Shakespeare's plays

Macbeth is the sole figure to be blamed for to be blamed for his own downfall. During the play, his actions in his journey to the throne, together with his malignant nature and unchecked ambition consequently lead to moral corruption and the ultimate relentless calamity for him. Shakespeare utilises multiple literary devices and dramatic techniques to help convey the direct correlation between Macbeth’s downfall and his uncontrollable selfish ambitions. Furthermore, the text portrays how a…

In Shakespeare's play he uses two types of masks in his plays, literal masks and figurative masks. The play Twelfth Night, is about a girl named Viola who thinks her brother is dead, so she dresses like him and calls herself Cesario to mourn for him. Eventually a girl name Olivia falls in love with Cesario, but is really falling in love with Viola. Then later in the play Sebastian comes back alive, Viola and Sebastian are both happy that they knew each other was alive. But Sebastian is confused…

He was beheaded by Macduff at the end of the play. Macbeth’s death could be attributed to his overconfidence in one of the Witches’ prophecies earlier in the play. The Second Apparition speaks to Macbeth in a cavern in Act 4. The lines say, “The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth” (Mac.IV.i.88-89). This is essentially telling Macbeth that he is invincible and that no man can kill him. Macbeth then goes through the rest of the play feeling invincible and making foolish…

William Shakespeare Murder and depression! that is pretty much William Shakespeare's play macbeth in a poetic nutshell. But why is that oh “great person typing this story”, well you may not be asking, let me tell you. Macbeth was a play written by the great writer William Shakespeare during the 1500s when plays were live and not on the screen being assisted by computers( it was gory but not as gory as Tides Andronicus). It was a story…

William Shakespeare was well known for the main characters of his plays using their tragic flaws to create their own downfall. In this play, we see a different kind of tragic hero. Macbeth is pushed by his mentally unstable wife to commit the murder of the beloved King Duncan, and even though Macbeth has always been known as a great warrior, he can’t use these skills for evil no matter how much he craves power. Before the idea of power was brought to him, Macbeth was a noble and loyal soldier…

In Shakespeare's novel Macbeth, Shakespeare tells about a story of a man who was once a noble, worthy warrior then eventually turns into a tyrannical leader once he becomes Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is a prime example of a dynamic character. He starts out as a loyal general to Lord Duncan. Towards the end of the play Macbeth becomes a cold hearted ruler with little emotion towards anything, even when his wife died from suicide. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a loyal man and well…

In what ways does Bohannan’s attempt to tell the story of Hamlet to the Tiv illustrate the concept of naïve realism? The story of Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s greatest and when Mrs. Bohannan attempts telling the story to the Tiv, she alters the story so that it doesn’t overly alter the language barrier between them. She attempts to make the story of Hamlet understandable to the Tiv, by doing this the Tiv give her another understanding of Hamlet that she hadn’t previously thought about.…

common out of all the characters, and yet they cannot stand to be together. Irony is in most of Shakespeare’s plays and it creates a real lifeness to the plays and makes them easier to believe. And painful to watch people to make mistakes when the audience knows more than the character. It’s hard to be powerless but it makes one think about their life because it does happen in life. In this play Shakespeare’s use of…

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is one of the most iconic tragedies in the English language. The story centers on prince Hamlet whose world changes around him from his mother’s infidelity towards her husband King Hamlet and the discovery that the King’s Brother Claudius killed his father. As the story of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, points out many issues, like incest, political livelihood, revenge, and mortality, the most important issue is Hamlet’s madness that causes his own downfall. When…

personas who transform completely throughout the play are Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Malcolm. Their actions have consequences on themselves, on those around them and fate in the play. Macbeth turns into a man driven by his own ego and cowardice. Lady Macbeth transforms into a human capable of feeling remorse. Malcolm is found running from his problems and by the end he has changed his character completely, he ends up leading an entire army. In Shakespeare’s work, the characters undergo…