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Romeo and Juliet was a very successful Elizabethan play performed at the Globe. (Currie 56). The play was popular because Shakespeare wrote it; nevertheless, theatergoers returned to watch it over because of the fascinating special effects. The audience members were able to escape their daily lives and be entertained by a play which contained intriguing special effects. One contemporary…

Michael Hoffman's 1999 film interpretation of A Midsummer Night's Dream written by William Shakespeare is quite different than the original play, most noticeably in regards to style of reading and character representation. The film turns characters such as Duke Theseus of Athens and mischievous fairy Puck into less complicated versions of themselves in order to appeal to the larger audience. This did not come without backlash, as many would argue that this in fact took away the deeper meaning…

mocked could vary in severity depending on intent and context). I also suggest that she also could begin developing the habit of citing her quotes, as I explain in the graded response at the end of the document, reminding her of how to properly cite Shakespeare. I noticed her strengths by remarking that her summary and claim are very strong in a comment and at noting that she does a good job of picking a piece of evidence and explaining how it supports her claim that the nurse is…

The Mystery Plays, depicting the creation of everything all the way to the end of this world with the judgment, are history plays more than anything else. The Morality Play Everyman; however, is an allegorical play. There are several distinct differences between these two types of plays, Mystery Plays as history and the Morality Play as allegory. Mystery Plays rely on biblical topics and stories, while the Morality Play does not rely on, or even desire, a specific background story found in the…

The Most Dangerous Game; Conflicts of Story Writing Some people ask what makes a story so good. Well, the answer is conflicts. Conflicts give the story a purpose; a thrill of action. The best stories have all three conflicts, man versus man, man versus self, and man versus nature. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell has all three conflicts of story writing in its 14 pages. The three conflicts make stories have adventure. Even in the most boring books ever, there is a conflict giving it a…

“A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer Night's Dream over Hamlet every time. Any fool with steady hands and a working set of lungs can build up a house of cards and then blow it down, but it takes a genius to make people laugh.” In comedy, the only characteristic shared between comedies is their want to make people laugh, and it can be difficult to pull off such a seemingly simple task. As defined by the New Oxford…

Kesey uses the introduction of McMurphy and the depiction of the ward along with the change after McMurphy’s introduction to illustrate the emasculating effect of control. The introduction of McMurphy is used as a catalyst to break the complete control and order of the ward. When McMurphy arrives on the extremely orderly and controlled ward, he makes a mockery of the system itself, claiming that he is “accustomed to being top man,” and he figures that “If [he’s] bound to be a loony” then he is…

It is hard to deny that the devil plays an important role in most people's lives. Religious or not the devil is a recognisable figure in most people's lives. This makes the devil a strong character to include in a story. A author who choses to use the devil in his story can hardly avoid addressing the greater themes of evil and man. The authors Hawthorne and King are no exceptions to this rule. Both very different people from very different times who wrote two stories unique to one another. Yet…

trade with Hermia (Shakespeare I.i.136). In spite of the fact that the play A Midsummer Night's Dream absolutely manages the trouble of sentiment, it isn't viewed as a genuine romance story like Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare, as he unfurls the story, deliberately separates the gathering of people from the feelings of the characters so he can personification the anguish and weights persevered by the sweethearts. Through his awesome utilization of metaphorical dialect, Shakespeare inspects the…

I am Othello’s Lieutenant Michael Cassio, I am a young and inexperienced soldier, whose position is much resented by Iago. Truly devoted to Othello, I as Cassio is extremely ashamed because i got into a drunken brawl and i’ve lost my place as lieutenant and the lost of my reputation which is connected to my military service and my public behavior. I feel without my reputation as an upstanding solder i’m nothing more than a “beast.” Emilia is The wife of Iago and attendant to Othello’s…