Shakespeare's plays

to a whole new level in his time and left a huge impact on the world of theatre as a whole. Shakespeare has been known for his strong writing skills and famous plays, poems and sonnets but behind those famous pieces is a short lived life of endeavors. Throughout his short and difficult life, Shakespeare wrote several collections of plays and poetry that focused on topics that involving the Elizabethan Age which influenced his writings, significantly changed how dramatic performances were…

relate to the many concepts present in majestic works like William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Among one of Shakespeare's most influential works, the tragic story of these two star-crossed lovers has left behind a lasting mark, been engraved in the minds of its audiences. Many of the valuable concepts in this timeless work not only did affect Romeo and Juliet, but can also influence the outcomes of people’s lives. The well know play reminds readers that at times in life, one’s own hopes and…

clothing designs, and modern reactions to Shakespeare's work. This website was very organized, and was a great resource to learn more about the topic! Reflection: This website allows you to get more information to discover about Shakespeare from linking YouTube videos of how people did their make-up in the Shakespeare plays, films, poems, and much more Shakespeare topics. I found those to be incredibly helpful, and reliable. Mabillard, Amanda. "Shakespeare's Clothes - Exploring Elizabethan…

Introduction Macbeth is considered to be Shakespeare’s one of the most outstanding tragedies. Scholars widely agree that Macbeth was written around the year 1606 and to support the idea ‘the strongest indication that Macbeth was composed in the summer of 1606 concerns its allusion to a ship named the “Tiger” which has sailed to the near east en route to Aleppo, an ancient trading city in Syria’(Feldman: 213). Shakespeare’s main source to write Macbeth was Chronicles of England, Scotland, and…

distress. In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare emphasizes this idea of tragedy. The story is revolved around this family feud which led many of these tragedies. A lot of character’s are impacted off this concept of two families having complete hatred for one another. In William Shakespeare's story Romeo and Juliet, the characters of Tybalt, Lord Capulet and Friar Lawrence contribute to the tragedy of the play because of their instigation, obedience and unjustified hope. In the play,…

come falling down upon me, yet I leave oblivious to the meanings of the play, meanings that go further then the famous, "To be, or not to be" of Hamlet. McWhorter confronts these issues in Word on the Street, explaining a number of different reasons as to why people explain why modern Americans cannot understand or fully appreciate Shakespeare. One argument brought forth is that Americans just don't perform Shakespearean plays like a British actor can. It is believed that English with a British…

William Shakespeare, the author of many famous plays and sonnets, once said, “Have more than you show, speak less than you than you know.” If this is the case then many people won’t be saying anything after trying to understand original Shakespearean writings. Thankfully for those people, there have been many more modern adaptations that are easier to read and understand. The English III class read through “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. The three different version that were analyzed were…

Shakespeare’s Othello, The Moor of Venice is a play that portrays characters driven by jealousy to make hasty decisions. The play Othello is known for its themes that revolve around love, race, social classes and revenge. It is not Othello’s jealousy, but his credulity that is the prime cause of the tragedy. Othello who is known as a loving and carrying husband to Desdemona fell in trap of Iago’s plotting. Iago is known as a scheming and angry character who seeks to satisfy himself through…

In one of Shakespeare's tragedies-Othello, the most important character is not Othello but Iago. He is the one who builds us the story and bring the story to a climax. As an effective rhetorician, Iago uses various persuasive and rhetorical devices to manipulate characters in the story especially Othello. To achieve his revenge, Iago shows his honesty and loyalty in front of people, feigns to not share information or misinformation he wants to share along with a large amount of evidence,…

Graham Baker’s adaptation of Beowulf: the unheroic hero. The epic poem, Beowulf, has been the source of inspiration to an incredible amount of artistic pieces: films, novels, songs, comic books, video games and operas. Due to the nature of the poem, every adaptation that has ever been made is different from the other, but most of them respect the epic hero prototype. Even though Baker fills the gaps of indeterminacy in a weird and twisted way, what the film brings up as interesting is that his…