Laurence Olivier

Historically, it is evident that masculine and feminine authorities display their power in contrasting ways. Three recent studies have concluded that only eighteen percent of men share similar personality traits with women, supporting the common standard that women are more “sensitive, attentive to others and apprehensive, while males are more forceful and aggressive.” (Rettner) While looking at the tragedy King Lear by William Shakespeare, the theme of gender division is outlined throughout the…

Rithvik Asani Mrs. Miller English 1, Period 1 28 February 2017 Act II In Act 2 Scene 2, Juliet wants to slow things in the relationship between her and Romeo and wants to take things at a steady and unhurried pace, displaying her more reasonable nature, as seen through the use of a simile. In this part of the scene, Juliet starts to show her more rational character and nature, as Romeo starts to swear and makes many ignorant promises to always love and adore Juliet, because he is unaware of the…

of King Lear. Being as it may, play writers have attempted to create their own film adaptations based on King Lear. While the film adaptations of Shakespeare’s King Lear created by Olivier, J.E. Jones and Kurosawa reflect on the structure and elements of tragedy, each film portrays an element of tragedy the best. Olivier best expresses pathos through the downfall and disrespect that Lear…

In class we have discussed numerous rhetoric’s from across Shakespeare’s plays. Within them, the characters are constantly trying to persuade other characters into doing certain things. Shakespeare gives many of his characters very different methods of persuasion. Sometimes it’s planting false information into someone’s mind like Iago in Othello, who manipulated the title character to kill his wife. Even so, there are times when the rhetoric fails and so did the characters that gave them. In the…

As secretary William Jennings Bryan once said, “Destiny is not matter of chance, It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” Nowhere is this concept more evident than in Coelho's novel, The Alchemist. The Alchemist reveals that one must have the courage to follow their destiny, for otherwise, they will hold themselves back from happiness. Coelho uses foil, symbolism, and personification to further develop this theme. Today’s readers can apply…

A scene that shows these attributes comes after Santiago leaves a comfortable oasis in Egypt, to attend to his dream once more. As he pauses in the desert, a horseman dressed in black rushes him, with a sword raised to kill. "Who dares read the meaning of the flight of the hawks?" he demanded. He does not flee nor does he attempt to fight and protect himself. Instead, Santiago bows his head for the blow and says, "It is I who dare to do so. Many lives will be saved because I was able to see…

“The Alchemist” “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho is a quest of a young teenage boy who has a dream of being rich and successful much like Paulo Coelho. Teens all have desires and dreams set out into the world with success in mind. Life can interfere in order to put you in the direction we need to be in. Life is full of obstacles. Paulo Coelho and Santiago both find obstacles that guide them in different directions. Is this divine intervention? Are we just moving on through the path that…

"In order to arrive, you must follow the signs. God inscribed on the world the path that each man must follow." In the book, The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho emphasizes this quote to express that each one has its own Personal Destiny. Clearly, each one has a predestined path to follow; it is a matter of recognizing the importance of the choices people make in following it through. The author wants the readers to carefully recognize the signs as they journey toward their own destiny. In The Alchemist,…

What 's Love Got to Do With It The masculinity of a man for centuries means considerably more than just strength, when in contracts to the femininity of a woman. Men have deconstructed women by their vulnerability of emotions and thus using their masculinity to inflict abuse against women. How this old perplexing distinction of manipulative abuse is utilized by men, will have an important role to play when using an eye- to- eye perspective leads in abusive relationships and self-discovery.…

Words can be very manipulative and persuasive, if used right, they can be used to get people to feel different emotions and make people do things. But also, they can be used to make people do things that they might not have ever done without hearing that speaker say what they said to them. Rhetorical and literary devices are included when people are trying to persuade and manipulate people to more effectively change peoples minds. In certain situations, this can lead to really bad endings and…