Module A: Comparison of Texts Individuals challenge the values that permeate time, in a manner that is relevant to their society. This rebellion is evident in William Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew and Gil Junger’s film 10 Things I Hate About You whereby Katherina and Kat initially disregard the social expectations for women of their context. The composers portray this comparably, using textual integrity so the women’s misunderstood, shrew-like behavior is suited to their culture and society. This in turn, provokes both characters to experience a transformation of self and their values. In The Taming of The Shrew, Katherina challenges the values and themes of courtship and marriage, dismissing the female etiquette when meeting her suitor.
Sheila birling In An Inspector Calls J.B.Priestley present Sheila Birling's change during the play in order to reflect some of his own ideas. Sheila is one of the few characters in the play who changes the most in terms of views on social responsibility. Priestley purposefully chose to present Sheila in this way to show the audience that her change should influence them to change their views too. Priestley was writing this play after a great time in change of the class system, after the Second World War. Priestley had witnessed the horrific events of both wars and realized the people in upper classes were still snobby and pessimistic when it came to changing their views in the class system.
This strong tension absorbs the brain and heart, causing irrational behaviour ending in destructive consequences, which causes destruction of human innocence. William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ and Tim Blake Nelson in his transformation film ‘O’ both show that regardless of context, jealousy is a human characteristic that remains unchanged. The context of these composers is seen to influence their representation of jealousy although they both present the same message that jealousy is indeed an uncontrollable, negative emotion causing irrational behaviour ending in destructive consequences that corrupts of human innocence. The context for Othello is Elizabethan England and the setting for most of Othello is Cyprus. These two elements are crucial to our understanding of the play.
Kendall Fagan Mrs. Randolph Honors English 1 28 February 2011 Blame Essay Imagine feeling such a strong hate that it warps and manipulates your ability to think and act clearly. In a perfect life, everyone would get along phenomenally and there would be no arguments or feuds. However, reality consists of pointless and meaningful arguments and many hateful people. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a perfect example of how hate can change even the most loyal people and lead to many unwanted events. Juliet’s tragic death blames most of the characters in the play and unfolds the effect of hate’s far-reaching power as the fault of her sorrowful demise, but Nurse, Friar, Capulet, and fate are most at blame.
In the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire' there are many areas in the play that leads us to the utmost dramatic scene; it is a set up for the bitter conclusion that makes this the dramatic high point of the play. Tennessee Williams exploits instances of plastic theatre, language and Stanley's constant fight for dominance as the alpha male for attention all build up to Blanche ending up shattered in the end of scene 10. Since Blanche had arrived in Stanley’s home it had been a continuous battle against Blanche, who adheres to the old South's customs where wealth had a big impact and Stanley whom is from a more modern time didn’t affect them as much. It is the dramatic high point of the play because it is the point of the play where Blanche is pushed to the limit in her mental state. What’s dramatic is that Stanley doesn’t take Blanche’s mental state into consideration saying, "Let's have some rough house!"
It is important this is revealed before the scene as it creates dramatic irony because the audience knows such a significant detail of the play, yet Juliet doesn't, even though it's her getting married. Shakespeare uses the contrast between love and hate to add tension to the scene, like when Capulet clashes with a distraught Juliet after she refuses to marry Paris. Shakespeare structures this scene to create dramatic tension. Romeo, Capulet, Lady Capulet and the Nurse all make entrances or exits which leads to a chaotic and panicky sort of atmosphere. The audience emotions would be changing constantly because everyone who enters the scene has something important to say that could potentially change the course of the play.
He feels that she has changed and the full confidence that Jason has on Medea that her earlier convictions of anger and revenge has completely vanished is so beautifully sketched in the lay that even the readers and audience find it hard to believe that Medea who was so filled with vengeance has had a complete change of heart . “The chorus, which stands apart from the action, often comments directly on the irony of a situation, and its speech in this section (lines 977-1001) serves to point out the complexity, one of the basic symptoms of irony, behind each character's evolving
She has the ability to build up a climax into a higher level and then to defuse it by ending an act – turning it into an anti-climax. Moments of high tension include the initial accusations of witches, and John Proctors attempt to undermine Abigail. This could suggest that Abigail Williams is only part of the play to relieve or exacerbate problems occurring in the play, demoting her from the category of being the most important character in, “The
Shakespeare explored this theme by using Elizabethan English to make Romeo and Juliet’s love overly dramatic. He used iambic pentameter for the audience to see how young love inevitably results into catastrophe by writing, “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their lives.” Lurhman was also critical of young love and believed that it was very dangerous. He expressed his view on young love being dangerous by also making the movie overly dramatic. The scene in the gas station clearly shows that the movie is going to be dramatic. To show that he believes that young love inevitably results into tragedy, Juliet and Romeo die.
Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” is an over the top and irrelevant piece of drama. Discuss this comment with close reference to the play. Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” is a piece of drama that involves a dilemma affecting the town of Salem. The drama can be in some cases viewed as over the top and irrelevant because of the language used, the superficial characters and an outstanding increase in tension. Arthur Miller highlights these themes by using a range of techniques like melodrama, metaphors and different language methods.