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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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An inspector calls when is the play set?
the historical context is the siunking of the ship 'bon voyage'
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What is the meaning of the cover of Pygmalion?
In mythology, Pygmalion was a king of Cyprus who carved and then fell in love with a statue of a woman, which Aphrodite brought to life as Galatea.
Pygmalion is also the name of a play by George Bernard Shaw (his play was named after the mythological story). The movie "My Fair Lady" was based on his play.
An inspector calls relationship between Sheila and Gerald?
Sheila becomes aware of Eric's involvement when he goes out to cool off almost as soon as they start talking about the father of the unborn baby, and realizes that he hasn't just gone out because he is uncomfortable with the topic, but out of guilt.
Where can you read An Inspector Calls online?
You can try at your local bookstore or library. If not try searching amazon for a copy or just type into Google "an inspector calls script". If this doesn't work ask your English teacher 4 a copy :)
Story of The Taming of the Shrew?
This book talks about taming a shrew in which this case kate. The father says that bianca can only get married if kate gets married first, so to make it so bianca can get married petruchio forces kate to marry him and she ends up kinda liking him.
Well considering that he is a character in a play, he wasn't exactly 'born'.
However, due to the use of the description of 'Moor' we know that he is of African descent and might have been born in Africa.
What play has the characters Benedick Beatrice Hero and Dogberry?
Much ado about nothing by William shakespeare
Which of these types of poetry did Shakespeare often use in his plays?
The most famous type of poetry found in Romeo and Juliet is a sonnet. ( a love poem)
Why did all the plays take place during daylight hours at the globe?
'Cause they didn't have good enough lamps.
What are important quotes in a man for all seasons?
I think "A Man for All Seasons" refers firstly to Sir Thomas More's integrity and character; that a person of this high caliber is truly what it means to be a man and no matter the circumstance or time, he will rise to the challenge of being the man God has created him to be. He was not perfect, but his desire was to obey God and His commandments, and his faith gave him the strength to remain steadfast in the face of death. As Paul the Apostle said, "What can mere man do to me? They may kill my body, but they will not kill my spirit." Paul knew he would be "alive in Christ" and Christ was alive in him, and said he would be happy when death would come, for then he would see Christ. Sir Thomas More said something akin to that to the executioner right before he was beheaded; assuring him that he was doing him a favor, for he (More) would be soon seeing his Savior, Jesus Christ. Sir Thomas More was undoubtedly, a man for all seasons, for the world needs many more of courageous, righteous and devout people such as him. Secondly,within the movie, we see Sir Thomas More's view out of the window in the Tower of London. We see what he sees, and the seasons come and go; the children play in the summer; it is barren in the winter and lovers meet and talk together in spring. The brief vinette plays into the title, but the first and primary meaning is what makes this movie so impactful and significant. Laura Viveiros
What major theme did Aeschylus explore in many of his plays?
Greek playwrights wrote either tragedies or comedies. In tragedies the theme is about some kind of flaw in the main character (i.e. overconfidence). In comedy the themes can range from love to everyday life.
Dave Singleman is a character in the novel, Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller. Singleman was an 84-year-old salesman who worked out of a hotel room.
Where is the island in the tempest?
The Tempest is set on a fictional Island, which many scholars agree is meant to be located in the Mediterranean Sea. Another reading suggests that it takes place in the New World, as some parts read like records of English and Spanish conquest in the Americas. Still others argue that the Island can represent any land that has been colonized.
Which Greek god was being honored during Greek plays?
In honor of, you mean? Well, loads of things - people mostly. Like Heracles (Greek form of the Roman Hercules), the gods, heroes and stories. All great heroes in ancient Greece wanted to be told in stories and have plays written about their lives, so, there were a lot of stories and plays.
What were styles used in early American plays?
There are two types of early American play.
1. Melodrama is a style of drama that has been applied on the stage, in movies and television, and radio formats, from the 18th century to the present.
2. Soap, is a serial drama, on television or radio, that features related story lines dealing with the lives of multiple characters.
