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Rooted in 16th century Venice, The Merchant of Venice is a movie adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic literature novel. An audience critic from Rotten Tomatoes has been delightfully appealed by the film, calling it “a beautiful and emotionally gripping masterpiece”. British actor Jeremy Irons’ depiction of his character Antonio in the film is remarkably striking, and he has blatantly showed the depths one would go through for a friend, even at the cost of his life. At a first glance, Antonio is…

Introduction and Summary David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants debunks all the clichés attributed to the underdogs and giants. On the back drop of the biblical story of the mighty tumble of the warrior Goliath by the meek shepherd boy David, Malcom Gladwell breaks down how people misunderstand the true meaning of advantage and privilege. Gladwell brings in fresh perspective and debunks all the myths and the rationale we assign to the so-called ‘clear winners’, or…

William Shakespeare, born in the 16th hundred, and raised in the provincial town of Stratford Upon Avon, playwriter of tragedies and historical dramas. In his lifespan he invented over 1700 words, wrote 154 sonnets, two narrative poems and 38 plays. He was crowned the greatest English dramatist by creating modern drama, which are still enjoyed across state boarders till this day, 400 years after his passing. Shakespeare is the perfect product of the Elizabethan Era, also called the “Golden age”,…

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In Christianity, signifies a person’s audacity to attempt to role of God, and is therefore severely punished. This concept is one of the core ideas in Frankenstein; William Frankenstein attempting to defy the laws of nature and create a living being as if he were God. After he successfully achieves his dreams and his oversized monster is created, he is horrified by its existence. As Frankenstein himself says, he was…

Adnan Riaz Professor Shakespearian Problem Plays Date: All’s Well that Ends Well as a “Problem Play” All’s well that ends well is a famous play by William Shakespeare that has grabbed serious critical appreciation in the Twentieth Century for its style and Problems it gives birth to and discusses. It was written in 1604 and1605 and was published in the First Folio in 1623. Gray Waller gives an in-depth view of the play. In the last twenty years has an adequate critical vocabulary been developed…

Semester One Final Essay: Rethinking The Frogs Debate The two playwrights I have chosen for the purpose of this essay are Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), known by his stage name as Molière, and Henrik Johan Ibsen (1828-1906). Molière was born on January 15th in Paris, France and is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. I have chosen Molière as one of my two playwrights because I believe that one of the ways to ‘save society’ is through comedy. Ibsen…

Have you ever been terrified by a beast that might be yourself? In the book Lord of the Flies there are a group of boys that are on an island and they had to evacuate from their school because there was a war going on. Their plane ended up crashing at this island and now they are stuck there. The boys started to hear things at night and see things at night and they thought that there was a beast around. The boys all thought different things about the beast; they thought there was a snake thing,…

Synopsis In Tess of the d’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy, a young country girl by the name Tess Durbeyfield or “d’Urberville” goes through a series of very unfortunate events following the revelation that she is of ancient noble blood. As her father John is walking past an old man he is rough acquaintances with, but not close to whatsoever, the man informs him that he is actually of the ancient name d’Urberville, one of the most wealthy and influential families a few centuries prior. Sadly, John…

Philip Pullman is one of the greatest British writers . He was known as children books writers. Northern lights, is one of the most important books in Philip Pullman's trilogy " Dark Materials". I my essay I will write about Northern lights and Lyra growing up in the novel.(Northern lights, Pullman,1995) Pullman’s works have an oral feel which, coupled with humor, verbal dexterity and skillful view setting, makes them perfect for reading. The lead part is often taken by powerful girls, such as…