Review of Rupert Goold’s Macbeth I’ll admit, though it may get me beaten by some theater lovers, I’m not the biggest fan when it comes to Shakespeare productions. However, this rendition created by Rupert Goold with Patrick Stewart as lead man playing Macbeth, left a good taste in my mouth. The film opens in what seems to be a hospital ward in a time of fascism and violence; probably around the 1930’s if I had to guess. There’s enough blood, screaming, and morbidity to go around in what is just the preamble to the production which really sets the tone for is what to come. The actors speak Shakespeare’s dialogue eloquently and beautifully which I can personally deem as poetry in motion.
Truman Capote is most recognized for his famous novel Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which was later made into a Hollywood movie. There was more to him though then just his talented writing. The life of Truman Capote was full of delectation and dismay. He was thought by some as a pioneer of his time with his writing, but also his openness to his homosexuality. In the social circle he was well known for his extravagant Black and White Ball held in New York City.
To move forth to the second point, we also come to the idea that Gatsby couldn’t achieve his dream, for he was struggling with the concept of the dream, and we realize this by seeing him trying to love a memory that ceased to exist. As we can be led in, we see in the end of chapter 6 that Gatsby throws a party, but he notices Daisy didn’t like it. As F. Scott Fitzgerald states, “’Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously ‘why of course you can!’” (116) Nick tells Gatsby (in summarization, this is not how he said it specifically) not to feel bad about the past, because you can’t repeat it. Gatsby, in reply, states the quote previously noted. The significance of this quote is that it displays us the feelings Gatsby has for his memories.
What Does Bravery Mean To Me Once, “To kill a mockingbird” and “Prison Break” were the best selling novel book and the most popular television show in North America. Though the subject matters between them are very different, both of them display a character that demonstrates absolute bravery from different angles, which eventually come across. In the book “To kill a mockingbird”, Atticus Finch is a lawyer who lives America during the great depression. He is a single father; and believes righteousness is the most important. Although serious racism is going on, and black people are lower class humans, Atticus does his best to defend a black man who is in charge of rape.
March 28, 2012 The nineteen twenties was a time of partying, flapper girls, and young gentleman. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a writer during these roaring times, and wrote many best selling novels. The Great Gatsby, although not many copies were sold when first written, is now one of the most famous writings of its time. Throughout the story, Nick, one of the main characters, portrays many acts not many men his age would perform. Nick Carraway was a man of good character because he exhibited respect when he decided not to judge people and when he was ashamed of himself after Gatsby’s party, trustworthiness when he told Gatsby to let Daisy go and when he admits he is honest, and caring as he helped Gatsby with Daisy and reassures Jay Gatsby’s
Good vs. Evil The book “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” has been a very popular novel since it was published in 1886. The novel has been rewritten many different times by numerous people, but they all have the same main points. One of the biggest themes that the author tries to get across to the reader is that every person has good and evil in them, but they are not equal.
Miller shows the duller side of the American dream and what that revolves around whereas Fitzgerald begins with a very grand opening with a lot of class and money surrounding the characters, although like Willy Loman, their lives are very confused. The use of ‘Death of a Salesman’ being a play, it shows the emotions and facial expressions which would be greater to see in ‘The Great Gatsby’ as Daisy is putting on an act like Linda is but with Linda it is very clear. We only know Daisy is in discomfort from the view point of Nick Carraway and his writing in the past. He knows what happened between herself and Gatsby so his outlook on how she addressed the situation of Tom getting a call could be
The deaths of Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson rekindled the flames of Tom and Daisy's marriage. Their ends marked a new beginning for both cheating spouses. They went from not being able to even stand each other to almost a normal matrimony. V. One discovery that stood out to me from reading this book, was the fact that persistence doesn't always pay off. Contrary to popular belief, sometimes it may have adverse consequences.
Although, Shakespeare must have still been brooding in late 1600 and early 1601, when he sat down to write a tragedy whose doomed hero bore the name of his dead son. The death of his son was a crisis of mourning and memory—could have caused a mental disturbance that helps to explain the explosive power and inwardness of Hamlet. There were constant outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague and every time this occurred the theatres were shut down. This eventually sent Shakespeare away from the diesese infected areas. Shakespeare may have never been infected with the Bubonic Plague but almost every aspect of life was affected by this plague.
Automatons and the Pursuit of Happiness Throughout his most acclaimed play Our Town, playwright Thornton Wilder accused the American population of “sleepwalking” through their lives, and losing touch with their true passions. Wilder even admitted that his Pulitzer Prize winning play was “an attempt to find value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life.” Many criticized the play, saying that Wilder never achieved his venture. However, if one looks closer at the underlying themes of the play, you can see that Wilder did indeed write something of a wake-up call to the automatons of the post World War 1 America. Thornton Wilder does accomplish this through the use of daily schedules for his characters, the quickness of life, and the abruptness of death. Thornton Wilder first approaches repetition of schedule in the very beginning of the first act, with such references to time: “…it’s about dawn” (Wilder 6), and the