticism it is evident that he continued to pursue his career in the theater. He became the managing partner of the…

Madness, craziness, insanity—all are terms derived from the human psychosis of unstable mental health. Through this mental instability, one can lose sight of proper reasoning and plunge themselves into a pseudo-reality of delusions and hallucinations that can result in the tragedy of not only self-deterioration, but have a stark impact on the people around you. However, this madness does not just manifest out of thin air, it evolves from deeper rooted problems. In William Shakespeare’s King Lear…

Once we had crossed the street and arrived at the park, Sophia lit up with Glee. She pulled tighter on the leash rushing me to walk faster. As we walked to the pathway entrance, My dad and I had noticed a large metal fence blocking the used-to-be parking lot all the way down to the children's park. We had not seen any workers to ask what they are doing, so we continued with the walk. There were a lot of walkers in Franklin Park. Their clothes varied from sweat pants and sweaters to…

The play “Othello” is one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, considering that tragedies were his most appealing attribute as a playwright (although many enjoyed his other work). This tale of a Moor who “loved too deeply” is one that shows how Othello’s promising love transforms into calamity by the seed of jealousy that was corruptly planted by the cruel, villainous Iago. The original name given is “The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice” but it is modernly referred to as simply “Othello”.…

A trial. I’m in some strange trial, not a prison, for attacking that demon and protecting the demon girl, Brielle. They put me in a cell for two days where I stayed alone. No one came to visit me, not that I’m surprised. I’m a human and I attacked at demon but under good reasons which why there’s now a trial. The demon, Rile, who attacked Brielle, has said Brielle planned for me to attack him and that’s another reason for the trial. The Order doesn’t know who is lying and who’s telling the…

Within the play Julius Caesar, as an audience, we are asked to question every character’s virtue. As the play progresses these lines between good and bad men become increasingly blurred, making it harder for the audience to distinguish the wrong from the right. Ultimately it would appear that every character is filled with both evil and good and it seems as though throughout this play Shakespeare is trying to highlight the unrealism attached to such simplistic ideas. Within Medieval England…