The significance of ‘Othello’ today is that Shakespeare is a well-known, respected play writer. The film ‘O’ is perceivably understandable because of the modern adaptations of characters, surroundings as well as music and lyrics. In saying this, critics of ‘O’ today interpret the film as a mockery to Shakespeare’s ‘Othello.’ Appropriations and adaptations are imperative, as it has been altered to a modern film from Shakespeare’s play. Although ‘O’ has been adapted and appropriated from the classical text ‘Othello,’ it still carries the value of fidelity. Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ shows morals and values through each character, giving the perception of an allegory.
I agree with several points that this article makes. The first one being that translation is by nature is imperfect. To my way of thinking, translations are best conveyed with the reader is able to grasp the same emotions/connections that were intended by the original author. Language barriers play a huge role in translation because often, it is limited to the words that are common to both languages and the test are just depictions of the translators interpretation of the text. The Text states that Moliere wrote many different types of plays and they were well known for their timeless characters, which is still well known.
How has the study of the connection between your set texts shaped your understanding of context and values? The exploration of William Shakespeare’s play ‘King Richard III’ and Al Pacino’s 1996 doco-drama film ‘Looking for Richard’ reveals the explicit relationships between each text and their respective audience. The Elizabethan and twentieth century contexts in each of these texts are important as it demonstrates the value of each text and enables the understanding of how the film enriches the ideas presented in the play. Shakespeare’s ‘King Richard III’ portrays a malicious and corrupted Richard to explore the themes of divine justice and the notion of outer appearance versus inner reality in the theocentric context of the Elizabethan society. Four centuries later, Al Pacino’s ‘Looking for Richard’ reflects the director’s quest to come to terms with a Shakespearean text in a contemporary context, providing a personal examination of the same Richard’s behaviour, whist simultaneously reflects the post modern era with the absence of divine order and the change in views of conscience.
It also targets Elizabethan audience obliquely as it displays Shakespeare as an authentic man who believes in fate. This theme is also brought forward via emphasis on the role of language in manipulation in this
I find Moliere’s play, Tartuffe, to be entertaining for the underlying message of historical hypocrisy which it sheds to light. After reading the comedy of Tartuffe, I can only agree that it is an intellectual whirlwind of classical genius which tantalizes even the modern mind by echoing to us the importance of scrutinizing the narratives and analyzing the flaws and follies alike which are evident even within our own era. Tartuffe stands out to me because of the power that resonated from the creation of this societal satire and the fact that unlike other works of the era which were forced to fall in line with a strict code of adherence generated by the aristocracy of the classical era, this piece served as a direct challenge to the narrative
Similarities between Edward de vere and characters like Hamlet is also very good proof to argue the authorship debate with. The way hamlets life is made out to be, and how it is so similar to de Vere suggest that Edwards life was put in a play, and called Hamlet, because they had so many similarities between the two. Another similarity with Edward de Vere and his life is Notably Polonius, this is a line from “young men falling out at tennis.” Oxfordians argue that this is also connect to
Hamlet is dominated by an emotion which is inexpressible, because it is in excess of the facts as they appear.... We should have to understand things which Shakespeare did not understand himself." T.S. Eliot (Hamlet and His Problems) In the play Hamlet [Titles] by William Shakespeare the cast of main characters use the support given to them by the foils to enhance the play. A foil is a minor character who by simulations [?] and differences reveals character, and who, as an element of plot, is there for the more important character to talk to (vevra [sic] ).
Aristotle’s Poetics is not only relevant to Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex Aristotle’s muse for the writings of his Poetics was Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex as well as works from other ancient Greek plays such as Homer, who Aristotle described as a ‘supreme poet of serious subjects’. This is indicative of Aristotle’s appreciation for the works of these ancient Greek playwrights, as Homer complemented him in his Poetics. Aristotle’s Oedipus Rex was the pinnacle of tragedies; he drew inspiration from several key components of this play to create his own great work that would contribute an enduring philosophy of theatre. This discussion will first seek to demonstrate the extent to which Aristotle drew directly from Oedipus Rex to highlight the key components of tragedy and the value of Aristotle’s principles in what makes a tragedy. I will also however, go on to examine how far Aristotle’s criterion for a successful tragedy has been applied to other genres of theatre, for instance the satire that became particularly popular in the eighteenth century.
I will try to demonstrate the various influences and assumptions that existed in Shakespeare’s time, by supporting my argument with opinions and arguments of critics, as well as highlighting textual evidence from the play itself. More focus will be given to Shakespeare’s Cleopatra, in which I will try to both dissect her character to have a better understanding of her multifarious sides, and shed some light on the political, cultural and social influences that led Shakespeare to portray her
Question: Select a scene or passage from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth that you find to be BEAUTIFUL or MOVING. Then discuss the nature of the beauty or force that you find in your selection. One could comment on the power of image created and its effect, the impact that the language (diction) has on the scene and/or audience, the creation of mood, the development and enhancement of motif, the development and enhancement of them, the interconnectedness and reinforcement of the scene to the rest of the play, or perhaps the inherent truth that your selection reveals about the human condition. MACBETH, [aside] Time, thou anticipat’st my dread exploits. The flighty purpose never is o’ertook Unless the deed go with it.