How does Shakespeare craft the character’s tone of voice in order to encourage the characters tone of voice? Through Shakespeare’s play Macbeth (a bloodthirsty tale of ambition) and Merchant of Venice (comedy and near tragedy) Shakespeare crafts the characters tone of voice by many techniques such as their dialogues. Merchant and Venice was written in 1596 or 1567, it is set in Venice’s Italian setting and marriage plot and Shakespeare first great heroine and the unforgettable villain Shylock elevate this play to a new level. The basic plot outline with the characters of the merchant, poor suitor, fair lady and a villainous Jew. Jews in Shakespeare’s England would have been familiar with portrayals of Jews as villains and main source of mockery.
By considering carefully the content of these plays and how they were performed and received, the importance to Greek society and the imperative role they played may be able to be ascertained. When considering the role of theatre within Grecian society we must look at the most influential form of drama: Tragedy. One of the three great playwrights of this era, Sophocles, wrote in his most famous play Antigone, of universal themes that appeal to a modern society as well as the intended audience. Sophocles was very much concerned with showing the “moral process of the individual” (Walton, 1984, p. 3) and addressing issues that forced the audience to question how they viewed religion and morality (Taylor, 1999). As these plays were performed
The story of Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles, is very different and more complex. He uses dramatic irony and close comparison to make the audience think and to try to figure out the meanings behind the words. By closely analyzing the plays of hippolytus and Oedipus Rex one can see that Oedipus Rex is the better of the these two Greek tragedies. The plot is the most important aspect of the tragedy. Aristotle tells us that a plot is a representation of an action and must be presented as a unified whole.
Play selected: Antigone by Jean Anouilh Skill: Acting Practitioners: Konstantin Stanislavski & Vsevolod Meyerhold Skill: Set design Practitioner: Edward Gordon Craig Section one: The play we’ve selected is Antigone, the main reasons is because of the dream like approach we could adapt to it. By not using the original Greek script but Jean Anouilh’s modern version, this gave us full flexibility and freedom to show expressionism in full effect. Expressionism is an attempt to discover a technique and a method which will express what the dramatist conceives the inner reality of his drama to be, more perfectly and impressively than any of the other dramatic modes are capable of doing. We have chosen to apply the ideas of Konstantin Stanislavski, Vsevolod Meyerhold and Edward Gordon Craig into our performance. Both practitioners, Meyerhold and Craig developed ground breaking approaches to expressionism which is the direction that we chose to follow to interpret Antigone at its best.
Requirements Your essay should have the following: A clear argument of opinion and purpose expressed in a thesis statement and introduction. Numerous accurate supporting details and events from the novel that directly back up your opinions. At least three (probably more) properly cited quotes from the (each) novel. Accurate and insightful analysis of the novel. Generally correct grammar and mechanics.
3. Shakespeare effectively uses a powerful literary device, Pathetic Fallacy, in the play, Macbeth. Discuss how this device is used in Act II. 4. Choose ONE of the following quotations and identify the speaker, audience, context, and significance: Act Three In Shakespearean tragedies, Act III is extremely significant as the plot builds up to its climax, and the fall of the tragic hero begins.
Being the only example with complete surviving works he is therefore taken as representative of Old Attic Comedy. A running theme within his writing is the political satire of current events, such as the Peloponnesian war which heavily influenced his plays such as The Wasps and Lysistrata. Now, almost considered to be literary relics, the works of Aristophanes along with other famous classical writers are held as an opportunity to learn more about the ancient world. However, his plays are not just examples of timeless literature, as it may be perceived today, but vital components of entertainment in ordinary Athenian life during the Peloponnesian war. Theatre in Aristophanes’ time was very different to what an audience would experience in the twenty-first century and this was characterised not only by the nature of the writing and the performance but also the physical
What plays might it be compared to? What is the effect of mingling comedyand tragedy in the same play?9. Bertold Brecht was one of the great innovators of the twentieth-century stage because of his "epic theater"; manycritics have seen a similarity between Brecht and Wilder's works, and this despite the fact that their politicalviews are very different from each other. Read Brecht's Mother Courage (also a war play) and discuss howBrecht and Wilder use non-realistic staging. What are the similarities?
Research Paper One of the greatest philosophers of Ancient Greece was Aristotle. He studied and explored many subjects. His analysis of the ideal form of tragic plays became a guideline for later playwrights in Western civilization. In his definition of tragedy, he stated, it is “the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in appropriate and pleasurable language;…in a dramatic rather than narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions.” In other words, a tragedy must be drastic and very serious; it should limit itself to one main issue to avoid confusion, and told with a rhythmic and harmonious language. The works must be dramatized and evoke feelings of pity and fear from the audience, for the main character or tragic hero as he or she moves toward a destructive end, eventually leading the audience to “explode” at the ultimate downfall of the hero.
The Influence of Aeschylus on Three of the World’s Greatest Writers One person who is not recognized by many is a Greek playwright named Aeschylus. He is known as the “Father of Tragedy,” but he should be credited with so much more than just a three word title. What he actually did was bring the concept of revenge into literature, which has become the main motif of many characters throughout stories. The obvious example of Aeschylus’ influence would be Shakespeare. Also, Thomas Jefferson read many of Aeschylus’ plays and was intrigued by his concept of vengeance.