Shakespeare

Relaxing, laughing, and having fun is what makes theater such an incredible past time. In the Elizabethan Era, theater was a huge part of their life. Shakespeare was someone who greatly propelled theater, and he had many successful plays in this era. Before theaters were built, actors performed plays in certain people’s houses. The plays also made people enjoy life more and some of the plays gave them some laughs. Playwrights, the location of the performances, and the way theater made people…

In a world where facts are distorted, terror is courage, and anyone can create their own tale or story, is a place where people like Shakespeare, Rich and Randal are able to create verses that speak meaning. That is poetry. The poems, “When my love swears that she is made of truth” by William Shakespeare, “Storm warnings” by Adrienne Rich, and “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randal utilizes literary devices to create tone in order to transmit the author’s purpose of ignorance, valor, and fear.…

Romeo and Juliet By Shake and Stir Theatre company In the play Romeo and Juliet, the scene where there was tension of unexpected surprise was in the fight scene when Tybalt and Mercutio both are killed. J.P. Vizcay-Wilson who played Tybalt, Johnny Balbuziente who played Romeo and Amelia Douglass who played Juliet all used movement to create this tension. The actors used different body language to create and emphasise the unexpected surprise with the use of fast, heavy and slashing movements of…

Shakespeare wanted to convey the readers that the bond between Puck and Oberon is near to a father and son relation and therefore Puck obeyed his father’s (Oberon) instructions by squeezing the love potion into the Athenian clothes wearing man who rejected the Athenian girl. Through the next sentence, Shakespeare enlightened the readers by informing them about how Puck confirmed himself that the man (Lysander)…

Society today only knows the Shakespeare after his career bloomed from being a play write. Who was the real Shakespeare? Society does not know the real Shakespeare, only what he is made out to be. Shakespeare’s early life accomplishments, adventures and struggles are not remembered as they should be. We are limited by poor records on our journey to uncover who the real man behind the name was. Bill Bryson’s “Shakespeare: The World as a Stage” and Dennis Kay’s “William Shakespeare: His Life and…

and nuance of Chinese culture. Face is the concept of prestige and reputation outwardly (Upton-McLaughlin). Everything from dining etiquette, to addressing someone is linked to a sense of face. While researching Shakespeare in China, I could clearly see that, the attitude toward Shakespeare followed…

When interpreting A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, it is undeniably evident that this play was intended to be performed and elucidated in a comical way, and goes about this through the use of one prominent element- Suspension of Natural Laws. As we all know, Shakespeare is known as one of the most influential English writers and poets in history. This claim is supported specifically by his unique and significant plays created during his time, along with his pivotal production…

Prior to Shakespeare’s death, his daughters Judith and Susanna ran into marital problems. First, Susanna Hall was accused of adultery in June 1613. This issue was quickly cleared up in favor of the Shakespeare family; however, three years later, Judith Shakespeare had married Thomas Quiney, a vintner in Stratford, and the couple was excommunicated from the church for attempting to marry during the Great Lent without a legal license to do so. It was later revealed that Quiney was…

Response Paper: Sonnets & Shakespeare The word sonnet came from in the Italian word “sonnetto” (Meyer 778) which means “little song”. Sonnets have fourteen lines and are written in iambic pentameter. There are two types of sonnets: Italian, and English sonnet. The Italian version is also known as the Petrarchan. It breaks into two parts and the first part is the octave which is the first eight lines and they rhyme “abbaabba” (Meyer 778). Then the second half and final six lines is the sestet…

ultimately become the memorable character that is retold for years to come. These stories have fascinated the minds of people for quite some time and have been a platform for writers to create powerful stories around. Authors George Lucas and William Shakespeare have taken advantage of this storytelling in their masterpieces. Though both share similar aspects as to how they present their story, there…