How does Shakespeare use language and dramatic devices to present the theme of jealousy in Othello? ----- Othello weaves a tragic tale of love‚ jealousy and murder. Set in Venice and progressing to Cyprus‚ Shakespeare’s Othello follows the cursed path of its namesake‚ a black soldier whose love for his wife ultimately results in her death. Woven into the socially and emotionally delicate plot is a multitude of key themes‚ including race (Othello’s colour)‚ love‚ and jealousy. A key figure‚ if not
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Dramatic irony occurs throughout "Much Ado About Nothing" enabling the audience to know facts of which the characters in the play are ignorant. It is used in the play to create suspense‚ comedy and cause conflict between characters‚ thus making the play more entertaining while allowing the plot to intensify. The most notable uses of dramatic irony in the play are Hero’s "infidelity"‚ her death and the "duping" of Benedick and Beatrice. The first notable use of dramatic irony occurs during the masked
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An Inspector Calls Summary Act 1 The Birling family was having celebratory dinner on Sheila(the daughter of Arthur Birling) and Gerald(an aristocrat) while discussing the progress of Arthur Birling’s business and the events that has happened in 1912. Then an Inspector enters the scene and starts questioning the Birling family over the suicide of a pretty girl named “Eva”. During the course of the questioning it is revealed that Sheila and Mr Birling had contributed to the death of Eva Smith(“pretty
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written by Lord Chesterfield to his son who is traveling away‚ Lord Chesterfield successfully doles out advice with an underlying persuasive tone. Chesterfield skillfully includes his own values and experiences as a way to connect his son to the advice given. While Lord Chesterfield uses a variety of tactics in order to persuade his son the first thing he uses is guilt. He sets a tone of guilt in the first couple of sentences as the father explains he loves to write to his son‚ but he wonders if there
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Which Priestley Creates Sympathy For The Character Of Sheila Birling In ‘An Inspector Calls’ In J.B Priestley’s play ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ which is written after the First World War and like much of his work contains controversial‚ politically charged messages. In this play J.B Priestley present Sheila Birling’s change during the play‚ Priestley purposefully chose to present Sheila in this way to show the audience that her change should influence them to change their views too. Priestley uses
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Dramatic Play * A variety of materials will be provided to the pupils depending on what particular community helper to they want to act out. E.g. Firemen puts out the fire with the use of the big hose. They use their strong arms in carrying the big hose filled with water from the firemen truck. Action Songs: Father Abraham * The teacher will present an action song entitled‚ Father Abraham. The teacher will introduce the actions and the pupils will imitate. Father Abraham has many sons
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In Othello‚ the play takes place in two different location. The beginning of the play is set around Shakespeare time in Venice. Venice was a prosperous Italian city that was centered in the middle of many trading networks. The second half of the play is set in Cyprus‚ which is an island controlled by Venice. On this island is where things start to fall apart to all the characters. Everyone goes from a very structured society to a very violent and chaotic situation.
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the starting scene of ’An Inspector Calls’ J.B. Priestley used a variety methods and techniques to give the audience an idea about what was most likely to happen throughout the play. because the play is a murder and mystery genre‚ the audience are not given any real cause on why Eva Smith killed herself. Priestly is providing hints on who might of killed Eva Smith but the audience are not sure on who exactly might of been the cause of her death‚ which leaves the audience on the edge of their seats
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How is the theme of responsibility Explored in ‘An Inspector Calls?’ There are many theme in the play in ’An Inspector Calls. This was written by J.B.Priestley on 1945 and set on 1912. The play begins with the engagement party of Sheila and Gerald. Sheila is the daughter of Birlings’‚ who own a successful business. During the party an Inspector comes and started to enquire about a woman who has just committed suicide. From the course of the play we know that each members of the Birling family
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Write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the Play ‘An Inspector Calls’ The play ‘An Inspector Calls’ by JB Priestley has many aspects of contrast in it. The aspects of contrast in this play is the differences between the classes with Edna‚ Eva and the inspector being of a lower class to the rest of the cast‚ also the contrast of Gender plays a big role in this play with females being treated differently to Males. The Birlings and Gerald Croft are both of a higher class with Edna
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