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If you ever had a choice of killing your best friend or letting them suffer from the bad choices they have made, what would you do? This is a very hard question to answer. In John Steinbeck´s story Of Mice and Men one of the main characters in the story, George, has a tough decision to make with his best friend, Lennie. Lennie has done a bad thing, and he has no way of getting out of it this time. Therefore, George has to decide between three choices. He could either leave Lennie for Curley,…

Duty towards one’s own self is one of the most powerful themes which can be traced in many plays written by Henrik Ibsen, a nineteenth-century dramatist, who is often acclaimed as the father of Modern Drama. This paper argues that to perform one’s duty towards oneself which, according to Ibsen, is to be truthful, one needs to synthesise one’s thoughts, words and deeds. At the initial level, Ibsenian characters lack the unity of thought, word and action which is necessary for responsible living.…

Romeo is responsible for our deaths because of his rash behavior. For example, when Romeo found out that I was supposedly dead, he immediately thought of suicide, saying, “And a man did need poison now… here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him… And this same needy man must sell it me” (p270). Romeo was remembering passing this man and thinking that if he needed poison, this man could sell it to him. Now that Romeo thought I was dead, he insisted this man would sell him poison so he could…

In the Tennant version of Hamlet, it is the title character that is most distinguished in directorial decisions. Sporadic and energetic, this incarnation of Hamlet lacks the philosophical quality found in the text. The youth of Hamlet is easily read in his behaviors, contemplative but not slow. Tennant’s Hamlet can be particularly distinguished by his interactions with Polonius. Mocking and sharp, Hamlet’s madness can be more easily interpreted as an act when he has back-and-forth conversation…

Like Hamlet before it, The Dead Father’s Club is centered around the lack of certainty. While it is a book revolving around the idea of getting revenge, it’s theme is more along the lines of indecisiveness. Philip has countless opportunities to avenge his father’s death, but time and time again he fails to act. Philip poured ethanol into Uncle Alan’s glass of whisky, but chickened out last minute. “I unscrewed the bottle and I waited until all the heads went down… I poured the poison into the…

In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Hamlet finds himself undergoing an unintentional situation in which it has an impact on his identity. The king of Denmark has married Hamlet’s mother within two months of his father's death. The events that are in rapid sequence with one another result in the king demanding the sorrow hit Hamlet. Hamlet suddenly then questions his mother’s actions, “Thaw and resolve itself into a dew/Or that the Everlasting had not…She married – O most wicked speed!”…

An heir to the Danish throne versus the heir to the Norwegian throne. Who is more suited to rule a country, conquer lands, and command subjects? We have Hamlet, a young man hell bent on avenging his father’s death and young Fortinbras, seemingly, chasing the same dream. One deems to stealthily eliminate his adversary while another marches forward unafraid. What distinguishes Fortinbras from Hamlet? The better question is, what makes Fortinbras a better kingly character than Hamlet? Fortinbras…

Cindy Roseman 1024325 ENG 1204 Introduction to Drama Mr Alcreighton 8th May 2017 Analysis of the Dramatic Performance of “Ti Jean and His Brothers” by Derek Walcott In his play “Ti Jean and his brothers”, Derek Walcott presents the tale of three brothers who are dared by the devil, who is striving to grow human qualities, so that he can enjoy the evil he ventures. Walcott attempts to convey a number of issues and or themes within the play to show that people and society can fight…

The treatment of gender issues between both men and women portrayed in Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare has impacted both the audience of the Elizabethan era and modern day society. Independent, boisterous, and impulsive women were often looked down on, for they did not obey the male figures in their lives. The patriarchal society and the imbalance of power between both genders in Much Ado About Nothing is shown through the characterization in Beatrice’s courage, Hero’s dependency, and the…

Can Revenge Distort a Characters True Identity? “The Cask of Amontillado” is an interesting story of revenge. Montresor is the character that brings justice to himself and his family's name by killing Fortunato in the name of revenge. In the beginning Montresor shows to be a simple man with a bottle of rare Amontillado wine. Although reading throughout the story the perception of Montresor changes from a simple man to a non sympathetic murderer. Can a man so set on revenge change himself in the…