Belonging is inevitable, and everywhere we go whether we notice it or not it is a prominent feature. Authors will exploit this core human attribute to create interest in the readers, evoke emotions and to explore the basics of human life. What does belonging mean to you? An example of this belonging is found in both Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and William Shakespeare’s Othello. In both of these plays, the playwrights have manipulated the concept of belonging and explored the belonging of humans to create strong characters in their texts.
These techniques effectively suggest Coral’s acceptance towards change. In act 2 scene 4, Repetition is established once again ‘We’ll have a wonderful, wonderful time’. This has been used by Gow to portray her positive attitude in regards to the opportunity to change. The play coral performs with Tom “The Stranger on the Shore” reflects her acceptance of her own son’s death where in act 4 scene 3 she says repeatedly “I’m walking”. It’s now at this moment she has willingness to rejoin the real world once again.
Lucas Ocampo Mr. Rucker English G Mother transformation analysis Through the Tunnel not only shows how a kid learnt a very important life lesson, but also how a mother learns to become less overprotective over her child. In this story a mother goes with her kid (Jerry) to the beach during summer and she decides that he is old enough to go spend the day by himself. As much as she hates leaving her son on his own, she knows that she should not be over protective but it’s a challenge that the mother faces throughout the story. The mother was very doubtful on whether to let Jerry spend the day by himself without any adult supervision, she was worried for her son’s safety. Many things could go wrong if her kid was by himself, like having sunstroke or even breaking a bone and nobody would be there to help him.
Shakespeare on the other hand chooses to primarily “delight” his audience, the processes of “instruction” and “punishment” incurred as a result of this “delight”. Dryden’s critique can be proved to a significant degree through the analysis of both plays, the contrasting attitudes of both playwrights in regards to entertaining their audience proving that “the first end of Comedie is delight” with “instruction” and “punishment” of personal and social faults second to the power of any given comedy. An apt and ingenious choice of setting is imperative to the success of any play, particularly one which belongs to the genre of comedy. Ben Jonson uses Blackfriars as his setting in order to enhance the satirical power of his play whilst Shakespeare uses Messina to punish personal and social faults in an environment which allows his audience to disassociate themselves with the characters of the play, allowing them to take “delight” in a literary fantasy. The aspects of Dryden’s critique suggesting that “the first end of comedy
Help others and learn how to forgive them as well. As seen in the movie how Morrie gives Mitch the reason to live his dreams, and not to have a life filled with voids. Life is too short to go after materialistic and superficial happiness instead look for things that make one happy wholly. The particular value of leisure that I heard about in the movie was that help others and the importance of showing affections and gratitude to others as it impacts your emotional health in a positive way. Having positive relationships and showing them that you care for them by embracing your loved ones.
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.
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (1599-1601) has successfully continued to engage audiences through its dramatic treatments of soliloquies and asides. It has retained value as being worth critical study in both an Elizabethan and modern context – this may be said due to its mirroring of human nature in society, thereby depicting the thematic concepts of struggle and disillusionment. Shakespeare’s use of dramatic and language techniques, consisting of much great symbolism and metaphorical language, illustrates the dramatic irony and action of textual integrity in Hamlet. Thus these salient notions are achieved through Hamlet’s speech directed towards a society that reflects both an Elizabethan and modern contemporary context, whereby audiences reflect upon the depiction of humanity’s struggle in a disillusioned reality. In Hamlet’s third soliloquy, there are echoes of struggle and disillusionment which are illustrated as important concepts in dealing with Shakespearean language throughout the play of HAMLET.
Shakespeare has achieved a masterful blend of complex characters and themes, intense emotions and an equally intricate plot and sub-plotline. The profound depth of these features allows the audience to respond in unique and intense ways, and can be attributed to the varying interpretations of King Lear in performance that have appeared throughout time. It is debateable whether or not Shakespeare purposely created characters that whilst holding a large degree of complexity, were still rather vague in detail. Although critics such as A.C. Bradley saw this feature of King Lear as being one of its many structural weaknesses, it has proven to be quite a cunning tool. This vagueness is seen most prominently within the character of Cordelia.
The sonnet presents a theme that provides two paradoxical perspectives, one just as valid as the other. The setting of this sonnet is at a beach where the speaker is writing his lover’s name on the sand. His writing is washed away by the tide so he wrote it again yet his writings still suffered the same fate. In the sonnet, the tide/water is personified as a provider of pain to the speaker. The speaker’s wife steps in telling the speaker that all his actions are in vain since he cannot stop the tide from rushing in.
Macbeth Discuss the role of imagery in the tragedy Macbeth. How important is imagery to the play and in what ways is it depicted? Imagery is an essential technique in the evolving of the plot and characters in Macbeth. The importance of imagery to Macbeth is extremely valuable, as the technique is employed strongly throughout the play by Shakespeare. Through imagery, Shakespeare is also able to reveal Macbeth’s true character, most dominantly through clothing imagery, light and darkness imagery, and blood imagery.