William Shakespeare's play Macbeth has themes and characters that are still relevant today and this is what makes his work endure time. People are still motivated by greed, ambition, and jealousy today just like in Shakespeare's times. Macbeth wanted to be king and some people today would do anything for money and power. It is the themes and characters that...
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In order to approach and analyze any literary texts using any cultural theory to make sense of the text in question, the School of Psychoanalysis, for example, we need to have some cultural and literary tools that help mediate between literature and culture. we can use two different devices and mediation tools that are used to deal with any chosen...
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A little over 400 years ago on April 23rd William Shakespeare passed away, however, he became somewhat immortal through his fantastic dramas and literature. We learn about his tragedies, comedies, and poetry even today all around the world in high schools and at the university level. Famous English romantic poet John Keats even kept a copy of Shakespearian literature near...
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On Brooklyn Bridge, American playwright, Arthur Miller, had noticed graffiti during his walks that read: âDov'è Pete Panto?' which translates from Italian as: âWhere is Pete Panto?' The message also began appearing on subway stations and on office buildings at Court Street in downtown Brooklyn. After he was known the story behind the graffiti, he learned about the lives and...
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Although Arthur Millerâs A View from the Bridge is not a love story, various types of love are shown in the play as the motivation of the charactersâ actions. Unfortunately, most of their love does not lead to a happy ending, but only pain and tragedy. This essay examines the unorthodox love between parents and children in A View from...
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The works of William Shakespeare, most specifically his plays, are cornerstones of western literature. Pieces that were merely intended for public entertainment are now considered timeless, and are still being researched, adapted, and enjoyed hundreds of years later. One of the reasons for this is the strong thematic nature of his stories. The Taming of the Shrew is a play...
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Narratives which lampoon chauvinistic and misogynistic behaviour whilst simultaneously reaffirming their social validity, âThe Taming of the Shrewâ and âVinegar Girlâ blur the distinction between parody and ideals. Constructed upon the backdrop of a strict renaissance gender hegemony and its leftovers of a similarly gender-driven hierarchy, William Shakespeare and Anne Tyler critique the perception of âShrewishnessâ as a product of...
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Coursework English literature Miller constructs protagonists who are destroyed by their obsessive need to defend their masculine self-image. How far do you agree this applies to both Willy Loman and Eddie Carbone? The 1950s, in the USA, was a period of radical change for men in the workplace, as academic attributes became increasingly appreciated and the white collar and corporate...
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Both North and South (1854-55) and A Dolls House (1879) present women as systemically restricted by an 1800âs patriarchal society, which elicits a response of sympathetic relatability within a typical female Victorian reader. Both of these novels are defined by the controversy of binary conflicts, which, if left unresolved, tear apart Gaskellâs Nora and Torvald, but consequently draw Ibsenâs Margaret...
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Shakespeareâs immense impact on the world of literature and language is still present today, over 400 years later. The themes, ideas, and messages across his works, still being relevant today, suggest he was not of an age, but in fact, for all time. Shakespeare transformed nouns into verbs, verbs to adjectives, and suffixes and prefixes were added to adjust the...
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In Coriolanus play, Getting a name is closely associated with having an identity , so if a person does not have a name, he is nothing. Comenius said about Coriolanus âHe called me by my name only once, and I reminded him of our relationship and the blood weâve shed together. He wouldnât answer to âCoriolanusâ or any other name....
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Throughout the play Bennett has made Dakin to appear the most confident and self- assured out of the boys but the audience later find out that this is just an act to cover up his vulnerability. An underlying theme in the history boys is sexuality and throughout the play the audience see that Posner is the only boy that is...
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In both texts, gender and sexuality are presented by the authors as something which is supposed to aid the students in their learning and is a natural component of their education. Miss Brodie, for example, continuously emphasises how important being in her âprimeâ is to her girls as it is the height of her beauty and allure as a woman....
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Cleopatra is described as someone with infinite variety. âage can not wither her, nor custom stale her infinite varietyâ. The way in which Antonys own friend describes Cleopatra this way implies the idea that even though she is incredibly beautiful; which firstly attracted Antony she is in fact hard to work out and determine, due to her constant changing moods...
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As seen in the first few sentences Shakespeare displays how shocked and confused Cleopatra is that the love of her life and the warrior and protector of so many has been defeated. It could be said that she feels that for this to happen the world must be changed, and for the worst as âyoung boys and girls are equal...
