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The differences between goblins, dwarfs and fairies in Victorian fairy tales The appearance of fantastic creatures and figures is very common in fairy tales. These characters usually serve as the support of the protagonist, who encounters various problems that cannot be solved alone, or they become the antagonist in the story trying to prevent the main character from achieving his or her goal. The aim of this essay is to highlight the differences between supernatural creatures that appear in…

"I'll look to like, if looking liking move.” (I , iii, 97). This quote is uttered by Juliet from Romeo and Juliet, which is the tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is about two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. The two lovers start out as immature children whom end as passionate, mature people who are determined to be with one another. At the start of Romeo and Juliet, the main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are viewed as immature and childish. Evidence to support…

Dreams typically reveal a person’s innermost desires in life that they don’t act upon in reality. In the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare, Hermia’s dream conveys her unconscious desire yearning for Lysander’s true love reveals the play’s argument that a person’s vulnerabilities and most impulsive desire lie where one is not influenced by the consciousness and influence of others. Based on the psychology of the details Hermia reveals about her dream revolving around…

Puppet on a String Realism is a way people move and talk that are like everyday behavior, a reflection of real life. In the late 19th century realism came to theatre with remarkable theatrical innovations such as, playwriting, political, and social ideas. Rather than a platform, realism holds the image of a stage as a setting. (Jones). An example of realism can be seen in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House with the identity of Nora, social expectations, and individualism. Ibsen portrayed Nora, as…

Paired together in the Mischief Series at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Other Side, Earthworks and Myth allows for the audience to immerse themselves into novel ideas and perspectives; the concept of slow glass and the ignorance towards the environment. Between the twilight hours, and the fact that nothing good can come from being up that late, Earthworks, written by Tom Morton-Smith and directed by Erica Whyman, brings together the combination of companionship and science The…

Many fairy tales tend to have a similar theme, a stereotype, a pattern. These stereotypes are called archetypes, and archetypes are what links the similarities and differences between two stories. "Baldur" and "The Spirit Bride" are both fairy tales that tell about a person going to the underworld to bring back a loved one. In "The Spirit Bride", a warrior was trying to bring back his bride, who died on the day of their wedding, and in "Baldur", a man was trying to revive his brother, who was…

Men in Black "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself" was once said by Emerson, the father of transcendentalism. The movie, Men in Black, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, shows transcendentalism. It shows this through the ideas that nature is beautiful, nonconformity, and intuition over reason. A major concept of transcendentalism is connecting with nature. Throughout the movie, multiple people say that the stars are beautiful including an agent in the beginning. These people notice nature…

A story can contain a character who has an enormous amount of intellect and uses it to play tricks on others. These characters are called tricksters and they each have special, unique elements. A trickster character always tries to get what they want. Trickster tales contain humorous and clownish elements, negative qualities of the trickster character and gods, spirits and the supernatural. In every story there are always funny moments. An element from trickster tales is humorous and clownish…

Musicals Let’s change gears here into something a little different, and a lot of fun! Musicals. Who doesn’t like a good musical? And before you roll your eyes and think we’re only going to talk about Disney, there’s a lot more to musicals then animated characters singing to woodland creatures. Musicals have been around since the dawn of theatre - and like many of our genres, started on the stage. But what actually makes a musical? In this genre, we define a musical as a film where the songs are…

In the book, “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury, the situational archetype of the battle of good V.S. evil is present in relation to the character of the Dust Witch. The textual evidence of “One shot… The Witch fell”(Bradbury 252) conveys the battle between good and evil where Charles Halloway represents the forces of good, and the Dust Witch represents the forces of evil. The author conveys this archetype by relaying how Charles Halloway volunteered to fire the rifle used in a…