Philip Marlowe

William Shakespeare is arguably the most successful writers not only of his time but to date. His plays and poets have made their way across the globe and countless languages. However, the idea of the works of Shakespeare in a global sense is more than just the words of a man being read and heard around the word. It is how every culture takes his words, his plays and creating something that relates to them and yet is still, at its core, undeniably Shakespeare. It transcends language and stage,…

Sae Koyama Ms. Holdsworth J3 Language Arts Macbeth Literary Analysis In the play Macbeth, Macduff and Macbeth are portrayed as conflicting characters, although both are referred to as “heroes”. These two men are both qualified to be tragic heroes, when following Aristotle’s six principles regarding the qualities a tragic hero needs. This is because both have a fatal flaw, but ultimately the real tragic hero in Macbeth is Macbeth, as there is no reversal of fortune nor nemesis in Macduff.…

Romeo and Juliet Essay When you think of rebellious you think of young teens, or your favorite movie villain, or maybe even The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare is the story of two star-crossed lovers who go through so much just for love. The Montague and Capulets are rival, royal families. In the beginning, Romeo Montague is depressed because his love for a girl named Rosaline is not returned. He sees Juliet at a party the same day and…

Khanna 1 Introduction ‘Comparative Study’ on two different characters from the same writer reveals out the differences and similarities between them and this comparison is laid on common motives or characteristics used by the writer in respect to his/her characters. The following paper provides a similar comparative study on two of the most famous Shakespearean Characters: Juliet from Romeo and Juliet and Desdemona from Othello, by William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was one of…

A very thin line can be drawn between the two concepts of love and madness, which needs to be crossed in order for people to really figure out what they want from their relationship, moving past their initial attraction into a deeper emotional bond. This line has been explored for centuries, and is a prominent theme in the famed Romeo and Juliet. The two main characters in this play fall madly in love within minutes of meeting each other, and their actions throughout the next few days show…

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is the romantic tragedy about two fighting families, the Montagues and the Capulets. The play is mainly focused on the relationship between the supposed love between Romeo and Juliet who are both from these separate families, but it is shown multiple times throughout the play that they do not make the best decisions as a couple. After all, they married each other the day after they met. Romeo and Juliet aren’t actually in love. This supposed love causes frequent…

Extensively considered as the Magnum Opus of Shakespeare’s enthralling work, Romeo and Juliet is intrinsic to the collection of the greatest literary works in the history of literature itself. A veritably true account of a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet is a play concerning the ill-fated tale of love between two hapless, star-crossed teenagers, with their love curtailed by the incessant blood feud between their families. Romeo and Juliet’s ardent advocates for love engenders a series of profoundly…

Duty towards one’s own self is one of the most powerful themes which can be traced in many plays written by Henrik Ibsen, a nineteenth-century dramatist, who is often acclaimed as the father of Modern Drama. This paper argues that to perform one’s duty towards oneself which, according to Ibsen, is to be truthful, one needs to synthesise one’s thoughts, words and deeds. At the initial level, Ibsenian characters lack the unity of thought, word and action which is necessary for responsible living.…

Hero and Leander, Marlowe primarily used Musaeus Grammaticus’s version of the myth, as well as “epistles XVIII and XIX of [Ovid’s] Heroides” as his source material (Keach 86). Like Shakespeare, Marlowe reimagines this classical narrative about love and desire by infusing it with more aggression and sexual conflict. However, the most notable difference is that Marlowe’s poem does not end with the death or “blood” of the titular lovers foreshadowed in the opening (I. 1), as Marlowe himself was…

Henrik Ibsen is one of the most controversial writers ever. Ibsen’s relevance to our times is one of the questions on which no two critics seem to agree. For some, Ibsen has become thoroughly outdated; while, for some others, Ibsen is a dramatist who can never lose his relevance. The paper highlights the fact that Henrik Ibsen, more than anything else, is concerned with the problem of the self, and this is a problem which can never become obsolete. Further, Ibsen shows himself to be way ahead of…