First Triumvirate

The term “honour” is defined as “high respect, esteem or reverence, accorded to exalted worth or rank” (Green lecture). The concept of honour plays a very important role in the William Shakespeare’s play, Much Ado About Nothing. As the play progresses, one begins to discover that the concept of honour and how one goes about defending one’s honour differs substantially between genders and thus, honour is “gendered” (Green lecture). Therefore, through analysis of the play, this essay will discuss…

Karnad’s The Dreams of Tipu Sultan, the first focus is the structure in dramatic sense. Dramatic structure is a basic form in which a presentation is setup. It includes elements like theme, action, character. Basically, it is the way that the playwright sets up the actions of the piece of theatre. In this play, the dramatist uses dreams, historical events, memories, diary, motifs and the division of play in to two acts without scene division. In addition, the first focus is on the dreams which…

Desdemona, and Iago. Both Othello and Desdemona, thanks to Iago’s jealousy and betrayal, end up being the central focus of tragedy. As readers/viewers make their way through this illustrious play, they are given first-hand knowledge of Iago’s intentions and deceitful tactics. When Othello was first performed in the early 1600’s, the audience was so affected by Iago’s deceitfulness that they would often shout at the characters in the play, warning them of Iago’s intentions. They even went so…

One of the great artists of all time, William Shakespeare, had a famous saying, “A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man thinks himself to be the fool.” As cliché as this sounds, William Shakespeare consistently wrote about topics that he was not very familiar with himself, and therefore whenever he wrote on these subjects the reader can always tell that Shakespeare tries to be as vague as possible while still getting his point across. In the book Macbeth, there are many sciences,…

witches one with the initial prophecy with each of the three witches say, “First Witch: All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!/ Second Witch: All hail, Macbeth, Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!/ Third Witch: All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!” (Shakespeare I.iii.51-53). While the second time occured after Macbeth becomes paranoid about being dethroned, he seeks the knowledge of the witches which they say, “First Witch: The power of man, for none of woman born/ Shall harm…

The article “The Character of the British Columbia Frontier” by Barry M. Gough discusses the forces and institutions that influenced British Columbia to change from Ingenious land to a fur trade territory and then to a colony. Additionally, the character of the British Columbia Frontier was influenced by an imperial tide from 1846-1871 that caused a change in the character of human occupation and it brought new political and social institutions whose legacies can still be seen in present…

The Canadian health care system and related issues are hotly debated topics in Canada. The polarity of the debate is well represented in the somewhat divergent perspectives presented in the books: Health Care by Pat and Hugh Armstrong and The Canadian Regime by Patrick Malcolmson et al. Two aspects of the Canadian health care system are debated with vigor and vehemence, and will be the basis of the comparison between the two books, they are: federalism, and privatization. In Canada currently,…

When forbidden love crosses two young individuals, the best is not intended for them. William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and romance. In the play, two young lovers named Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, cross paths and end up falling head over heels for each other. However, their families have been adversaries for years but that does not stop them. They still pursue their dangerous love for each other behind their loved ones back. This results in deaths of them…

analyzing the titles, one can assess that Sonnet 18 seems positive while Sonnet 130 seems negative. This is because the first 126 Sonnets were speaking of a “Fair Youth,” and Sonnets 127-152 are speaking of a “Dark Lady” (Dautch). Although Sonnet 18 and 130 have the same theme of love, William Shakespeare portrays love, through his use of imagery, in two different ways. First, the two poems share the same theme; however, they are portrayed differently. The theme of both poems is love, but this…

nonsensical phrases and a lot of repetition, as it will be shown below. The presence of Repetition gives a particular rhythmic sonority, with a lot of unconnected phrases that create a well-planned net to be discovered. When analyzing structure, the first thing that catches the attention is that it must be a challenge for the actor to perform the speech because of its length of the monologue, this being over 700 words; the lack of punctuation, and the apparent…