Characters in plays

What does it mean to be truly mad? Not mad in the sense of anger but in the sense of insanity. Throughout Shakespeare’s play, Twelfth Night; Or, Whatever You Will the theme of madness rings throughout. I am going to be examining the theme of madness in this play by looking at Shakespeare’s Malvolio, Sebastian, and Antonio. First let 's have a look at the character Malvolio, servant to the fair maiden Olivia. Malvolio is made out to be a Puritan. Puritans “strove to make it impossible for…

Analysis of “Trifles” In the single act play Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell, a foil exists between two female characters Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. Glaspell allows these characters to act as foils to one another in order to highlight the contrary qualities and characteristics that are present throughout the play. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are foils to one another on the grounds that they differ from each other on their ideals of nineteenth-century feminine roles, opposition to the law, and…

why. There is a game series called Dark Souls and Bloodborne created by a Japanese company called FromSoft. This series is notorious for its difficulty; the back of the game box even says to “Prepare to Die”. For the older folks out there, who don’t play games anymore; take Contra and throw in some Mario with Legends of Zelda; and now multiply that by 12. Now, we have this macabre level difficulty that you will face. If you are asking yourself why are we playing this game if…

Lynge’s performance was among the most conniving throughout the play. The way Lynge portrayed all the different scenarios she was in, often caused me to forget I was watching a staged performance. I recognized this early on in the opening scene when she played an anxious woman, auditioning for a role…

Some people who play violent video games display criminal behavior. Playing violent video games may make some people do things like breaking the law, killing, and stealing. Violent video games can affect people 's emotional state of mind.The emotional state of mind is the consciousness being affected by the violent video game and changing the way people think and act. “ Violent video game are linked to aggression. Aggression is angry feelings or violent behavior which has shown are link to…

the players and keep them wanting to know more. The game will start off with a intro that introduces the two main characters and which will help the player better understand the story. The game will be more for teens or young adults because of the violence that may or may not occur due to the choices they make in the game. The complex plot of the story will keep players…

If you get pushed over on soccer the field, get up, and play harder. If someone beats you in a competition, go home and study until you are better. These types of lessons are taught to young kids to promote resilience from the beginning. Arnold Spirit Jr., or Junior, for short, spends lots of time getting up on the soccer field to go play harder. He lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation, in Washington, where the majority of people living there are constantly drunk, gambling, or fighting one…

certain plays and you will remember what you did well, and what you know you could have done better and you will grow because of it. I am so incredibly proud of each and every one of you for how you played the whole season. I want to thank you all for letting me take on a different role on the team, even though it felt very much the same. Telling Lauren to calm down, and laughing at Hattie’s weird faces, and yelling at all of you to keep going. I felt like I was still playing my…

William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Hamlet demonstrates characteristics of a person who is suffering from internal and external conflicts with both himself and many other characters during the play. Hamlets’ character tends to over think and over analyze a lot of the decisions he is faced with. This is shown when Hamlet struggles with the news of his father being murdered and his goal to seek revenge on the newly announced king. Hamlet also faces some external conflicts within the play this is…

August Strindberg in the play ‘Miss Julie’ communicates the complicated and conflicted mind of the character Miss Julie through her actions in the play. Despite her materialistic fortune, her parents’ absence throughout her life, her mother’s lies, and rejection of her as a girl & a daughter shapes her into an empty shell of a person. The story reveals her effort to escape the cipher of her being as she ‘uses’ Jean and in the end commits suicide, in order to not be a nothing even if it means to…