Dramatic monologue

He becomes mesmerised and in awe of her beauty, shown when he compares her to a “rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear”. He also asks if “my heart did love till now? For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” He uses rich metaphors in his monologue and also uses oxymoron, saying that she is a “dove trooping amongst crows.” Doves represent innocence and purity, and when Romeo juxtaposes that image with crows, representing death and darkness. Romeo also uses the metaphor “She doth teach the torches…

From the quill of esteemed playwright, William Shakespeare, comes the comedy, Twelfth Night, a play often credited as one of the first to examine the complex dynamics of gender and how it is performed. In Act I, Scene V, Viola, dressed as Cesario, meets Olivia for the first time and begins to unravel the complex inner-workings of an interesting dynamic between the two of them. Following a beautiful deliverance of Duke Orsino’s message, Cesario improvises an eloquent speech about how he would…

him to go back to them and be in the sanctuary of a roof however Lear ignores him and continues to curse the weather and his daughters. This famous scene marks a rise to the climax of the play and the foredooming harrowing events that follow. The dramatic purpose of this passage contrasts Lear’s character and the mood to the beginning of the…

Behind every fantasy or myth, there is a deeper truth about life which is why, since times immemorial myths have played an immense role in society, often lending them to story-telling that educates the society, about the good and the bad, the right and the wrong. In short, myths have been explaining the natural, social phenomenon since ages, and been handed down from generations through the centuries. Myths are often the medium through which the society tracks the social, cultural and religious…

for a majority of his writing such as; Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and a few of his deeper sonnets. Consequently, all of his writing has an aspect of cynicism. For example, in Macbeth Shakespeare expresses his pessimistic views on life by Macbeth’s monologue about how pointless life is after his wife has died. He believes life is a tale told by idiots. For the occasion, we see the author inspired by the turn of the monarchy resulting in King James I, who just happened to love witch-hunts. So…

Slim looked at people since the reader knows that Slim in reality is not a god. The novel also reflects its dramatic origins in the amount of dialogue it contains. Most of the story is narrated through dialogue, for example, “So you forgot that awready, did you? I gotta tell you again, do I? (4) Frequently, there is fast interchange between speakers with only a few occasions of monologue. Periods of dialogue are scattered with short descriptions of background features, such as noises and…

This idea is expanded upon in the third sentence as Poe use specific styles of syntax to illustrate his own disbelief. Two styles are seen when he states "Yet, mad am I not- and surely do I not dream". Poe constructs the wording of this sentence backwards- instead of I am not mad, it's mad am I not- showing a contradiction to what the sentence says. Wording the sentence backwards makes the reader think the opposite of what the sentence actually says; he is mad, he is dreaming. Signs of…

reality that is the discrimination and oppression minorities experience, due to the inability of others to accept the differences within these groups of people. Although One the Bear effectively implemented Elements of Drama to communicate an intended dramatic meaning that explores the toxicity of losing yourself and your roots and the journey of finding your pathway home, the production seemingly didn’t incorporate the generic Conventions of Political Theatre as effectively. In the opening…

In a very dramatic monologue that is awash with humor and delivered in a characteristic Southern dialect, Eudora Welty a native of the South successfully brings a story spotted with various themes and moods. This is a story written in 1941 in the local setting of the small town China Grove, Mississippi. Delivered in the first person, the narrator plants some sense of empathy as the story begins but along the narration the reader gets to understand that the narrator is not of clean hands herself.…

statement reiterates a fear to converse to prevent vulnerability. His frequent silences and pauses acts as a substitute, which becomes a tacit way of communication between both characters. The barriers creates little bond between one another. ‘These dramatic forces create n intolerable psychological pressure that surfaces in language disruptions. As it is well known, stress affects expression’ (Vargas, 40). This once again correlates to the first point made regarding Ben. Similarity, his…