shortest and bloodiest tragedy. This play is about the psychological changes of Macbeth‚ a very loyal and honourable person. Macbeth might not be Shakespeare’s most complex play‚ but it was certain to be his most intense. Shakespeare creates a great general who becomes an obsessed‚ out of mind and insecure person. However‚ this didn’t happen straight away and Shakespeare makes Macbeth’s spirit more and more frantic scene by scene. Shakespeare leads the audiences from the beginning when Macbeth was
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In group three’s presentation adapting of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull‚ group members took turns playing Irina Arkadina in order to show the many facets of a character that was portrayed as fairly one-dimensional within the original play. The actor playing Arkadina was represented by donning the identifying costume pieces which include a scarf and a pair of sunglasses. Each shift in characterization was shown by changing the actor and the placement of these pieces on their body. In their portrayal
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An Inspector Calls is a play based in 1912‚ although it was written in 1946 by JB Priestley. Priestley was a deeply political writer with a strong favour for Communism. Communism is the political belief that there is no rich or poor and that everybody is equal‚ indeed Communists also believe that there should be a planned economy and no wages would be paid to the workers as this money would be used to fuel the infrastructure and the economy. When Priestley wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ It was 1946
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and plays we witness as characters evolve and grow into their roles. These changes sometimes occur as a result of an event or possibly through the influence of another character. Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll House” is a character that finds her true self through her interactions with several minor characters. As the play opens‚ the reader sees Nora‚ the protagonist of the story‚ as what appears to be a prancing doll-like wife happy living under her husband’s possessive thumb. Her character
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Tension is an element that has been intricately woven at the heart of the Birling family. The Birling’s are a family of two generations; the older assertive and callous generation and the younger ambitious generation with not yet fully sculpted minds. The lack of understanding and empathy for the younger generation (Eric and Shelia) feeds the tension at heart:- ‘Because you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble-that’s why.’ This quotation reflects on Eric’s sense of
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Nora is the main leading character of “A Doll House”. She seems to be a happy woman at the start of the play as she shows her affection towards Torvald. Like every woman she shows her excitement about the extra money of Torvald’s new job. She also enjoys the company of her children and friends. She does not seem to be unhappy with her life and relations. At the start it seems that Nora is like a lighthearted‚ immature girl who does not have the knowledge of the world. She appears to be an innocent
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A hard lesson learnt I cannot begin to explain the importance of a mother in the life of a child. A mother’s love is something no one can explain. It is made of deep care‚ sacrifice and enormous strength. She is the kind of person who would slaughter her own dreams for the dreams of her children. She is someone who would stay up all night when her child is unwell. She is someone who scolds you for the petty things but embraces you when you have failed to keep up with life’s lofty expectations. A
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How can one person go from being a very strong hero to an unstable‚ distrusted person in a short period of time? Some of us look at books or plays to determine‚ what is happening or if the author is extraordinary compared to others. Have you ever thought about looking at a specific character and pictured the change in them? In Macbeth many characters go through drastic changes‚ but there is one in particular that really stands out. This is the character of Macbeth. Macbeth goes through many changes
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Hamlet is the main character of a well-known Shakespeare play named Hamlet. In this play‚ Hamlet is the son of the late king Hamlet‚ who was recently murdered by the new king Claudius. Prince Hamlet has trouble dealing with his father’s passing and his mother’s quick remarriage. Throughout the play Hamlet deals with many emotions. Hamlet represents a typical protagonist of a Shakespearean tragedy. Hamlet starts the story as a troubled and conceited character‚ but irrevocably changes into altruistic
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The character development of Macbeth is that can majorly been seen through the whole play itself. We see the change from a good gentlemen to this evil character‚ and with this we can also see how the mental state of this character changes‚ as the play goes on. At the beginning of the play the character of Macbeth is a notable soldier that is willing t fight for his king in battle. Macbeth was a man with lots of bravery as he was very much so a war hero. In Act I scene 2 lines 16 through 20- “For
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