"What is there about Shakespeare that would interest a contemporary audience?" If being “contemporary " means being focused on reality TV‚ greed‚ casual sex‚ money‚ sports‚ The Family Guy‚ professional wrestling‚ technology or State of Origin ... then the answer is probably "Nothing." Life in reality though‚ is a play that forces individuals to choose between right and wrong and‚ like Macbeth‚ decisions we make can have a lasting effect and decide the outcome of our future. As Shakespeare
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studied? The word obsession means the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea‚ image or desire. With this in mind‚ both Faustus and Frankenstein show symptoms of monomania in relation to academic obsession. Similarly‚ in ‘The Bloody Chamber’ the characters that experience obsession are also male‚ however they are driven by a different obsession: sexual desire. In the prologue of ‘Doctor Faustus’ it already begins to establish Faustus’ thirst for knowledge and how this resulted
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offence against nature. In Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth says she would be prepared to sacrifice her children for Macbeth to be king. In many Gothic stories the mother is a destructive character. In The Monk Antonio’s mother is slaughtered; however‚ in The Bloody Chamber‚ Angela Carter changes the mother’s role - she appears as the knight in shining armour to rescue her daughter. • Female characters play a very significant role but often ambivalent role in
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Angela Carter was an English novelist and journalist‚ known for her feminist‚ magical realism‚ and picaresque works. In 2008‚ The Times ranked Carter tenth in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2012‚ Nights at the Circus was selected as the best ever winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Biography Born Angela Olive Stalker in Eastbourne‚ in 1940‚ Carter was evacuated as a child to live in Yorkshire with her maternal grandmother. As a teenager she battled against
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up three plants form the flooring of the chamber‚ and deposited all between the scantlings.” This quote from “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe clearly shows this is a horror story. This story contains so much of the horror characteristics. Although there isn’t so much bloodshed and more murders in the story like most typical horror stories‚ this still is labeled as a horror story. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a horror story because of the supernatural element‚ eerie atmosphere/violence‚ and gore
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always quite dark‚ scary and isolated. Also the characters of the Gothic novels never seemed to fit in the community and the society. They usually were handicapped‚ disabled or deformed in their appearance. In some cases the novel would contain supernatural events or would be based on them. Wuthering Heights is a controversial story‚ written and created be Emily Brontë‚ a woman. In the mid 1800’s‚ the position of women in society was regarded in a bad way. People of the community would never think
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still found in novels‚ music and film. 1. Conventions of Setting o "Gothic" derives from a style of medieval architecture‚ and Gothic fiction is often set in medieval castles or churches. These settings are often dark‚ gloomy and full of secret chambers‚ hallways and dungeons. Wild‚ dark and dangerous locations‚ such as abandoned graveyards‚ forests and other untamed places‚ are also common. In more contemporary Gothic literature‚ such as Henry James’s "Turn of the Screw‚" older houses and manors
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How does Angela Carter’s use and manipulate the Gothic form. Why? Explain? Angela Carter manipulates and uses the Gothic form in ‘The Bloody Chamber’ to demean stereotypes in patriarchal society. The narrator’s subconscious desires are revealed through descriptions laced with sexual connotations‚ ‘caressingly thrusting.’ Carter highlights the young girl’s sexual anticipation‚ portraying women in a more sexualised way than that typical of a fairy story. The narrator innocence is also questioned
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away in his chamber‚ not wishing to speak to anyone. Instead‚ he reads his books‚ showing that he is a scholarly man. He admits he "sought to borrow / From [his] books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore‚" but he is unable to forget her (line 9-10). This is why he starts to see the bird. He cannot move on. When the narrator meets the bird‚ he does not think it unusual that it talks. Either this shows that the narrator is losing his mind or he knows the bird is a supernatural being from
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Major Themes Prophecy The plot of Macbeth is set in motion ostensibly by the prophecy of the three witches. The prophecy fans the flames of ambition within Macbeth and Lady Macbeth‚ serving as the primary impetus for the couple to plot the death of Duncan--and subsequently Banquo. But one also wonders: Would Macbeth have committed such heinous crimes if not for the prophecy? What if he had ignored the witches’ statements? Such speculation‚ however interesting‚ ultimately appears futile‚ since the
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