From these thing, it is made clear that Lear is not only rash and insecure but also thoughtless and stupid. Based on these pieces of textual evidence, I think it is clear that King Lear is motivated by his self-concern, and nothing more. Shakespeare causes us to think this through both his words and his actions throughout Act
The third, unfavorable trait of Macbeths came in the form of ignorance. As other characters pressure Macbeth into making quick decisions, he does not realize how ignorant and oblivious he is being. The consequences of his actions are hardly ever even considered, for example, after he saw the dagger, “Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?” and ignorance took the best of him as he went to kill the king. After the witches spoke the four apparitions, Macbeth, being ignorant, believed that nothing
Since Lady Macbeth set him up to this by insulting his manhood, Macbeth took a turn for the worst when he started experiencing fear and guilt. You’d think he’d put an end to all of this negativity by this point, yet it actually drags out and he continues with doing malicious, unlawful acts. Eventually this leads to more trouble for Macbeth; He begins to struggle with hallucinations and sleeplessness, causing him to become extremely paranoid. He began to lose his human qualities during this process of regaining his ‘so-called’ manhood, as his killing spree was pretty much a joke on his actual manliness. Macbeth’s decadence then led to his marriage to slowly fall apart.
In Shakespeare’s play, ‘King Lear’, we are shown an array of characters that are multi-dimensional and extremely complex. Shakespeare has the ability to reveal a human character with an exceptional use of language. The three characters that I believe have large roles and functions within the play are, understandably, King Lear himself, The Fool, and Kent. The Fool acts as Lear's conscience and trusted guide, yet he is also a critic of Lear, a truth teller. In effect this makes a true friend, however some believe it was the Fool's constant remarks that drove Lear to madness.
‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ demonstrates aspects of farce and aspects of ‘incongruity’ (Langley:2012) which at first glance make the play seem purposeless. However the ‘trivial’ aspect to ‘serious people’ suggests that maybe to someone with little understanding would struggle to infer the play but after closely reading it, I tend to agree with the statement of Simon Bubb. As Anna Sarchet says,‘In fact, it is because of the epigrammatic exchanges and witty repartees that Wilde creates the space to be subversive’. The play is overloaded with humour, wit, paradoxical twists, and epigrams.The wit is clever, subtle. As the critic Peter Raby says ‘the play remains… a critique of the absurdity of all forms and conventions’.
Andrew Davies purposely used that technique to mirror Shakespeare’s thematic technique to create similar effect. I also noticed that the positioning of the character is quite interesting, in every conversation between Jago and Othello, Jago is always the one in higher position. This aims to symbolise Jago’s power, control and manipulation over Othello. This also gives an imagery of Jago being the puppet master who controls everything behind the scene. Shakespeare’s Othello is a tragedy so it is most crucial that the adaptation keeps the important aspects which make the play what it is.
So then, my contribution to the scores of literary analysis on the works of the “great master” would seem trivial but in such, I would hope to provide at the least a view on one of his works that yet again that baffle and amaze me. As literary critic Alfred Kazin would say, “I am moved by the force of Shakespeare's mind.” I most certainly agree with this and perhaps the only slight difference would be that I am more stunned than moved—and am to be left in isolation searching for my soul. His tragedies then are that of a quasi-religious statement that moves so much the mind and paralyzes the body—in the same way stopping oneself for a time. This is the force that has moved so “many ships” and has done so in me. Here, I make an account on the tragedy of the “Moor of Venice” and his subordinate, who schemes much of the tragedy yet seems to love him like an angel.
F.R. Leavis claimed that 'a habit of self approving self-dramatization is an essential element in Othello's make-up'. Do you agree with this description of Othello's character? Many critics have disagreed over whether Othello ever actually experiences a catharsis and acknowledges his own culpability. This debate dates back to T. S. Eliot’s view of Othello as only 'cheering himself up' and 'not thinking about Desdemona, only himself', and although Eliot's argument is focused on Othello's final soliloquy, Leavis echoes this same position in a rather more general manner, as he states that the 'habit of self-approving self-dramatization is an essential element in Othello’s make-up, and remains so at the very end'.
They can be that his stories are amazing, dark and deep. That he shaped the English language we know today, and also that his writing style itself was so beautiful that other writers can recognize that as well. The question I think needs to be answered is: Why is Shakespeare so important, and why is he still relevant today? Shakespeare genuinely tried to write for his audiences. He wanted the plot to strike them even if it didn’t sit well with them.
Shakespeare uses it as opening lines to introduce the idea of love being harmful and painful from the very beginning of the play, truly making it a theme throughout the play. It conveys to the audience that he doesn’t want to love her but can’t seem to help it, which in turn makes audience question if they would love if they had a choice in it. Shakespeare creates a sense of Pity for Orsino and his situation in the audience, with him almost physically hurting because of the strength of the emotional pain love is causing him to endure. As many people will have felt a similar way before – if not as intense a pain – from the very start of Twelfth Night we can empathise with the characters.