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Elinor Fuchs is a university professor whose work has revolved around the analysis of theater and comprehension of the world inside a play. She released an article with the intention of helping her readers create a better analysis of whichever play in hand by creating a series of questions that removes the reader from looking inside the world of the play into the outside. Questions such as “What changes in this world?” (Fuchs, p.7) help place the reader from the first page to the last sentence…

There are a lot of films that are adapted from Shakespearean plays. The movie, Kiss Me, Kate, is a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. It is a play-within-a-play. It is about Fred Graham creating his own musical version and he invites his ex-wife, Lilli Vanessi, to perform Katherine Minola. Fred has the lead role of Petruchio and he also invites his secondary romance, Lois Lane, to play Bianca Minola. Lois’ gambler boyfriend, Bill Calhoun, signs a UIO using Fred’s…

In The Wife of Bath’s Tale, the queen commands the knight to discover the answer of ‘What is it that women most desire?’, or he will die. The lust drives the knight lost then he takes away the virginity of a maid. Hence, he seeks the answer for one year. The knight searches for the answer far and wide. He gets many of the various answers: people said women are eager for wealth, glory, beauty, luxury outlook, sexuality, remarriage, adulation, the support of husband (for anything the wife wants to…

Hamlet has been performed and recreated in countless ways. Each variation holding a different experience for the audience through the creative choices that the directors make. The three versions of Hamlet each showcase a new and unique interpretation of Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, “To be or not to be”. Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Hamlet released in 1990, Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation in 1996, and lastly the latest modern adaption out of the three, Michael Almereyda’s released in 2000.…

Taking place in the 17th century, in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, the role of women was to serve their husbands and present obedient and conserved qualities. Lack of courage in the household has allowed the fate of the star-crossed lovers to hasten and ultimately prevail. Growing up in royalty, Lady Capulet restrains from showing heed and emotion even to her beloved daughter to retain her pride and status, only to soon face painful death and grief of her child.…

the blackness of such vivid chaos? Perhaps, after all this time, man’s “certainty” has acted as little more than a safety blanket, one which has been fashioned to shield us from the void attempting to embrace us. Perhaps it in the frames of the Shakespeares, the Goyas, the Hamlets, that the fissures in the fabric are revealed, that we are given a glimpse--however brief---into a locked room, one where the screaming never stops. It’s something to think…

Throughout literature, authors manipulate their characters in certain manners to help the audience discover their identities and their personalities. One way that Shakespeare presents Iago’s character in Othello is through Iago’s sacrifices throughout the play. Shakespeare communicates Iago’s pure craving of revenge through what Iago is willing to give up. Iago is willing to sacrifice all the honor that is and could ever be associated with his name for the simple idea of Othello’s downfall. As…

In the Last Night of the ballyhoo play by Alfred Uhry, the whole production of the play was beyond magnificent for a first-time student who has never attended a play before. The different scenes and stage production was very up to par and the characters were very outstanding. There are a few complaints I would like to critique to make the production kind of more valuable but overall, I enjoyed the play tremendously. Starting off, each character plays a significant role in the production theme.…

The Hamlet Complex Gertrude, the queen of Denmark, widow to Hamlet Sr., wife to Claudius, and mother to Hamlet, is a character of multitudes on page and onstage. A month after her husband’s death, she marries her brother-in-law, a choice highly contested by her son. To many audience members, Hamlet Jr.’s obsession with his mother’s sex life is unnerving and distatestful - no one watches the almost-three-hour play to listen to a son speak about the “incestuous pleasures” of his mother’s bed.…

Shakespeare has written many plays that seem to all revolve around a common theme of all the main characters suffering with an inner conflict. In Hamlet, hamlet has undergone a series of difficult events that cause him to so some questionable actions. A common question asked in regards to this play is “is Hamlet's character stable or unstable?” Being unstable consists of sudden mood changes, lack of emotional control and being highly violently reactive. Hamlet’s character shows none of these…