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Romeo and Juliet, a renowned dramatic love story, is often compared to the film created by Baz Luhrman. Traditionally, books are deemed superior to their cinematic counterparts; however, this may not apply to Romeo and Juliet. Both the play and the movie possess merits and flaws. Although they exhibit similarities, there are also disparities and…

Shakespeare, a well-known playwright on his generation has written many tragedy-dramas. One of this is Macbeth, it is considered as one of his darkest tragedy ever written. Predominantly, the main character has evolved from being a protagonist in the story to a villain. In the beginning, Macbeth was considered as a hero for defeating the…

Therefore when Blathers tells Romeo that his beloved Juliet is dead, Romeo goes into self-destruct mode and purchases poison from a man of medicine. (While all of this is happening Paris and his page have arrived at the tomb to admire Juliet. Paris has his page keeping watch for anyone who might approach. ) He…

Shakespearean Othello continues to engage audiences through its dramatic treatment of grand and challenging ideas. In the light of your critical study, does this statement resonate with you? Make specific reference to the text. Shakespeare explores numerous grand and challenging ideas throughout the play Othello. One such Idea Is the concept of dualities and the…

Macbeth: Macbeth A Murderer?At the end of the play, Malcolm refers to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as:’…this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen…’, consider the accuracy ofMalcolm’s judgment by reference to their speeches and actions throughout theplay. (2,5 pages)In Malcolm’s eyes, the Macbeths are just tyrannical murderers who snatched thethrone away from him and his…

Othello – Values and Attitudes “If Othello didnt begin as a play about race, history has made it one.”The Venetian society that Othello is set in is representative of the writers context. The attitudes and values that Shakespeare reveals through the text are those sameattitudes and values of Elizabethan society in England in the sixteenth-century….

In the late 1800s, Thomas Hardy wrote a novel that is notable for its tragic portrayal, a recurring theme seen in his other works. The conclusion of the story is also tragic, reflecting Hardy’s belief in fate and drawing parallels to Greek tragedies. Interestingly, the novel mirrors the structure and themes explored by Aristotle in…

Love as a cause of violence shows it self in may stories and themes. In the story of Romeo and Juliet, this happens in quite a few occasions. The several occasions include when Romeo and Juliet both threaten to kill them selves if the friar doesn’t do something about the Paris and Juliet marriage. There…

In general, the theme of love and the course of it intertwine with the fate of the lenient peacefulness of this tragedy. His determined desolation from his family stirs unease in his cousin, Benevolent. During the course of this tale, Romeo blooms to become a mature man, who has experienced the double edged blade of…

Psychoanalytic Criticism According to a popular Freudian theory, children are sexually attracted to their parent of the opposite sex. Most of the time, the child ends up getting into relationships with people that are reminiscent of their parent of the opposite sex. In Hamlet, the main character, Hamlet, seems to be following this Freudian theory….