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Plays are forms of literature written by playwrights for theatrical performances. These are written with dialogs between characters in a variety of genres – tragedy, historical, satire, comedy or farce. Among the famous plays is William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

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Who was the protagonist of Taken?

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What are the themes in shreds of tenderness by john ruganda?

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The Themes evident are : Corruption, abuse of power, change, political instability,

How many times does the word 'Brain' appear in William Shakespeare's plays?

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Seventy-eight times. If you want to count "brains" that's another forty-four times. "Brain" or "brains" appears ten times in Cymbeline alone. How could anyone forget such lines as " art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation,

proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?" from Macbeth.

How does Abigail threaten the other girls?

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(in regards to the play "The Crucible") Abigail threatens to kill any girl who reveals information about the events that occured in the forest.

Who created the Playstation portable?

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Sony invented the PSP! That is why it is called the sony play station portable!

When does lady Macbeth use flattery?

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On Duncan when he arrives at Inverness in I, 6.

How was A Midsummer Night's Dream first performed?

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It was written at around 1595. At this time the Lord Chamberlain's Men were performing at The Theatre, and did not move to the Curtain until 1597. It was NOT performed for the first time at the Globe, since the Globe was not built until 1599, about four years later.

Why is Asagai's present to Beneatha appropriate in the play A Raisin in the Sun?

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They are because Asagai's gifts are not meaningless trinkets but are things that are both useful to and desired by Beneatha.

What is TS Eliot's 'Murder in the Cathedral' about?

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Lawrence S. Rainey and Robert Von Hallberg - Editorial/Introduction - Modernism/Modernity 1:1 Modernism/Modernity 1.1 (1994) 1-3 Editorial/Introduction Lawrence Rainey and Robert von Hallberg We begin this journal in the belief that the artistic movement known as modernism produced the most radical and comprehensive changes in western culture since romanticism. Here would be the place to list those changes, if only they were all nameable and known, like characters in a chapter of yesterday's reading. Instead we sense that the effects of modernism still reverberate through all the arts, and its products surround us in the buildings where we work, the houses and apartments where we live, and even the chairs where we sit now trying to itemize its effects. Modernism was more than a repertory of artistic styles, more too than an intellectual movement or set of ideas; it initiated an ongoing transformation in the entire set of relations governing the production, transmission, and reception of the arts. The...

How does irony help progress A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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because that's what the author wanted. he speacializes in irony especialy dramatic irony

What was The Adventure of the Speckled Band?

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The Adventure of the Speckled Band is a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is consulted by a young woman whose sister has recently died under strange circumstances in a locked room. Her dying words are "It was the band! The speckled band!"

Why did Lorraine Hansberry Write A Raisin in the Sun?

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because she thought that it was something to talk about in the future . living a long her life it should be something writing about

Where did Shakespeare get his inspiration from?

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Answer 1:He got his inspiration from the social scene of Elizabethan society. Moreover, he just made modifications and additions in the themes available in the past ages. Still, his art to form and create was phenomenal! Answer 2:Shakespeare did not get his inspiration from the world around him, as many of his contemporaries did. Plays like The Roaring Girl or The Knight of the Burning Pestle are hard to understand now because we do not understand all the topical jokes.

But Shakespeare took his stories from old French and Italian storybooks, English history, fantasy literature, and older plays, not current events. In those old stories he found and exploited types of human interaction which were "not for an age, but for all time." That is why his plays continue to be moving and exciting to this day to anyone prepared to do the mental work needed to understand his complex and dense dialogue.

What is a summary of Madman on the Roof by Kikuchi Kan?

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" THE MAD MAN ON THE ROOF"

By Kikuchi Kan

The Madman on the Roof (is a Japanese play written in 1916 by Kikuchi Kan. It is a short, funny story about a father who is concerned about his 24-year-old son, who climbs on the roof to watch the sunset. The father is concerned that his son is not entirely sane, and might hurt himself and embarrass the family.

His other son tries to convince his father that as long as his brother isn't hurting anyone, there is no harm in letting him sit on the roof and enjoy the sunset.

The moral of this story is "a madman who is able to enjoy the beauty of a sunset is far better off then the fully sane man who doesn't."

In A Midsummer Night's Dream why are Oberon and Titania fighting?

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Titania and Oberon fight all the time because they are both the kind of person who wants to get their own way all of the time. When two people like this are married, you can expect a turbulent marriage.

Is Puck the main character in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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He is an essentially neutral character. By the way Jim Backus (Mr.Magoo) essayed the role in the short lived feature length Mr. Magoo TV show which featured the near-blind man in a variety of historical literary roles. Scrooge, obviously, and also Puck in Midsummer"s Night Dream. They did an adaptation on 3 Musketeers, all were in cartoon form, have your specs handy!

Who are some famous greek writers?

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Ignore the nonsequitur.

Thespis is considered the first tragic dramatist in Greek tradition, though his plays probably resembled dramatic monologues. Aeschylus wrote the great Oresteia Trilogy. Sophocles created a cycle of plays based on the Oedipus myth. Euripides' tragedies "Medea" and "Trojan Women" also served to criticize Athenian society. Finally, Agathon devalued the chorus, but created original plots and characters not based on the ancient myths.


Where had Walter been going instead of work?

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he went to the bar to drink all night and he was wandering all day

What does Macbeths soliloquy in act V mean?

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It is all death and madness and "gouts of blood" flying. Act 5 starts with Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene. Shakespeare then alternates scenes from inside the castle with scenes of Malcolm and the approaching army. Finally the army throws down its "leafy screens" and battle commences, culminating in the death of Macbeth and the proclamation of Malcolm as king.