Shakespearean characters

Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is still to this day one of the player writer's most successful works, for a variety of reasons. The piece is gorgeously written, mostly consisting of Shakespeare’s signature unrhymed iambic pentameters, and though it is not easy to understand, the play is considered a masterpiece that to this day intrigues many. However, those are not the only reasons the tragedy gained so much popularity; unlike many of Shakespeare’s works, “Macbeth” does not appear to be black and…

In order to improve my claim, I reworded it and changed my argument. In my original paper, my claim was, “In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, the confusion between appearance and reality demonstrates Macbeth's decline from a thoughtful man, to one awash with guilt and insanity, an finally to a naive man.” According to the rubric, claims are “clear”. My claim was not clear because I listed all the ways Macbeth changed. By listing every personality trait, it was hard to decipher what it was…

William Shakespeare was a renowned poet, playwright and actor known for his spectacular works in the field of literature. He is considered to be the God of poems. Almost all of his works has been translated to hundreds of languages around the world. Till today his works are highly acclaimed off and his plays are still performed across the planet. Shakespeare produced most of his incredible works between 1589 and 1613. He started with comic and history related plays and then moved to tragedies.…

Fate, Hope, and Heroism. I have already written about that topic with the Iliad and The Man in the Water, now I am here to write about those three themes as it applies to The Quest for the Golden Fleece and Macbeth by Shakespeare. It just goes to show that another two great stories have those themes very prevalent within them. Those themes could be applied to almost all of the stories that we have read this year. I feel like they are some of the most common themes throughout time. Fate: Fate,…

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is considered an artistic stunning success and became has become one of the most performed and adapted plays in American theatrical history. The play was marvelously acclaimed for both critic and audience, it also won the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, consolidating Arthur Miller’s career as a writer. The simple and tragic story of Willy Loman, as Miller points out “Salesman is absurdly simple. It’s about a salesman and it’s his…

is a very interesting character in William Shakespeare’s play, Othello. The most compelling view of Iago is through the Historical Critical lens. Othello was written between 1601 and 1604 in England, however it was not published until 1622. This was just after the time of the renaissance, 1500-1688 (British Literature Survey) depending on what country you are in. The time period that Shakespeare wrote this play in, has a great impact on who Iago is and how other characters see him. Within the…

“To be or not to be?” A phrase that has been passed down for nearly 400 years. Hundreds of years have passed since William Shakespeare’s death, but his plays live on. Yet people still argue whether Shakespeare is relevant today or not. Shakespeare is most definitely relevant in today’s classrooms for his substantial work of literature; therefore, his writing deserves to be taught. His work has been profitable and people have been quoting him for years without even knowing it. Hamlet, Romeo and…

From a song: Indestructible by Wage War “Tragedy takes it away like a thief in the night” The metaphor “Tragedy takes it away like a thief in the night” from the song Indestructible by Wage War means that tragedy can happen whenever and without a warning. It can come and take something beloved in the blink of an eye. Meaning that tragedy can happen whenever and wherever. It can take something or someone from someone like a thief. With the agility and swiftness of a cheetah, it can take its next…

MaMarl0we’s m0st fam0us w0rk. A c0ntemp0rary 0f William Shakespeare, and auth0r 0f n0ndramatic p0etry as well, Marl0we wr0te 0nly seven plays. If Shakespeare had died at an equally y0ung age—twenty-nine rather than fifty-tw0—Marl0we might be the m0re fam0us 0f the pair. Marl0we was 0ne 0f the first English writers t0 perfect black verse—unrhymed iambic pentameter—and t0 use it with flexibility and p0etic effect in drama. He was killed in a tavern brawl. The manuscripts 0f D0ct0r Faustus,…

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. Words written by a man who everyone has heard of. William Shakespeare is often considered the greatest playwright of all time. What made Shakespeare so famous? He joined the things that people of his time liked and that people still like today in his plays. Many things influenced Shakespeare and his plays. What inspired the man to write, or was he simply a natural-born genius? Was he gay, bisexual or straight? “William Shakespeare…