This seems that it is the gender that affects the conflict and as traditions followed then, it was the men that ran society and made the decisions for women. Romeo and Juliet also takes place in a masculine world in which notions of honour, pride and status are all major to everyone and these factors can escalate to violence. The violence in the play’s social environment is a dramatic tool that Shakespeare creates to make the lover’s romance seem even more precious, valuable and fragile: their relationship is scene by society as an insignificant feeling of love in a significant world of hate. The fights between Mecutio and Tybalt and then Romeo and Tybalt are surreal. Passion outweighs reason at every point and Shakespeare wants to highlight the young love in this masculine society as well as show it is the men that cause conflict and a world of hate.
The first four songs are based on the first four scenes. The fifth and the sixth songs are in Friar and Nurse’s perspective. Quotes from the play are well used in the lyrics; help the readers to understand the character’s characteristic and what happen throughout each scene. First song, “Bite my thumb” is about the fight between the two rival houses’ servants. By using aggressive verbs and strong beat, it shows the conflict between the two families, which is very important for people to know so that they can have better ideas of why Romeo and Juliet’s love is a forbidden love.
Oedipus Rex is the most famous tragedy ever written. The story represents a monumental theatrical and interpretative challenge. The play Oedipus the King is a tragedy of a man who cannot get away from his fate. He has too much pride to step out of the path of his oncoming fate. ‘Children, why do you sit here with such sorrow, crying out to the gods?
Social issues in Aristophanes comedy Introduction Comedy was derived from a Greek word komoidia, which means song. Aristotle argued that comedy was ultimately developed from song. With the introduction of comedy people did not grasp it quickly simply because no one took it seriously. Aristophanes is considered the best playwright of comedies in the classical literary period because of his comedies that are extant. Aristophanes, Eupolis, and Cratinus were among the best playwrights who ancient critics recognized for their literary works.
Considered as the ultimate love narrative Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers"[destinies follow opposite directions] whose unfortunate and untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. Within this assignment, the main characters within Romeo and Juliet will be analysed, to assess each individual’s contribution to the tragedy. On concluding the essay, a judgement will be made, to discuss who or what was to blame for the tragedy and how it may have been prevented. Romeo, one of the most dominate characters within the play, is the only son of Lord and Lady Montague. The 16 year old teenager portrays many varied attributes that led to his actions and affected his judgement during the play.
I did not like how some of the actors played double roles because in an already confusing play trying to follow “who is who” is not an easy task. My favorite actor was probably Chris Young, who played Prince Myshkin, because in this role the actor had to portray a guy who would give you the clothes off his back, is too trusting, and is very likeable at first meet. I thought Chris did a great job of being all those. Overall, other than Prince, Rogoshin, and Nastasya most actors played both a tragic and comedic role, or at least in one of their many roles in the play. On a side note I did not like how one of the actresses yelled at the row behind me about not talking during the show.
The Iliad is the first great book, and the first great book about the suffering and loss of war. Homer, for reasons of his own, suppressed the truth about the Trojan war- in reality, the Greeks lost. Homer once said, “Men learn with difficulty… But they are deceived only too readily”. In The Iliad, two characters have the narrative urge, and something approaching a synoptic view of the scenes surging around them. Achilles sings stories of heroes' deeds in battle, and Helen embroiders scenes of fighting on an elaborate textile.
This is one of the reasons why Willy was the only person to blame for his downfall. “It is the tragedy of a man who did believe that he alone was not meeting the qualifications laid down for mankind.” 2 I agree with this quote written by the playwright, Arthur Miller. With such a strong goal in life, that is to be wealthy and famous, he himself
To what Extent is King Lear a Tragic Hero? Aristotle said that tragedy is characterised by seriousness and dignity and involving a great person who experiences a reversal of fortune. Aristotle’s definition can include a change of fortune from bad to good, but he says that the change from good to bad is preferable because this affects pity and fear within the audience. Tragedy results in catharsis (emotional cleansing) or healing for the audience through their experience of these emotions in response to the suffering of the characters in the drama/play. According to Aristotle a tragic hero must be a noble person and also hold a “high” status in society.
By using this technique the audience trust him, and believe what he says. He refers to that tragedy by giving a hint when he says: “Watched it run its bloody course”. In The play “View from Bridge”, Alfieri’s character and function are very important because he creates the tension and interaction between the audience and the characters in the play. ” Miller used “Bridge” to sell his theory that true tragic heroes may well emerge from the common run of contemporary lives. So eager was he to make the point that he even included a one-man Greek chorus, an Italian-born lawyer named Alfieri, who speaks loftily about the grandeur of the story’s “bloody course” of incestuous longings and fatal consequences.” (Ben Brantley lines 22-29) Alfieri has two functions, first as a character, and second as a narrator.