Innuendo

Scene #1 - 3.2.85-140 This scene is, overall, fairly meta. In the original play, the dumb show is simply a “play within a play”, but in this adaptation, Hamlet is actually shown filming the play with a video camera, which is not only one of the few elements in the scene that indicates that it has a modern-day setting but also sort of makes the scene a “movie within a movie adaptation” at some points. In addition to this, after Hamlet turns down the Queen’s request to “sit by [her]”, Polonius…

Alexandre Cabanel 's piece The Birth Of Venus,1875, is another depiction of the popular Venus figure.The depiction of Venus by Cabanel shows society’s standard of femininity and ideal beauty which is still a part of our culture and the perception of women as sexual beings. Venus is portrayed as a sexual,delicate,curvy figure who embodies sensuality and appears to be in a erotic, alluring state which entices the viewing eye, as she is the tool of seduction. The ideals of femininity for the…

Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act has undergone recent changes since 2015. These changes have resulted in many legal issues that violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, namely, those freedoms regarding section 2(b), the freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression. This paper will discuss the background of Bill C-51, its legal issues regarding the violation of section 2(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as applying each issue to the Oakes Test to determine if there are…

A tragedy is defined by the downfall of the antagonist. The development of a character trait whose expression leads to dire consequences, known as a tragic flaw, is the technique used in drama to instigate the aforementioned downfall. Because the main plot of Shakespeare's Hamlet revolves around the killing of King Claudius some may consider that Prince Hamlet's tragic flaw is a bloodlust, "I should have fatted all the region kites / With this slave’s offal" (II.II.509-10). Though, it must be…

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is a pastoral poem that romanticises country life in order to persuade a woman to run away with a shepherd. This poem is written by Christopher Marlowe who uses the usual form of iambic tetrameter. Most lines contain eight syllables, which are used to create a familiar and repetitive rhythm that could be easily compared to the repetitive nature of rural life. At first glance, this seems to be a romantic piece of poetry describing the idyllic life the shepherd…

From the start of the 20th century to the 1960s, the advertising world has evolved from polite textual information to suggestive pictorials full of sexual innuendos. Women scantily clad are projected from large screens in public spaces to help advertise products ranging from cars to lingerie. Women’s body was objectified and used as a tool to sell related or unrelated products. Sex sells and while it may only appear to define our appearance and clothing choice, its impact goes deeper into our…

My practice predominantly focuses on an exploration of my queer identity, with a particular interest in the negative historical representation of queer people as deviants. As the semester developed I began to explore this idea in relation to the stigma surrounding the title of ‘artist’ in western society. Formally, my practice has predominately focused on digital media and performance as well as performance documentation. I have focused on these material approaches because I do not consider the…

In King Arthur’s court, where “the most noble knights known under Christ” (51) reside, Sir Gawain acquiesces to a fatal challenge proposed by the elusive Green Knight, in order to defend the honor of his ruler. Throughout Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Pearl Poet has portrayed the chivalric code positively, with adherents described favorably as the “happiest of mortal kind, (56)” “[courteously] gracious (247),” and “faultless in [the] five senses (640). The chivalric code serves as the…

The Forbidden The Catcher in the Rye Controversial themes may be difficult for children to understand or take under an educational perspective. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D Salinger creates a novel that reflects upon the questionable behavior of a defiant young adult. The unorthodox ideals, inappropriate language, and mature content represented in the novel may influence younger audiences, which result in the removal of the novel. Salinger’s novel was named one of the most frequently banned…

The rhetorical devices used in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, portrays the flaws in Jay Gatsby’s ability to attain an American Dream that, ultimately, kills him. This reveals the reality that many Americans experience while attempting to attain their dreams due to the hardships they encounter. Fitzgerald conveys these difficulties through Nick’s final reflection of Gatsby’s American Dream. He recurringly uses color symbolism to amplify the central message: living in the past…