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Plays
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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What role do the servants play in The Taming of the Shrew?
There are many servants of the characters Lucentio and Petruchio which play an important part in shaping of the play. E.g Tranio, who is the servant of Lucentio, persuades him to indulge in the pleasures of youth, and he later disguises himself as Lucentio upon his orders.
How is mr birling a capitalist in An Inspector Calls?
Mr.Birling is in control of his own life as he was a lord mayor of Brumly, he didn't expect him self to be investigated by a policeman which we discover at the end of the play is a fake and false policeman " unreal".And by this ending Mr.Birling is now put forward as a slave to capitalism.
Who goes to a painful death saying only more weight?
In 'The Crucible,' Giles Corey, an older man who was accused of witchcraft was killed by the piling of heavy rocks upon his chest. When they tried to get him to confess to witchcraft, he simply stated, 'more weight.' He was eventually crushed to death.
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Who is Walter Lee Younger in A Raisin in the Sun?
Walter Lee Younger is Mama's (Lena Younger's) son and Travis Younger's father. He is a chauffeur for a rich white family, but has higher dreams. He desperately wants to have enough money to open a succesful business, and dreams of being a rich executive with an office bulding and a car of his own. He is emotionally unstable and puts his trust in the wrong people. He feels that his inability to fulfill his dreams and improve his life make him less than a man, and tries desperately to show his partriarchal abilities, especially in one scene in the play where he pretends to be an African chieftan. He probably suffers from depression and is, at heart, a child, despite all his struggle to improve and change his life on his own.
Where did Shakespeare get his ideas?
Shakespeare found nature an inspiration, and peoples' different reactions to love and life. While most stories in those days finished with a 'happily ever after,' Shakespeare realised that a total opposite could happen, so Shakespeare explored the many ways a romance story could end.
The ideas for Shakespeare's plots were almost all taken from earlier stories, poems or plays. The English histories as well as the semi-historical King Lear and Macbeth were drawn from Holinshed's Chronicles. The story of Romeo and Juliet was from a poem written by Arthur Brooke in 1562. Hamlet was probably based on an earlier play which was itself based on a story by Saxo Grammaticus. We have an alternate Taming of the Shrew which is very similar to Shakespeare's. Roman historians provided the source for Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.
Nowadays we tend to think that it was the stories which Shakespeare created, so that he deserves credit for any story of a brother of a king who murders the king and marries the widow. This is not so. Shakespeare created words for these people to say, which words showed them to be much more complex than any characters created beforehand and most created since.
Historical Political figures.
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What best describes the mystery play or miracle play?
Mystery Plays are plays that are adapted from stories in the Bible. They reached the heights of their popularity in the Middle Ages when most people were illiterate and the church was using them to teach Bible stories. Miracle plays are plays that are based on the lives of the saints. Since one had to perform miracles in order to be elevated to sainthood, plays which depicted stories about the saints' lives became known as Miracle Plays. Together they are sometimes referred to as Liturgical Plays.
The dolls house by Katherine mansfield main characters?
isabel, lottie, kezia, aunt berryl, the kelveys (our else and
How does Cassius die in Julius Caesar?
WARNING: There are a lot of spoilers!
Cinna died in Catching Fire. Katniss had to wear to her wedding dress to interview with Caeser Flickerman during the Quell. Cinna had secretly altered it so that when she twirled for Caesar, it would transform into a mockingjay-like dress. When Katniss was in her tube to go to the Games with the other tributes, he was beaten by Peacekeepers and killed.
How many pages is the play The Glass Menagerie?
The number of pages in Through the Looking Glass will vary from edition to edition so it is impossible to give a definitive answer as to how many it has.
Well, lots of people actually, including Beatrice and Benedick. What's strange is that Margaret, who should know what really happened, does not speak up to contradict what Claudio and Don Pedro are saying.
Why was the play called domestic tragedy?
Because the action concerns family/domestic affairs rather than public matters of state.
What is discovered from Gertrude's farewell to Ophelia?
At the funeral, Gertrude says "thou should have been my Hamlet's bride." Polonius and Laertes were sure that the King and Queen would not approve a marriage between Hamlet and their sister, but it appears that they were wrong.
