Revenge play

First, the consequences of Hester's actions cause her to repent and transform into becoming a strong and confident individual while being hated by the townspeople. Initially, the townspeople look down on her for her wrongdoing. “ ‘ I have greatly wronged thee, ‘ “ “Murmured Hester” (66; ch. 4). Hester admits her sin to Chillingworth as a form of confession. When Hester stands upon the scaffold as the whole town watches her, little sympathy is shown for her sin. Many of the Puritans believe that…

Theatre Company’s famous Australian contemporary piece The Secret River was written by Andrew Bovell and directed by Neil Armfield. Adapted from the book, it can be viewed as a Gothic theatre piece through its use of conventions, setting and themes. The play follows the moral dilemma of the main character William Thornhill. Exemplifying the difficult adaption for both the European settlers and the aboriginal land owners. As both sides thought they were right, their actions justified, leading to…

modern drama, A View from the Bridge, written by Arthur Miller, is told from Alfieri’s perspective. Since the beginning of the first scene, he is established as the narrator for the story. In this essay, I will be analyzing the role of Alfieri in the play through a careful analysis of Miller’s stage directions for Alfieri’s character and his cryptic speeches in between the scenes. Fate and/or predestination is a predominant theme in A View from the Bridge, and Miller uses Alfieri’s character…

August Strindberg in the play ‘Miss Julie’ communicates the complicated and conflicted mind of the character Miss Julie through her actions in the play. Despite her materialistic fortune, her parents’ absence throughout her life, her mother’s lies, and rejection of her as a girl & a daughter shapes her into an empty shell of a person. The story reveals her effort to escape the cipher of her being as she ‘uses’ Jean and in the end commits suicide, in order to not be a nothing even if it means to…

and acted upon in different timetables and ways. Hamlet kept the secret of his father’s murder and Fortinbras secretly brought together an army. Fortinbras had no ill will against Hamlet and thought highly of him as seen in the latter part of the play when he says, ‘bear Hamlet, like a soldier, to the stage; For he was likely, had he been put on, To have proved most royally.’ He, Fortinbras thought Hamlet would have made a great King. Hamlet, in his own words, had just as much admiration for…

Deceptions Downfall Shakespeare’s characters use deception unlike any other author ever in the play Othello. One of his most deceptive characters ever was Iago, Shakespeare makes the reader feel as if Iago is trying to deceive them. Iago’s mind tricks on unreal he turns lovers on each other even friends however, this deception has a price. Iago’s deceptive nature drive’s him to destroy Othello, Desdemona, Emilia, and himself. Iago’s lack of faith in his companions leads him to deceive…

William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Hamlet demonstrates characteristics of a person who is suffering from internal and external conflicts with both himself and many other characters during the play. Hamlets’ character tends to over think and over analyze a lot of the decisions he is faced with. This is shown when Hamlet struggles with the news of his father being murdered and his goal to seek revenge on the newly announced king. Hamlet also faces some external conflicts within the play this is…

Distrust and Mistrust During the play of hamlet there was multiple times when distrust and mistrust was shown and all of these in which I believe were from the theme good versus evil. In the story of Hamlet people were always in conflict with one another and this caused them to mistrust them so then they would do things to find out what people were relying doing so they’d spy on them. In the story the downfall of mistrust and distrust would either put the person in a worser position…

Reardan—The gym at Reardan was packed on Friday night two hours before the game. With the Reardan Indians 12-1 record in the regular season,and their only recorded loss being to their only rivals, The Indians were desperate for revenge against the top team in the district, the Wellpinit Indians. And that’s exactly what they got. The Indians defeated the Redskins Friday night by forty points and a final score of 83-43. The team set a new record for most points ever tallied by a team in the…

that’s in the kitchen thinking its useless. In reality all the clues to the murder were in the Kitchen. 3. They’re criticizing Mrs. Wright’s ways of housekeeping, probably thinking that she cant do a good job at being a housewife. Throughout the play the men are always laughing at everything the…