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Girish Karnad’s use of Transfiguration as a literary device in Hayavadana and Nagamandala provides the reader with numerous prospects to explore human consciousness from various perspectives. The theme of identity crisis is revealed through transfiguration. Through his imaginative skills, Karnad introduces transfiguration of characters in his plays to entertain his audience. The objective of this study is to highlight the fulfilment of desires of the characters- Padmini in Hyavadana and Rani in…

Understanding Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is one of his most beloved plays. There are several notable themes that construct the play that makes the play great. Many elements within the play take on what it was like during Shakespeare's time, while others focused on political commentary. The play talks about the main character Viola and her disguise as a man, while look for her brother Sebastian. Her disguise creates a lot of misperception; many would say that Twelfth…

On a crisp morning in mid-May, I had made a resolve to a dominant my first game after a whole year. Waking up that morning, my past failures flashed in front of my eyes, losing a championship in my last game. Yet I was a new man. For one whole year, I was itching for the opportunity to prove myself, and my heart pounded with…

Taran Bedi Mr. Curnett English 9 Feb 17th The Correlation of Ignorance, Sight and Truth in Oedipus Rex Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex was written over 2,500 years ago. Although this play may seem ancient and irrelevant to today’s society, its themes and actions are relevant to modern society. Sophocles’ play Oedipus revealed many ideas that are now used in western drama. Sophocles’ use of dramatic irony became a new method for artists who wanted to create tension in the plots of their work.…

“That cannot be, since I am still possessed / Of those effects for which I did the murder: ‘My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen,” (Act 3, Scene 3, lines 54- 56). Claudius’ greed for the crown and the Queen, drives him to kill King Hamlet in the first place, which starts a domino effect of immoral acts. This demonstrates that greed is one of the seven deadly sins and is an immoral act, and they lead to all the deaths in the…

He is neither smart nor civilized, he is a native, and sometimes even portrayed as a monster. Caliban lives on the island before Prospero ever comes. He has no one to govern on the island except himself, “Which first was mine own king”(The Tempest I.II.342). Shakespeare is distinctively pointing out here that Caliban, having no subjects, is self-serving, unattached from any obligation to his people. Metaphorically saying that Caliban was self-governing. Bringing…

The modern drama, A View from the Bridge, written by Arthur Miller, is told from Alfieri’s perspective. Since the beginning of the first scene, he is established as the narrator for the story. In this essay, I will be analyzing the role of Alfieri in the play through a careful analysis of Miller’s stage directions for Alfieri’s character and his cryptic speeches in between the scenes. Fate and/or predestination is a predominant theme in A View from the Bridge, and Miller uses Alfieri’s…

Compare and Contrast (Macbeth and Throne Of Blood) Macbeth is a play written by the great English poet Shakespeare. Macbeth is a story about a soon to become king Macbeth. He is the main character of the story as he plays a big role in the events that occur during the story. Macbeth was known for being ambitious and a person with great perseverance. The movie Throne Of Blood is an adaption of the play Macbeth, but it’s not just a translation of literary text. In Fact, The director of the…

Throughout all of Shakespeare’s works, he uses soliloquies to help the reader better understand the characters true feelings and advance the plot. An example of a famous Shakespearean work with many soliloquies is the tragedy, Hamlet. In Hamlet, Shakespeare inserts many soliloquies from the main characters to help us better understand the emotions and turmoil that may be happening in their brains. One of the most famous soliloquies from Hamlet is found in Act II, Scene ii, which describes the…

In the second Act of William Shakespeare’s tragic play, Macbeth, Shakespeare attempts to create an atmosphere of fear and dramatic tension. Shakespeare effectively creates this atmosphere through the dialogue provided by his characters, through various methods, Shakespeare creates this atmosphere and conveys it clearly to the reader as the Act progresses. Through the use of various literary devices, the disturbed and graphic thoughts of Macbeth, Mono Syllabic writing, and stage direction,…