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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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Why does willy loman become so angry with Linda loman for mending her stockings?
Willy becomes angry with Linda when she's mending stocking because, he's reminded of when he gave stockings to the "Other Woman" and Biff asked why he was giving away mom's stockings. Willy wants to start new and not have stuff mended. He wants to give Linda new stockings, so he's not reminded of the past
How did caliban come to be be on the island?
he was born thier. his mother is a witch who is trapped in a tree.
Goody Proctor is Elizabeth. Goody was a greeting like Mrs. or Madame among the puritans.
Is there justice in Aristophanes' play The Clouds?
No there is no justice within this epic because it is created to mock Socrates' lack of justice within his "Socratic Method."
Was expectation is the root of all heartache in a shakespeare play?
No, this is not a quotation from Shakespeare. Although he uses the word "expectation" a fair bit, he does not say that it is the root of anything, or any similar statement. He uses "heartache" only the once, in that rather famous speech in Hamlet.
Since there is no other provenance offered for the phrase, clearly someone wrote it, then thought it sounded like Shakespeare and falsely attributed it to him.
To what extent is Othello by William Shakespeare a text of worth?
'If thou be'st the devil, I cannot kill thee' - Othello, Act V
Also the themes of status, power, and deception are prominent. Cassio loses his position as lieutenant, which Iago then gains. All are trying to establish power of some kind at varying points in the play. Iago wants the power that status affords him, as well as the manipulative power over his fellow man and their emotions:-
'But I will drive the Moor into a jealousy so strong / That judgment cannot cure'
This he achieves, as well as, to some extent, winning over the audience by making them laugh, singing songs and being a fun character, before revealing his true demonic self. This is the biggest shock to the audience, that while we may have regarded Othello as foolish to trust Iago, we as the audience did at one point too.
Othello wants power over his own destiny towards the end of the play, which is why he kills himself (only one of the theories).
In short, there are so many important themes in Othello, showing the most intimate details of the fragile human psyche, that it gives a very clear picture of the flaws in human nature.
Incidentally, Othello's wife is Desdemona, not Ophelia, who is in Hamlet
Who is the leader of the chorus?
The person who leads or conducts the chorus is called the conductor.
What is another name for Othello?
The full title of the Shakespeare play often called "Othello" is "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice."
There are operas and other musical pieces based on the story and in some of these the name is spelled "Otello."
Who is responsible for the interpretation of the play?
I am pretty sure it is the director, that is what I put down for my answer. We will see if it is right when I get the grade back.
What indication do you have in Act 2 that Caesar is superstitious?
In act two Caesar was superstitious because he belived if you saw a sooth-sayer they would predict your future.
A teleplay is a play written or adapted for television. The term surfaced during the 1950s with wide usage to distinguish a TV script from stage plays for the theater and screenplays written for films.
What are some of the main quotes from An Inspector Calls?
- 'You see, we all have to share something. If there's nothing else, we'll have to share our guilt.'
- 'They're more impressionable' (the young ones)
- 'You mustn't try to build up a wall between us and that girl. … the inspector will just break it down.'
- 'But we really must stop these silly pretences'
- 'I must say, we arelearning something tonight.'
- 'That's probably the best thing you've said tonight. At least it's honest.'
- 'You and I aren't the same people who sat down to dinner here.'
- 'Public men, Mr. Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges.'
- '... we've no excuse now for putting on airs ...'
- 'Unlike the other three, I did nothing I'm ashamed of …….I consider I did my duty.'
- ' Go and look for the father of the child. It's his responsibility.'
- There'll be plenty of time, when I'm gone, for you all to adjust your family relationships.'
- 'I understand a lot of things now I didn't understand before.'
- 'Because you're not the kind of father a chap could go to when he's in trouble -'
- 'You'll be able to divide the responsibility between you when I've gone.'
- 'But each of you helped to kill her.'
- 'One Eva Smith has gone - but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, and what we think and say and do. We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.'
- 'He was our police inspector all right.'
- 'You're just beginning to pretend all over again
"but after all its better to ask for the earth than just take it"
In stanza 1, the poet designates autumn as 'a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' which matures all fruits to their core with the friendly help of the sun. Typically sensuous Keatsian images of vine-creepers loaded with ripeness, the swelling goards & hazel nuts chracterise the season. The bees go on collecting more honey that overflows the hives. In stanza 2, Autumn is personified as a winnower, a reaper, a gleaner & a cyder-presser as the seemingly unending ripening process of the season continues. Stanza 3 deals with the sights & sounds of autumn. Keats's gift of pictorial imagery presents the magical beauty of an autumnal twilight. Autumn should not regret for the superiority of the vernal music, for the autumnal orchestration of the buzz of gnats, the bleating of lambs, the song of the grass-hoppers, of the robin redbreasts, and the twittering of the swallows has its own distinctiveness.
King Claudius. He's now also his father, sort of. He's a villain.
What does Hermia think Demetrius has done to lysander?
Killed him. And to be frank, that was Demetrius's idea.
What should you be familiar with when creating an original extension to a play?
All of the above (Apex)
What is the monsters name in the tempest?
The little monster in it is called, Caliban! He used to own the island.
Would have Othello killed Desdemona without all of Iago's lies?
No, almost certainly not. Desdemona was a loving and true wife and would not have given Othello any reason to kill her. And Othello was basically a fair-minded man as the play shows before Iago began to spin his web of deceit. Not only that, but Othello truly loved Desdemona and under normal circumstances would not hurt her. Everyone is shocked when he strikes her in public not only because it is shocking behaviour but also because it is uncharacteristic.
Without Iago it is as likely that Othello would kill Desdemona as it is that she would kill him.
