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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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How was nick a protagonist in the empty mirror?
The Empty Mirror is a fantasy story by James Lincoln Collier. Nick is the lead character and protagonist because the story revolved around him and his struggle to prove his innocence against his evil shadow.
What paper did ninety-one people sign?
The paper that 91 people signed was a paper in "The Crucible". The people signed this to declare that three people in the play were of good character and not witches.
Trying to impress Ruth
What is ouspensky's theory of time?
It is basically about the recurrence of time ie. time repeating itself ( shown in priestley's an inspector calls)
Where does Hamlet's father lure Hamlet to finally speak to him?
Hamlet's father dies (was murdered) before the play begins so in the first act first scene he appears as a ghost. The ghost appears on the battlements of the castles and is first seen by the sentries up there. It is these men that inform Hamlet of the appearance of his father's ghost.
King Lear starts off the story by making a huge mistake by banishing cordelia and trusting goneril and regan with his power. It turns out this rash decision is what changed his life.
Lear is a very arrogant man. He can not accept the truth if it does not suit him or flatter him.
The two older daughters sweetly talk their way in their father's heart for sizable kingdoms. Cordelia however, the youngest and Lear's favorite, sees the sinister motivations of her sisters and tells her father of her deep true feelings. Lear not hearing the sweet words that he expected, is so dismayed that he banishes her. She leaves the country to marry the King of France.
Lear thought all his judgments were right just because they got him this far. But what he didnt know was that this was the worst decision he would make in his life.
Goneril and Regan make him go mad, he can't face the fact that he is not king and so is in denial. He is blind to Cordelias love.He still thinks Goneril and Regan are loyal to him even when he has no reason to think that they are. The two daughters exploit this by teaming up against him to try and take all of his power which eventually turns him mad. His loss of sanity is represented by the storm scene. This is the low point for lear. He hits rock bottom.
But after the storm scene Lear finally sees his mistakes. That Cordelia was the one he should have been trusting all along. Although Cordelia was banished by her father she still loves him. She sends the french army over to England to try and save him but it is too late. Lear and Cordelia both die but atleast Lear dies an honourable death. In Act 4 scene 7 he accepts that he has been a fool."I am a very foolish and fond old man"
Which i think is very ironic. His own fool turned out to be talking more sense than him the whole time.
In the Crucible how does Abigail feel towards john proctor?
- Abigail still has love for John Proctor. But John, although attracted to Abigail's charms still loves his wife.
- John only had lust for her. But Abigail has always loved John and wanted to marry him. For John it was just a sexual attraction; nothing more!
- Abigail is obsessed with John!
Pyramus and Thisbe
Agustus was, a man who ruled for 41 yrs. He became a empror In rome, at first she proved he was a good and powerful man, but in the end, evrything was fake about him. He helped to build rome and make better, but make it better for himeself,
He was selfish and unfair, but he was interetaining and set up cirus hunts, and libaries,senate house abd temples.
The First Folio describes the first, officially published texts of William Shakespeare's plays, which were produced in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death.
The word "folio" simply describes the size of paper on which they were printed, and is used to differentiate them from unofficial "quarto" editions published during Shakespeare's lifetime.
Again, "quarto" describes the size of the paper on which they were printed.
Why did Mary give elizabeth a poppet with a needle in it in the crucible?
Basically it was to set her up so that when she was accused they had evidence that she couldn't explain.
Who was Dick Whittington and what was the fairy tale about him?
Sir Richard Whittington was a wealthy British merchant and politician in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. He was most famous for serving 4 terms as Lord Mayor of London, and eventually became a Member of Parliament. His competence, integrity and philanthropy are legendary; he was highly respected and even beloved. His will directed that his fortune be used to form the Charity of Sir Richard Whittington; the Charity is still in existence, and continues to help people in need of assistance. Sometime in the 16th century, a folk tale (not a fairy tale) developed that was undoubtedly based in part on Whittington. In the story, a poor orphaned youth named Dick Whittington rises from poverty to become Lord Mayor of London. The story begins with the impoverished Dick traveling to London, where he is befriended by a rich merchant named Mr. Fitzwarren. Dick uses a penny he has earned to purchase a cat to drive away the rats in his room; Dick's cat eventually winds up being sold to the King of Barbary for a huge fortune, to rid his palace of mice. The fabulously wealthy Dick Whittington becomes a business partner of Mr. Fitzwarren, marries Mr. Fitzwarren's daughter Alice, and is elected to 3 terms as Lord Mayor of London. (The actual Sir Richard Whittington was never impoverished, having been born into a prosperous family; but his wife's maiden name was Alice Fitzwarren.) Beginning in the 17th century, the story Dick Whittington and His Cat began a long series of highly popular public versions. It was included in several published story collections; it was performed as staged plays, pantomimes, and even puppet shows. Some people get the mistaken notion that the story is a fairy tale, probably because it was published in Joseph Jacobs' 1890 story collection English Fairy Tales. Jacobs himself acknowleged that the majority of stories in his 6 books using the "fairy tale" title were not actually fairy tales; he collected folk tales, beast tales, cumulative tales, sagas, legends, drolls, fables, nonsense yarns, and even a few fairy tales.
Is Cassius ever visited by Caesar's ghost?
If so, we are not shown it. But Caesar and Brutus had a special relationship which makes the ghost's visit to Brutus make more sense than a visit to Cassius would.
What is parris argument against proctor?
The first, and worse, is that Proctor's supposed evidence is all just an attack upon the court. This doesn't hold up very long, so he starts reciting everything he can think of against Proctor; that he plows on Sunday, that he only comes to church about once a month, etc. He basically puts Proctor's religious base into question. And although this doesn't do much, Proctor is eventually condemned with the help of Elizabeth's lie and Mary Warren's accusation. So Parris got his way
Why did they make the play Evita?
They made the play Evita to tell the story of how Juan and Eva Peron saved Argentinans and how she changed Argentinan life forever.
Juliet speaks of her fears in lines 116-119. Explain?
In these lines, Juliet fears that her love for Romeo is moving too quickly and that he may not be trustworthy. She worries that their intense passion might be short-lived and result in a painful outcome. This moment reflects Juliet's inner conflict between her deep love for Romeo and her apprehension about the consequences of their relationship.
What are facts about As You Like It?
The setting for As You Like It is unclear - Arden in England or Ardennes in France.
The play is categorised as a Comedy.
It is believed that As You Like It was first performed between 1599 and 1600.
The most important characters in As You Like It are: Rosalind and Orlando.
The quotes from As You Like It are amongst Shakespeare's most famous including 'too much of a good thing' and 'All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players'. True is it that we have seen better days. For ever and a day. The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
It is all purely fictional.
The character Rosalind has more lines than any other of Shakespears female characters.
