One of the most famous plays ever to hit Broadway‚ “The Phantom of the Opera” written by Andrew Lloyd Webber‚ is a classic that no one can deny to be amazing. Its brilliant plot of a distorted musical genius that haunts an opera house in Paris and unconsciously helps a beautiful woman with her singing career and falls in love with her can seize anyone who watches it. Also‚ the dazzling music and setting launch the audience back into the time in which this incredible play takes place. But now a new
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Shakespeare’s Othello: Movie (Oliver parker 1995) Vs. Play Oliver parker’s Othello came out in 1995 with Laurence Fishburne as Othello this is also the first time Othello was played by a coloured actor‚ Kenneth Branagh as Iago and Irene Jacob as Desdemona. Parker kept the original plot and language intact‚ however the movie seemed to give Othello life through visual and audio aids. Parker’s Othello enables the viewer to associate on a personal level and compliments to the anticipation and imagination
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If anyone is ever looking for a movie based on a Shakespeare play‚ poorly adapted into a modern story about high school basketball players‚ and complete with uninspired acting‚ then the movie O‚ directed by Tim Blake Nelson‚ is the perfect choice. The movie‚ which stars Mekhi Phifer‚ Julia Stiles‚ and Martin Sheen‚ takes place in modern America and centers around private school basketball players. The star of the team‚ Odin‚ is favored by Coach Duke which rubs many players‚ especially the Coach’s
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Macbeth Comparison Essay A quote which really defines Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s ambition regarding power is "Power does not corrupt men; fools; however‚ if they get into a position of power‚ corrupt power" George Bernard Shaw. Lady Macbeth is more ambitious in terms of gaining power then Macbeth is and that Lady Macbeth will do almost anything to gain power‚ even evil things that she normally wouldn’t do. This is shown when Macbeth and Lady Macbeth learn about the witches’ predictions‚ then
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Comparison of the Settings and the Moods in the Play and the Movie Versions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Plays often get converted to movies. As the media changes‚ many of the elements of the play changes as well. Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ was turned into a movie in 1996. The movie mondenizes the theme play to adapt to the change. Specifically‚ it changes some settings and creates new moods for the original work. The changes of the settings‚ the time and the place‚ make
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film ‘O’ directed by Tim Blake Nelson is an adaptation of the well crafted play Othello by William Shakespeare. The film has many similarities to the play‚ and the storyline of the movie mirrors the main events that take place in the play as well as highlighting important symbols that are present in the play. Although there are many similarities‚ the play also differs from the movie in many ways. The original title of the play was ‘The Tragedy of Othello‚ The Moor of Venice’‚ which brings attention
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Macbeth is a heroic tragedy set in Scotland. There are themes of supernatural powers‚ betrayal‚ murder and self-destruction in this play. It reveals how Macbeth kills to become king and how Lady Macbeth’s passion for power drives him. Like any interpretation of something Roman Polanski took artistic liberty with the play. The differences between Polanksi’s Macbeth and Shakespeare’s‚ in terms of the overall tone‚ is the brutality of the Polanksi’s film. Polanski’s version was especially gruesome‚
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Shakespeare’s plays Hamlet and Macbeth have similarities and differences. These plays are both tragedies that use supernatural incidents‚ and consist of a hero that has a tragic flaw. One of Hamlet’s main problems is that he takes a long time to seek revenge that he promised his ghost father he would accomplish. Macbeth‚ on the other hand‚ tends to act quickly and effectively. In both plays there are characters that relate to one another. Such as‚ Lady Macbeth and Gertrude‚ Lady Macbeth and Ophelia
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differences between the way the play The Crucible was written and the way it was presented in the film adaptation we watched in class. One major difference was that in the movie‚ the girls were shown dancing in the forest at the beginning. In the play it is only a flashback. The scene was added in the movie to make it more dramatic and foreshadowing. I think it helps to understand the movie better and it sets the mood of the story from the very beginning. In the movie‚ when the girls visit Betty
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elements‚ the Witches introduce an element of supernatural mystery and fear into Macbeth. As Coleridge says‚ “as true a creation of Shakespeare’s as his Ariel and Caliban” and “wholly different from the representation of witches in the contemporary writers‚ and yet presented a sufficient external resemblance to the creatures of vulgar prejudice‚ to act immediately on the audience.” It is significant that the play begins with a brief meeting of the three witches. A very short prologue is long enough
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