living room. While all of his guests‚ intended and accidental‚ attempt to illuminate their condition both figuratively and literally‚ Brindsley desperately endeavors to thwart them to increasingly comedic effect. In Peter Shaffer’s one-act farce‚ Black Comedy‚ first performed in 1965‚ he amusingly juxtaposes light and dark in order to underscore the play’s central treatment of lies and deceit. Simultaneously its most distinctive and challenging feature‚ the play is performed under a reversed lighting
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Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors The Comedy of Errors was Shakespeare’s first comedy. It is a light yet dramatic play about a family of twins‚ their parents‚ and their twin servants‚ who have been separated for over twenty years due to a tragic accident at sea. The story‚ following the usual format of Shakespeare’s work occurs and is concluded all in one day. The twins run into each other the whole day through and are mistaken for each other more than once. This confusion makes the tragedy
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A Comedy of Errors is made better by the July 15th production because of the physical acting‚ portrayal of both Antipholous’ and Dromio’s relationships‚ and the situational comedy of Shakespeare. Physicality is the biggest addition to Shakespeare’s original piece. Some of these instances aren’t in Shakespeare’s stage directions‚ but only serves to enhance the performance for the audience. The first time Antipholous S. comes into contact with his twin brother’s wife for example. In the play Adriana
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Voltaire Paper Justin Spicer Voltaire uses many writing techniques‚ which are similar to that of the works of Cervantes‚ Alighieri‚ Rabelais and Moliere. The use of the various styles shows that‚ despite the passing of centuries and the language change‚ certain writing techniques will always be effective. One common literary technique is the author’s use of one or more of his characters as his own voice to speak out the authors own views on certain subjects. For instance‚ in Moliere’s Tartuffe
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Comedy Conventions Shakespearean plays are often seen as sad or depressing. In "The Taming of the Shrew‚" Shakespeare takes a somewhat sad topic of a man marrying off his daughters and makes it quite humorous. "The Taming of the Shrew" is about a man named Baptista‚ who has two daughters‚ one who is very loud and vicious named Katerina‚ and another sweet‚ sincere daughter named Bianca. Baptista makes a rule in his house that Bianca may not get married until Kate does‚ therefore a man sets up
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JUNO Juno‚ a sixteen year old girl decides to experiment and have sex for the first time with Paulie Bleeker her friend and with no luck on her side gets pregnant. Juno has to decide what to do after visiting an abortion center and deciding she can not kill the baby because it already has nails. Juno then talks with a friend who tells her to look in the “Penny saver” for people who want to adopt. Juno comes across Mark and Vanessa Loring who have the money to support a child and looking to
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The Elizabethan era may have only lasted for 45 years‚ but it brought forth a blossoming of literature‚ and changed the way that people viewed themselves and their society. The gender specific roles in the Golden Age may have not suited the people of today‚ but in the 1500’s they were acknowledged and seen as a common practice. During the Elizabethan era‚ diverse family and societal roles were demonstrated through men‚ women‚ and children. First off‚ men in the 1500’s had said important and powerful
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During The Elizabethan Era During the Elizabethan era‚ humans were still in the age of discovery‚ and what they could not explain‚ understand‚ or thought of as “physical phenomena” the Elizabethans were afraid of. Elizabethans were very paranoid‚ many believed in superstitions that they feared in everyday life. The everyday fears that the Elizabethans believed in are usually like the superstitions we live with today‚ such as: saying "God Bless You" following a sneeze (Elizabethans believed that
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During the Elizabethan Era there were some very creepy things that went on during the time. The Elizabethan Era was full of sickness. Many of the sickness were deadly some were not. There was a lot of different medicine and curing methods. That sometimes saved people. Also‚ there was crime as well like in all towns there is always crime and there is always some type of punishment was enforced. Around the time there was some creepy magic that could scare the bergepers out of you. Many superstitions
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dedicated to the Year 11 Preliminary Course students biting their nails and pulling their hair out struggling to grasp the concept of journeys. On our show today we have a special guest who is here to talk about his world-renowned poem ‘Dante’s Divine Comedy’ which is basically the epitome of ‘imaginative’ journeys. Yes folks you heard correct‚ please welcome the one and only Mr. Dante Alighieri. For any students who are on the edge of their seats wanting to embellish Mr. Dante’s insightful frame of
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