Who appeared in movie adaptations of Shakespeare's plays?
There are many adaptations, so this question should really be a little more specific. But famous celebrities have appeared in film adaptations of the plays. Let me give you a few examples:
- Romeo And Juliet: Leonardo diCaprio (1996), Claire Danes. (1996), Leslie Howard (1936), Michael York (1968)
- Macbeth: Jon Finch (1972), Patrick Stewart (2010), Orson Welles (1948), Ian McKellen (1976), Judi Dench (1976), Ian McDiarmid (1976).
- Richard III: Laurence Olivier (1955), Ralph Richardson (1955), Ian McKellen (1995), Jim Broadbent (1995).
- Hamlet: Kenneth Branagh (1996), Kate Winslet (1996), Derek Jacobi (1996, 1972), Robin Williams (1996), Billy Crystal (1996), Patrick Stewart (1972, 2010), David Tennant (2010), Laurence Olivier (1948), Ian Holm (1991), Kevin Kline (1991), Helena Bonham-Carter (1991), Mel Gibson (1991), Richard Burton (1964), Christopher Plummer (1964), Marianne Faithfull (1969), Anthony Hopkins (1969), Sarah Bernhardt (1900).
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: Michelle Pfeiffer (1999), Rupert Everett (1999), Kevin Kline (1999), Helen Mirren (1968), Diana Rigg (1968), Ian Holm (1968), Ian Richardson (1968), Mickey Rooney (1935), Olivia de Havilland (1935), James Cagney (1935).
- Titus Andronicus: Jessica Lange (1999), Anthony Hopkins (1999)
- The Taming of the Shrew: Mary Pickford (1929), Douglas Fairbanks (1929), Richard Burton (1967), Elizabeth Taylor (1967)
- The Merchant of Venice: Al Pacino (2004), Jeremy Irons (2004), Laurence Olivier (1973), Jeremy Brett (1973)
- Othello: Kenneth Branagh (1995), Lawrence Fishburne (1995), Laurence Olivier (1965), Maggie Smith (1965), Orson Welles (1952)
- Henry V: Kenneth Branagh (1989), Laurence Olivier (1944)
So these are just a few examples of celebrities in film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. There are many more.
Which sentence best describes the phrase Deus ex Machina?
Deus ex machina is a literary plot device that means "god from the machine." It is where a hard problem is suddenly resolved by an unexpected event occurring.
How do you define plot summary in a word?
A plot summary is a short description of what happens during a story, novel, movie, etc. It gives just the highpoints of who does what, where and with whom. It does not try to cover every detail, just the basic points that would let a person understand what the story is about.
How were William Shakespeare's plays handed down?
All 38 plays which we recognize as Shakespeare's were published before 1634 in some form. We are very fortunate in that two friends of Shakespeare's, Heminges and Condell, decided after his death to publish a compendium of his plays. William Shakespeare's plays were published in 1623, about seven years after Shakespeare's death, in a volume entitled "Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies," known as "The First Folio," containing the text of 36 plays. These were produced by his colleagues in the acting company known as "The King's Men" and are considered to be authentic. Had it not been published, we would never have heard of about half of the plays we know to be Shakespeare's, including such famous ones as Macbeth and Julius Caesar.
The Collection of Shakespeare's plays has been re-edited and reprinted constantly since 1623. Sometimes new plays were added to the original 36 in the First Folio, and sometimes these were afterwards removed.
In addition to the First Folio, some plays were published seperately in what are called Quarto size (half as big as the Folio) in which the text differed from the First Folio versions. The words "folio" and "quarto" describe the sizes of paper on which they were printed. If they hadn't been, we would have had no source for the two plays now agreed to be by Shakespeare which were not in the First Folio, Pericles and The Two Noble Kinsmen. Also, the Folio and Quarto versions of Hamlet and King Lear particularly are very different from each other. Without the Quarto versions, a lot of very familiar lines would have been lost. Thankfully, people kept these old books and didn't throw them out because they were old.
