Oberon who initiates the pranks not only changed Bottom and Titania’s lives but also Lysander, Hermia, Helena, and Demetrius. He watches the frivolous exchanges between the four characters and he decides to intervene. He wishes to simply make Demetrius fall in love with Helena. He orders Puck, a fairy, to use a plant to make Demetrius infatuated with Helena. With this plan a comical yet a complex play is unfolded.
William Shakespeare’s impeccable use of the dynamics to shape power play in ‘Othello’ is displayed through Iago’s jealousy, and the themes of manipulation and prejudice. Jealousy, referred to as the “green eyed monster,” by Iago, is present throughout this text and is a key aspect for the contribution to Iago’s devious plans succeeded by his power over others. As expressed in the play, Iago is jealous of Michael Cassio for being offered the promoted position of lieutenant, "One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, a fellow almost damned in a fair wife; that never set a squadron in the field, nor the devision of a battle knows more than a spinster… But he, sir, had the election: and I, of whom his eyes had seen the proof at Rhodes, at Cyprus and on other grounds Christian and heathen, must be lee'd and calmed by debitor and creditor: this counter-caster, he, in good time, must his lieutenant be,” here Iago is explaining that he deserved the position of lieutenant as he is far better than Michael Cassio in the battle field. This, as well as his hatred for Othello, is some of the main reasons that drive Iago to follow through his evil plotting. Shakespeare applies power play to heighten a person’s influence and control over others; the theme of manipulation is expressed in astonishing ways through Iago’s power in Othello.
/ Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.” (IV.iv.20-23). This proves the influence Lady Macbeth had on him, for him to be so altered and uncaring at the end of the play is merely the result of all the pressure and mental abuse she put on him while convincing him to become so destructive and
By having sex to rebel against the mind-controlling Youth Movement’s talks about pro-creational sex, Julia goes against the Party because “sexual privation induces hysteria…and could be transformed into war-fever” (822). Sex poses danger to the Party, and because the Party outlaws it, Julia becomes an outsider. Unlike Winston and Julia, Parsons transforms from an outsider who hated Big Brother to an insider after staying in “the place where there is no darkness” (757). The place Parson transforms in refers to the room in the Ministry of Love in which torture alters people’s beliefs. Parson originally holds the belief that evil exists inside the Party, but he changes his beliefs to a pro-Party stance, even going as far as to thanking the Party for saving him.
To show that he believes that young love inevitably results into tragedy, Juliet and Romeo die. When Romeo goes to see Juliet, after being chased by helicopters, she is surrounded by hundreds of candles. Lurhmann uses this technique to engage the audience and keep true to Shakespeare’s original version of Romeo and Juliet. Lurhmann’s version of Romeo and Juliet was so successful because after hearing the prologue the stereotypical male would like to watch it because it has violence and the stereotypical female would is engaged because she knows there will be romance in the film when she hears, “A pair of star-crossed
In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the characters Romeo and Juliet commit acts of insanity for the love they believe they have for one another. In the 15th century, in Verona, Italy, two royal families live in feud. Romeo is a Montague while Juliet is a Capulet. One day the families fight After, the prince explains if there is another fight, death will be immediate. Later in the day, the Capulet’s hold a party where Romeo sneaks in.
Firstly the beginning of the play shows Stanley abusing his leadership in the household to get what he wants. During the scene where Stanley is playing poker with his friends and Blanche begins to interrupt them, he finds himself losing his dominance in the group and ends up having a tantrum. “Let the rut go of me, you sons of bitches!” (Williams 58), Stanley blows his top and goes crazy on both his friends and his wife whom he hits. A character of this mental instability should not be even thought of as a hero, his control over his house is not the only thing he abuses when together with his wife and sister in law. Stanley hates when Blanche gets more attention than him.
They will prorbaly meet bad fates, because of all of their fighting natures. • At the end of the street fight in scene 1, what does Escalus, the Prince of Verona, threaten to do if the Capulet and Montague families get into another fight? He threatens to sentence them all to death. • How do Romeo and his friends learn that Rosaline will be invited to Capulet’s party? They see the guest list when the invitations are being passed out.
In Act II where there is a party in Leonatos house Beatrice talks to a masked man and tell awful things about Benedick to him. “He is the prince’s jester: a very dull fool…” This is telling u that Beatrice knows that the masked men is Benedick but she wants to make him feel bad. After that Benedick explodes and go talk with Don Pedro. “But that my Lady Beatrice should know me, and not know me! The prince’s fool!
He sneaks into the ball and if he would not have been in the Capulet’s house, he would have never met Juliet. At the ball he also makes Tybalt angry, which makes the feud worse. Romeo’s bad decisions lead to the death of many characters including Tybalt, Paris and his true love Juliet. Juliet also made bad decisions which lead to her death. For example, when she trusts the Friar to get the information to Romeo.