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Two of Shakespeareâs plays which focus heavily on the theme of gender are The Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night. In both plays, Shakespeare simultaneously supports and poses challenges to early-modern understandings of gender. In The Taming of the Shrew, the misogynistic treatment of Kate reflects the patriarchal values which were standard of the period, whilst subtle mocking and...
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What do you think will happen when you are hated by your family and everyone you care for? Even when you try to protect them? In A View from the bridge, Arthur Miller paints a picture of a family in the 1950s, in Red Hook of when two illegal immigrants come into this familyâs house and change their lives forever....
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According to the OED, the etymology of the word âgraveâ illuminates that it originates from Germanic dissent and can be traced back to the Old English word âgraefâ, the Dutch word âgrafâ, and the German word âgrabâ. Adding on, grave also comes from the Old English root, âgrafanâ, which means to dig, or to engrave. Similarly, the Old High German...
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Where Duffy uses revisionism to re-evaluate alternative representations of femininity in history throughout âThe Worldâs Wifeâ, Bennett encourages the reader to re-evaluate the nature of history through Irwinâs revisionist versions of it, so introducing the idea of historiography, whereby historical accounts are dependent upon personal experiences or cultural context. Duffy deliberately distances her characters from sentimentalised idealism regarding the role...
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In his play A View from the Bridge, Arthur Miller tells the story of the life of italian immigrants living in new york city in the 1950s. Eddie's obsession with Catherine and his paranoia turns out to be his fatal flaw, and leads to his downfall. Eddie goes from being a kind, loving father figure to Catherine, to a mean,...
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Immediately after the release of Anjan Duttâs film Srijit Mujhkerjeeâs Zulfiqar came out in October 2016 and the audience witnessed a combination of Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra [Figure 29]. The first half of the film adapts Julius Caesar, while the latter half adapts the plot of Anthony and Cleopatra and the two halves are skillfully linked instead of...
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Therefore, she is the true tragic figure and deserves to die in the fifth act. L. T. Fitz complains about the sexist attitudes of critics: In analysis of Shakespeareâs plays critics often employ comparisons of characters from different plays; for example, Hamlet has a more complicated state of mind, is more pensive and more calculating than Othello; or, while King...
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In Shakespeareâs comedy The Taming of the Shrew, a number of individuals assume different identities through an array of varying illusions. Deception is a prominent thematic concern within the play, as a multitude of characters adopt disguises, only to reveal their true personalities. Bianca conceals her genuine temperament through her misleading behaviour, while both Hortensio and Lucentio don physical guises...
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âMeasure for Measureâ features female characters from various backgrounds, representing the whole of Viennese society. Women from the upper-classes, such as Isabella, are featured alongside their lower class compatriots, such as brothel keeper Mistress Overdone. However, all of them have one thing in common; in maledominated Vienna, women are portrayed, first and foremost, in terms of their sexuality. One of...
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Oedipus is a great king whose parents abandoned on the mountainside and choose to kill to stop evil prophecy from happening to them. His name is derived from his âswollen feetâ where he was bound to be killed. He is the main character in the epic play âOedipus the Kingâ and was originally from Thebes before being taken to Corith...
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Dr. Faust portrays the spirit of the Renaissance in various ways. First, the author of Dr. Faustus Christopher Marlowe was himself a hallmark of the Renaissance period. He was inundated with the essence of the Renaissance through his immense thirst for vast knowledge, his desire for sensual enjoyment of natural life, his extreme determination and his ultimate desire for supremacy...
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For this essay styled essay response, Iâve decided to combine two of the three questions Iâll be answering into one whole response since I find my response of both questions to be one that I can combine into a singular response to fluidly move into my next essay response as Iâll be discussing on the chorus overall with the addition...
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As in other plays, reflecting a specific culture, âDeath and the Kingâs Horsemanâ has kept close to religious and traditional issues, but it has shaped culture into a great tragedy. Aristotle defines tragedy in his book poetics as: A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in appropriate and...
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In many ways, Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida and Measure for Measure are examples of his 'problem plays' that are concerned with self-division and lack of self-knowledge. The former play deals with the duality of the characters and it is in the knowledge or lack of knowledge in this duality between the characters which makes it a problem play. Self-division is...
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The Death and the Kingâs Horseman play is based on a real incident that took place in Nigeria when it was under the British colonial rule, where a Horseman of a Yoruba King was prevented from committing ritual suicide by the colonial authorities. In growth to the British interference, Soyinka calls the Horsemanâs own fervour toward suicide into enquiry, posing...
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