Once published, the plays have been continuously republished since, and there is an unbroken chain of productions since 1660.
The truth is that some of Shakespeare's plays may have never even been written down, and some that were written down may have been destroyed by the passage of time and the elements. At least two plays whose titles we know have disappeared completely. There may be others of which we do not even know the title.
How are we informed of the elder Hamlet's Death?
We are informed of elder Hamlet's death by seeing his ghost appear.
What is Shakespeare's lost play?
There are a couple of them. An early list of his plays includes a play called Love's Labour's Won, which would appear to be a sequel to Love's Labour's Lost. No such play can be found. Some people think it was reworked and renamed.
There is also Cardenio, a late play based on Cervantes' Don Quixote. It's registed in the Stationer's register but nobody has ever seen a copy.
What is the summary of brother in the land act 1?
Robert Swindells
Brother in the Land
Main Characters: Danny and Ben Lodge, Kim
The scene is set in Skipley, England. One day in October, missiles with thermo-nuclear warheads, enough to kill everybody on earth, are dropped onto any city in Europe. There is also one missile for Branford, a city five miles away from Skipley. 14761hls15xqy1d
Danny Lodge, a teenager, his seven year old brother Ben and their father, an owner of a shop, have come through the holocaust alive. After burying Danny's mother, he and his family have to learn that only very few people are still alive. Moreover, any building in the city is badly damaged or even destroyed.
About three weeks after the bomb, Danny gets to know a fourteen year old girl called Kim, who lives together with her sister and her sister's man and falls in love with her. She is the first person to explain to Danny that the old rules are no longer valid and that nowadays people have to be very hard and strong in order to survive.
The next day, soldiers come to town. They represent the Local Commissioner and explain that an emergency hospital has been set up adjacent to their new headquarters at Kershaw Farm. In fact, everybody who goes to this new "hospital" is killed by the soldiers. Moreover, many survivors look out for "badgers", people who still live in shelters. They often kill them in order to take away their food and clothes.
Some weeks later, the soldiers return. They explain that a registration point has been set up and that they would collect food and fuel for fair distribution. But once again, the soldiers lie to Skipley's population - they put poison into lonely or weak persons' food. Nevertheless, most people still come to the food distribution because they don't have any other chance to stay alive. lq761h4115xqqy
One day, Ben suddenly realises that his mother is dead. As the Lodges visit her grave, they meet an old man called Branwell who tells them a quotation - "He who places his brother in the land is everywhere". It means that all over the world people bury their deaths just as the Lodges did.
One week later, the Lodges' shop is attacked by soldiers, who take everything out of their cellar. For some reason, they also take Danny's father with them and drive away. Unfortunately, the car is attacked and the father dies in an explosion. It was Rhodes, a former PE teacher at Danny's school, who led the attack against the soldiers. Branwell, the man Danny met at his mother's grave, is also here, seems to command Rhodes and explains that he is really sorry for what happened. Moreover, he wants Danny to join his organisation "Masada" (Movement to Arm Skipley Against Dictatorial Authority) in order to fight the soldiers and survive. At first Danny isn't sure whether to do so but when he hears that Kim is also one of them, he agrees. Branwell tells him everything about Masada and its members - they have many weapons, an own "hospital" with two nurses and are just mending some cars.
The day after Christmas soldiers come to town once again and explain that from now on, everybody who wants to eat has to come to Kershaw Farm in the morning and work. Of course, nobody from Masada joins these workers, but most inhabitants do. As the soldiers want to build a new farm, these people have to carry away the top two inches of soil which are full of radioactive particles working with their bare hands mostly.
One day, Danny, Rhodes and four other men try to attack a tank and four motorbikes. Danny gets knocked out and wakes up again imprisoned by the soldiers. Booth, a boy from Danny's school, has to interrogate him but later tells his commander that Danny doesn't know anything about Masada. When Booth is told to kill Danny, he takes him to Kershaw's border, shoots in the air and lets Danny go.
