Jealousy and Betrayal Jealousy and betrayal are two words that often go hand in hand‚ especially in a relationship. In a relationship‚ the act of jealousy usually leads to betrayal when a person is being jealous of the other’s success and achievements. These type of relationships always have unpleasant endings that can be as bad as claiming the lives of innocent people around them. A good example of this is the drama Othello. In the drama Othello‚ Shakespeare shows how jealousy‚ betrayal‚ revenge can
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illusions on a Greek island. The French Lieutenant’s Woman‚ a love story with a fractured narrative structure‚ became his most renowned work. The book was also the basis for a hit movie released in 1981‚ for which British playwright and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter wrote the screenplay. Fowles earned a reputation as a postmodernist for his use of experimental literary techniques. One constant theme in his work is the issue of free will versus societal constraints‚ including the conventions placed on traditional
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ABSURDISM IN MODERN LITERATURE[pic] Absurdism is often linked to Existentialism‚ the philosophical movement associated with Jean Pual Satre and Albert Camus‚ among others. Although both existentialists and absurdists are concerned with the senselessness of the human condition‚ the way this concern is expressed differs. The philosophers explored the irrational nature of human existence within the rational and logical framework of conventional philosophical thought. The Absurdists‚ however‚ abondoned
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‘What can be meant by living in the dark’: The Construction of Self-hood‚ Fantasy and Desire in Harold Pinter’s Night‚ Landscape and Silence This dissertation will examine Harold Pinter’s plays‚ Night‚ Silence and Landscape‚ through a Freudian lens. Looking at the psychological motivations that lead into the character’s alienated existences. I will examine and explore the biological drives and instincts that lead the characters to construct identities and invent realities in which they seek
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your face‚ and overstated. I haven’t been reading much lately‚ but I like authors like Hawthorne‚ Melville‚ Thoreau‚ Poe‚ and Hemmingway. Among the Brits‚ there’s Robert Louis Stevenson‚ and Arthur Conan Doyle. My favorite playwright is Harold Pinter. His stuff is so weird‚ but poignant. One of the last books I began to read was Fleming’s Casino Royale. I ought to finish
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archer in William’s army. Stage 4: It was now four in the afternoon. Heavy Saxon casualties from previous attacks meant that the front line was shorter. The Normans now attacked from the side and this time they broke through the shield wall and Harold was killed “with an arrow through his eye” according to Mr Smithers and most of his paid soldiers were killed. Stage 5: With their king dead‚ the remaining soldiers saw no reason to stay and fight and retreated to the woods behind and the battle
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History of Drama Ancient Drama The origins of Western drama can be traced to the celebratory music of 6th-century BC Attica‚ the Greek region centered on Athens. Although accounts of this period are inadequate‚ it appears that the poet Thespis developed a new musical form in which he impersonated a single character and engaged a chorus of singer-dancers in dialogue. As the first composer and soloist in this new form‚ which came to be known as tragedy‚ Thespis can be considered both the first dramatist
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such cartoonish grimaces that at times it was difficult to focus on what she was saying. However‚ certain caricatures stole the show‚ particularly in the camp‚ next-door neighbor Harold Gorringe‚ brilliantly played by Cody Dahler. When Harold re-enters the flat holding a taper after discovering Brindsley’s grave betrayal‚ face contorted in rage‚ the audience unanimously erupted in laughter. I truly applaud the players for maintaining straight
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ENGLISH DRAMA: AT PRESENT TIME Drama is a literary composition‚ which is performed by professional actors on stage (or theatre)‚ before an audience. It involves conflicts‚ actions and a particular theme. Drama was introduced to England from Europe by the Romans‚ and auditoriums were constructed across the country for this purpose. At a very early time the people of England began to act and the earliest plays were acted by monks and took place in church. In this way the people were taught the Bible
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French Lieutenant ’s Woman is a 1981 film of historical fiction‚ contrasting present day relationships‚ morality and industry with that of the Victorian era in the 1850s. It is an adaptation of a novel by John Fowles‚ the script was written by Harold Pinter. The setting is in England‚ Lyme and London specifically‚ where Charles‚ a Darwinian scientist is courting the daughter of a wealthy businessman. The film depicts Charles as somewhat of the laughingstock with the rich citizens of Lyme who
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