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Analyzing Romeo and Juliet through the view of Aristotelian principles of a tragedy Romeo and Juliet is one of the famous love story as well as a Shakespearean tragedy written by William Shakespeare probably in 1591 and 1595. The play was published in 1597. It is mainly about two young lovers whose family did not get along, but later a tragic death occurs to them which reconcile the two families. Shakespeare got inspiration from a poem called “The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Luliet,” by…

It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt (A discussion on the similarities and differences in Shakespeare’s King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing) When renting movies nowadays, the movies are often organized according to their genres. There are thrillers, comedies, rom coms, action/adventure, horror, etc. The list goes on for ages. Before there were movies, there were plays. Shakespeare is the most famous playwright in history. He often wrote plays in three genres. Comedies, tragedies, and…

If Romeo and Odysseus are the heroes of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Homer’s The Odyssey respectively, then Juliet and Penelope, the wives of both men, are the heroines. The relationship between Juliet and Penelope holds similarities only insofar as they share similar situations and the effects of them. The true differences in the lives of these woeful women lie within their responses (i.e. their love for their families in addition to their husbands) to the similar occurrences in their…

Moral ambiguity, a phrase often used to describe the character of Caliban from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, meaning that he is neither good nor bad when it comes to ethical decision making. This essay aims to show that Calibans’ moral ambiguity may be a result of Shakespeare using him as a representative of the injured party of colonialism, indicating that he is a victim of the era and does not fully comprehend the western clarification of moral decision making. The Renaissance began with…

‘Macbeth’ is a play by William Shakespeare set in 10-11th centuries. Appearance and reality is key theme throughout the play to explain the character's actions and thoughts and the differences that occur between them. Shakespeare uses a number of techniques to show appearance and reality including metaphors, contrast and caesuras. These create a number of effects to show appearance and reality in different ways and views. One way Shakespeare explores appearance and reality is through…

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…

treachery, and guilt. Through examination of the characters and their actions, it is evident how blood represents more than just the physical presence, but further holds a symbolic meaning. First of all, literal blood is presented during the battle, where it symbolizes bravery and honour. When King Duncan notices…

has written 154 sonnets which have been carefully organized and categorized by people over time; not only did these people sequence his sonnets, numbering each in the order they think he wrote them, they also came to the conclusion that he wrote the first 126 for a young man and the latter 28 for a woman. Shakespeare includes a variety of themes that are consistent throughout the entire series, yet he approaches the themes differently, focusing on different aspects of them. In some cases,…

they fell in love and lived happily ever after……… this is not that story. In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, it shows that Romeo and Juliet are not in love because they get married the day after they meet, they experience lust at first sight, and they are too immature. In William Shakespeare's tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, it shows that Romeo and Juliet are not in love because they get married the day after they meet. In Act II Scene II of Romeo and Juliet they say: “Thy…

Using wordplay is one of the most effective ways of getting anything desired. Wordplay is a literary technique formed by using words in a clever or playful way. William Shakespeare has given Richard astonishing speaking skills that characters dream of. Skill with words can show both a sure sign of intelligence and capability as well as indicating manipulative cunning and shrewdness. In the play Richard III, many characters have been influenced or have influenced others just by using wordplay.…