Things are getting harder for Masada. As the soldiers put poison into Masada's well, there's only very little water left, and people often drink from radioactive puddles. Furthermore, there are "purples" - cannibals, people who look for lonely persons, kill and eat them. One day, Ben is also captured by purples, but fortunately Danny is able to rescue him.
Branwell and Rhodes work out a plan. They want to take over Kershaw Farm and rescue the people working there. After having prepared the weapons and cars, they start. Although Danny is shot into the arm, the plan works fine and Masada takes about seventy prisoners. Besides, Booth died in the fights. Most people who still live in Skipley comprehend what happened and three weeks later, there are already four hundred people living at Kershaw Farm.
Time goes by. In August, the people at Kershaw Farm have to learn that their vegetables aren't developing properly. They are very irritated and don't know how to go on.
People once again have hopes when Swiss soldiers come to Kershaw Farm with helicopters and tanks. They explain that there are groups like Masada all over Europe too. But finally, everything they do is, they immobilise the vehicles, take away the weapons and leave.
In December, Kim's sister gives birth to her baby. It has no mouth and dies almost as soon as it is born. In the same night, Branwell also dies and Danny and Kim decide to leave Kershaw Farm together with Ben, try to live as some kind of family and make a place for them somewhere.
On their way, Ben begins to lose his hair. When they finally find an empty house, Ben dies and is buried in the house's garden - in the land. Danny finds a book and begins to write down his story. Maybe, much later, someone would find it and the book could prevent people from doing things like this once again.
Characters
Danny Lodge:
In the beginning, Danny is a very naive person. He doesn't realise that there are no rules anymore, everybody has to care for himself and find his own way to survive in this new, chaotic world. Of course, at first his father makes the decisions, but when he's also killed, Danny's situation changes dramatically.
Although it must be incredibly hard for him, Danny stays calm and really thinks about his and Ben's future. This shows that inside, Danny is a very strong person. But I think that at first Ben is the only reason for his going on. Without Ben, if he for example would have also been killed, Danny wouldn't be able to stay alive at all. Although he never shows his real emotions, Danny loves his brother enormously.
Later, Danny meets Kim and falls in love with her. At first, she seems to be quite brutal to him, but Danny soon understands that she has just realised their new situation.
Although Danny often seems to be gullible, he is very intelligent, too. This is proved by the fact that he's one of the first persons to realise that one day Masada will decay. He knows that it's going to end "not with a bang but a whimper".
Ben Lodge:
Ben is Danny's seven year old brother. His mother dies on the first day of the whole catastrophe, but he realises it weeks later, one day he asks Danny "Where's Mum?". This shows that he can't cope with his current situation, he's so shocked, he doesn't even know that his mother's dead. Later, his father is also killed. Now, Danny is the only family member left, he has to care for him, he's his best friend. Ben really loves and adores him, which makes things a little bit easier for Danny.
I don't think that Ben knows that he's going to die due to his illness. I think in the end his a happy child and also dies happy.
Kim:
Kim is approximately as old as Danny. She doesn't fall in love with him at once but by the time she learns to love him. Her parents were also killed but her elder sister takes care of her. Nevertheless she learns that things change much faster and easier than Danny. This is proved by the fact that she also tries to make that clear to him when she meets him for the first time and tells him things like "Gentlemen are out, cavemen rule, okay?" or "We've got to be as hard as they are, Danny Boy - or harder.".
Furthermore, Kim's very important for Danny. Unless he had got to know Kim, he would probably never have joined Masada and his life would have taken another (likely worse) course.
My Opinion
I really liked the book "Brother In The Land". It's written very good and reading the hard-hitting story is thrilling. Robert Swindells is able to describe scenes very well and after reading the book you ask yourself how the future looks like, if mankind is one day really going to be killed in a nuclear war.
Moreover, it's interesting to see how the characters act being confronted with such a miserable future.
I think the book is quite true to life and things could really happen as described in it. Probably there would really be groups like Masada be founded everywhere.
I can only recommend this book to everybody I know, it's thrilling and also makes you think about our future.