Othello is neither a Turk nor a Spaniard. The most specific description of Othello given throughout the play is that he is a Moor. A Moor typically describes someone who is black or Arab and has descended from North Africa. Europeans applied the term 'Moor' loosely to people who were black or Middle Eastern in appearance, and thus, not much can be determined about Othello's race or appearance from this description.
In An Inspector Calls what does it teach the audience?
Sheila has learnt how her actions can effect everyone else in the wold. And Mr birling doesn't learn anything he believes that you only have to look after youself.
What are some examples of symbolism in 'Mourning Becomes Electra' by Eugene O'Neill?
the following is Long days journey into the night...not Morning becomes electra.
Characters in the play:James Tyrone is a famous actor.His wife Mary has been addicted to morphine for 20 years but a new supposedly "cured".They have two sons-Jamie4,aged 33 who is also an actor although unsuccessful and drunkard and Edmund,aged 23,who is ill -possibly with tuberculous-after spending several years working on sailing ships,travelling the world and living rough.he is trying to be a writer.The play shows one day in the life of the Tyone family at their summer home on the north-east coast of the USA in August 1912.At the start of the extract Tyone and Jamie are discussing Edmund's health.
What are William Shakespeare's two most famous plays?
Probably the most famous are Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet; those are the two everybody seems to have heard of. Hamlet is also considered to be one of Shakespeare's greatest plays along with King Lear, Macbeth and Othello. Romeo and Juliet does not usually make this list. There is a prejudice in favour of Shakespeare's tragedies; for some reason a lot of people seem to think that sad plays are "greater" than happy ones.
Why is Othello called a domestic tragedy?
The classification of Shakespeare's plays as "Histories" "Comedies" and "Tragedies" was done by the publishers of the compilation known as The First Folio. In this edition, the full title of the play is "The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice", and it is classed among the tragedies.
Some people will want to discuss whether this play falls within the conventions and definitions of tragedy drawn from Aristotle by later critics. It is important to know that this is a highly artificial and academic definition which Shakespeare himself does not use, and which hinges on whether there is a "tragic hero" as described by Aristotle (Basically, Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex).
Some will say Othello is not a tragedy. Othello is not a tragic hero, Iago manipulates him. Othello falls for it because essentially he has to, he is an outsider. Also, Iago has about 200 more lines than Othello. If Iago is considered the central character, then he can in no way be considered a tragic hero.
Others will say that 'Othello' is a tragedy as he follows the conventions of a 'tragic hero'. A tragic hero is someone who has a flaw, and that flaw leads to his downfall. Othello's flaw is that he is naive and believes "honest Iago" to be exactly that, honest. Becuase of his trusting nature he declines and he ends his life realising he has nothing to live for. Iago does maniplulate Othello. But just because Iago has more control over the characters before the final scene in Act 5, doesn't mean he is the main character.
Another point of view is that the definition of 'hero' in literature has changed, and there may be better ways of deciding whether something is a tragedy than seeing how close the main character comes to Oedipus. Keep in mind that Shakespeare was a man who was beyond his time. He wrote in a very modern way. He isn't called the father of literature for no reason. In short, do we not feel like our guts are kicked out when we see this man, torn between his brain and his heart, who destroys the one he loves and who truly loves him only to find out minutes later that it was all a con job? I think so, and if that's not tragedy I don't know what is.
To conclude, 'Othello' is in fact, a tragedy. It is known as "Shakespeare's greatest tragedy".
Proctor says my honesty is broke Elizabeth I am no good man Explain?
John Proctor is considered an honest man, but few know that he is guilty of adultery with the teenage servant Abigail Williams. This compromises his honesty in the eyes of his wife and causes him to be doubted and not given the trust he deserves.
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Why does Abigail accuse Elizabeth Procter for witchcraft?
Because Abigail wants to ruin her and she wants john to love her again.
In An Inspector Calls why does act 1 end on a cliff hanger?
Because JB wanted you to read on and not get bored as younger people might get bored PLUS act one ends on a cliff hanger because JB wants you to try and predict what is going to happen in act 2 so you think about the book not just read it
