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    Every Wednesday, current Prime Minister, David Cameron, meets in the House of Commons for half an hour to answer questions from Members of Parliament. These questions are meant to address current events both international and domestic, and have come to be known as Prime Minister Questions (PMQs). All Members of Parliament must write their questions for the Prime Minister on the Order Paper several days prior to the PMQs. Once submitted, the questions are then sorted through, scrambled, and…

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    60, Johnson even claims “[he] often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful” (182). Curiously, Shakespeare seems to be one of the few exceptions. In his “Preface to The Plays of William Shakespeare” (referred to as “Preface to Shakespeare" below), Johnson does not show any interest in Shakespeare’s life. Nor did Johnson write a biography of Shakespeare elsewhere. Johnson did not write about the life of Shakespeare maybe because…

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    Power in a general sense is the ability to direct or influence the behavior of others. In the book, Lord of the Flies, William Golding illustrates the gruesome story of a group of British schoolboys who get stranded on an island after their plane crashes. The book is set, unspecifically, during the wartime evacuation of the children, while World War II is happening around them. Following this event, the group of surviving boys includes Piggy, SamnEric, Ralph, Jack, and Simon who attempt to…

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    The Oxford English Dictionary defines tragicomedy as “a play or other literary or dramatic work which combines the qualities of a tragedy and a comedy, or contains both tragic and comic elements” (“Tragicomedy”). William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale falls into this genre of writing. The first three acts of the play provide tragic elements such as error and death, while the final two acts provide comedic elements such as misunderstandings and romance. Leontes, the king of Sicilia, accuses…

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    links with the theme of the play. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams presents Blanche Dubois, the embodiment of a typical Southern Belle: dainty, vain, and very feminine. After moving in with her sister Stella and her husband Stanley, Blanche finds herself caught in a spiral of alcoholism and stupor. The fallen and faded belle is prone to her frequent haunting memories and fantasy-like state-of-mind. While Williams utilizes repetition to represent chronic flashbacks that injure…

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    culture across the world. Many humans are unwilling, too stubborn, or simply too independent to admit their love or cave into love’s demands. On rare occasions, however, it is stubbornness and the yearning for independence that bring lovers together. William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado about Nothing” encompasses many different themes in a relatively short play. The theme of the most importance and the most persistence throughout the play is independence. Many characters exemplify and demonstrate the…

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    Despite, or even because, of the strength of his feelings Othello fears its ruin. The poetry here acknowledges a very real vulnerability that exists when people allow themselves to love another, and that love is returned. Desdemona, still somewhat innocent and to a certain extent naïve, answers; “The heavens forbid/But that our loves and comforts should increase/Even as our days do grow.” (1413, 2.1.192-194) and Othello seems comforted, “Amen to that, sweet powers!” (1413, 2.1.194). Maybe if…

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    As William Shakespeare grew to become an English poet, he was able to entertain many people of his age. They would arrive into the theater, witnessing how Shakespeare was able to bring his words to life, even being assailed by other playwrights like Robert Greene because of Shakespeare 's work being superior than others. He had a huge audience, but from that very crowd was Queen Elizabeth I, a powerful queen that was able to destroy the Spanish and make her empire the number one super power in…

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    How do the plays of Shakespeare change when they are adapted for screen? Michael Almereyda’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet transposes one of Shakespeare’s most notable tragedy in modern day Manhattan, setting the framework for a modern retelling of the story. The use of “ complex array of media technologies, genres and practices” introduces the over arching theme of entrapment and imprisonment in the capitalist society thatHamlet resides in, immersing the narrative in a world of…

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    the Greek, Roman, and Elizabethan eras. I will continue to discuss staging conventions by analyzing and comparing different plays to these eras including Trojan Women by Euripides, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn, and The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. In the Ancient Greek era some of the most prominent aspects of staging conventions…

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