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How successfully has Andrew Davies transformed William Shakespeare’s original text for a modern audience? In this essay I will explain how Andrew Davies’ film, Othello, 2001 released in 2001, is a successful transformation of William Shakespeare’s tragic play, Othello first performed in 1604. The play follows the events of the General Othello while outlining his…

He had thought of the South as a sunny, lazy land washed by soft breezes laden with spice and warm blossoms, where life ran tranquilly to the rhythm of black folk singing in sun-bathed cottonfields. But now he had discovered another, unsuspected side – a dark, brooding, fear-haunted side… — “Pigeons from Hell,” The Horror…

Outline Thesis Brutus was one of the most complex Shakespeare’s characters we have read about and while he was involved in the murder of Caesar, he was not a villain. He was a tragic hero, whose idealism was his downfall. Introduction  Analysis of Brutus’ Character Brutus was a man whose ideals and trusting nature caused…

One common fear in modern society is the fear of not belonging. This fear is shared by people of all backgrounds and ages. Many believe that in order to gain someone’s acceptance, they must conform to that person’s social circle. Jay Gatsby, as an ordinary individual, also desires to fit into society. His love for…

Quoted Passage for Commentary: “If he’d caught a sound form one of us, just a moan, he would have crushed out heads and ship timbers with one heave of another flashing, jagged rock!….I called back with another burst of anger, ‘Cyclops, if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded…

Poets utilize imagery to communicate meaning, sentiments, and emotions. Robert Frost is renowned for his exceptional use of imagery in contemporary poetry. His poem “The Road Not Taken” shed light on Frost’s artistic creations, captivating poetic readers and critics alike. Frost expertly employs language elements like diction and syntax to captivate and stir the reader’s…

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells a narrative of Scout Finch and her older brother, Jem, in the 1930 ‘s Alabama. In the beginning Scout, starts out as a really undeveloped kid non cognizing the bias times nearby, as the narrative advancement she additions consciousness of these times. Arthur “ Boo ” Radley…

A Scarlet Romance is the year 1644, Boston Massachusetts, and the stage is set for one of the most famous romance novels of our time. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne set a genre standard for American Romanticism, with an intrinsic love of nature, sense of freedom of Imagination and emotion, and the low regard…

In Charles Dickens acclaimed classic ‘Great Expectations’ the character of Magwitch portrays a sense of evil and kindness towards a blacksmiths son Pip formally known as Philip Pirrip. The novel helps to incorporate the conditions experienced by many people in the nineteenth century. These conditions were especially harsh on criminals, punishments were a major factor…

            The short story entitled “Of Shooting an Elephant” is centered on the theme of living the life of a stranger. The story was about the experience of a sahib, narrated by himself, in the land of the Burmese he called “men with the yellow faces”.  At the beginning of the story, I would say…