In Shakespeare’s play King Lear, there are several characters that suffer from figurative blindness. King Lear and his acquaintance Gloucester, are both blind to their children’s actions and misjudge which of their children they can trust, leading to their inevitable downfalls. King Lear’s blindness is what leads to his fall from power and loss of … Read more
Hamlet and the Ghost In Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’, the Ghost plays a key role in influencing the destinies of the other characters. The Ghost is important to the play as it symbolizes both fate and catalyses the plot. It also brings the play into the revenge tragedy genre, which allows foreshadowing to occur and helps the … Read more
By exploring commonalities between texts, Whereby examining the conversational dialogue which exists between texts like William Shakespeare’s Richard III and Al Pacino’s Looking For Richard, we can come to understand how truly valuable such a textual relationship is to our understanding of our own humanity. You see, our lives are intrinsically intertwined with the literature … Read more
Ladies were denied of satisfaction, success, and rights until the mid-1900s. The suffrage development kicked in and uncovered numerous issues with male predominance in various perspectives. In this day and age ladies have indistinguishable rights from men do. In One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey and Macbeth by Shakespeare, ladies were appeared … Read more
Through studying textual conversations, individuals can gain a greater understanding and appreciation of how respective composer’s contexts influence the resonances and dissonances between their texts. Set in 16th century Elizabethan England, William Shakespeare’s historical tragedy “King Richard III” (1592) explores ones duplicitous and evil nature due to an overwhelming lust of power, which in turn … Read more
Jazmyne Charles Edwin English IV DC 14 February 2019 William Shakespeare was a writer of the 16th and 17th century. He began writing during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. This was known as the Elizabethan Era. Despite her ruling, the roles of women in society were very keen as this was a time when women … Read more
“To be or not to be” can be identified as the most well-known soliloquy in the history of literature but what does this phrase genuinely entail? In essence, this soliloquy follows Hamlet on an existential journey in which he addresses the ultimate question, is human existence worth the horrors and difficulties of mortal life? Shakespeare’s … Read more
Macbeth is not a play for the faint in heart as it is gory from the beginning to the very end. The word “blood” is mentioned in Macbeth one hundred and nine times. Blood is a major theme in Macbeth and Shakespeare uses the term generously to reflect the changes in the characters of both … Read more
David Opening statement Our argument is that Tybalt is the most at fault for the eventual death of Romeo and Juliet. First, let’s start off by saying that Shakespeare portrays Tybalt as the villainous character that causes several deaths and misfortunes. Tybalt is known for causing the turning point in the story which is known … Read more
She’s The Man (2006), Andy Fickman’s film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedic play, Twelfth Night, breathes new life into the character of Viola, as a sporty teenage girl in the modernised world of the 21st century. Whilst both female protagonists share a plethora of commonalities, such as their engagement in cross-dressing as a form of … Read more
Life is too short to be taken too seriously. Live light. Treat life as a game. It is. And guess what? You make the rules. You would think, given we KNOW life is so short, you would think given we all KNOW we are going to die, that as human beings, we might make the … Read more
The first half of the book takes place in the Ramsay’s summer house. Here, Mr. Ramsay (a philosopher), Mrs. Ramsay (a stay-at-home mom), their eight children, Lily Briscoe (an unmarried painter), William Bankes, Charles Tansley, Paul Rayley, and Minta Doyle are all spending their summer together. In the very beginning, Mr. Ramsay’s youngest son, James, … Read more
Political issues being used for musical context has been a popular choice for playwrights and composers throughout the years, becoming more prominent in recent musical plays such as Hamilton (Manuel-Miranda. 2015) and Come From Away (Hein & Sankoff. 2013) . The Broadway musical grew more ambitious in almost every aspect including subject matter and political … Read more
Othello, a story of a military general who is seen and felt as an outsider, is plagued with jealousy. He is an invader to not only the state, but the family of the beautiful and fair Desdemona. This underlying theme of him being the invader, underhandedly ruins his life and relationship: Othello: Soft you, a … Read more
The tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare as a creative way of expression the author’s opinion on some of life’s tragedies and loves in the fifteen hundreds. One of his opinions was a warning against rashly making the wrong decisions. All of the hastily made decisions in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ … Read more
