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    On the 20th of February 2018 we were lucky enough to be dragged to Shakespeare’s play Macbeth directed by Tom Mallaburn. The play took place at the Pop-up Globe. The Globe had been assembled by industrial scaffolding‚ creating the main structure. They had done their best to hide this modern building material with painted plywood and period correct flags and other building materials. Unfortunately this did not hide the fact that there was a large scaffolding pole that partially block my view. Beside

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    The play Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare‚ who was a playwright‚ between 1603 and 1606. It is a tragedy‚ which represents the psychological issues of people with political ambition and the results of those who seek power for their own sake. The Shakespearean tragedy is actual in modern days as well. This is the reason of its high popularity. The main character‚ Macbeth‚ who is a brave general once receives a prophecy. Hence‚ the seed of his ambition of becoming a king grows into a big

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    between the Play and the Movie Macbeth The movie Macbeth has many differences from the actual play; here are just a few of them. First of all it is set in a completely different time period most likely the late 1930’s to the early 1940’s‚ while the original storyline is during the late 1400’s or during the early 1500’s. Though this change did change the settings‚ it was a really interesting contrast the two time periods. The second was that the witches in the play are always somewhere

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    Macbeth is a 2010 drama film based on William Shakespeare’s famous play The Tragedy of Macbeth. The film runs approximately two hours long and was directed by Rupert Goold. This interesting adaptation of this tragic story includes many famous actor such as: Patrick Stewart‚ Kate Fleetwood‚ Sophie Hunter‚ Bertie Gilbert‚ and many more. Macbeth is set in Nazi Germany; however‚ like many other adaptations of Shakespeare’s work‚ it uses all of the original dialogue from the play. The film has the same

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    most lethal and sinister playsMacbeth is a drama so praiseworthy that is able to perfectly absorb and embody the greatest fears of its time period‚ and then instill them back into its audience‚ frightening them even greater than they were before. Above all‚ Shakespeare valued a good story‚ and the witches‚ traitors‚ and deceit that was prevalent throughout the play all served to captivate the audience and touch on topics that everyone would be aware of. By opening his play so such a wide audience

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    The Piano Lesson Plot Line We recently read the play The Piano Lesson and encountered an interesting plot line. The exposition of the story starts when Boy Willie shows up unexpectedly at his sister’s house. As the story progresses‚ we encounter the rising action. The rising action is when Boy Willie informs Berniece that he is selling their mother’s piano. The climax starts in a couple different places: when Sutter appears‚ and when Berniece plays the piano. The falling action and resolution happen

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    most famous play’s was “Macbeth”. It is a very interesting play about a downfall and tragic hero named Macbeth. In the beginning he was a brave and noble warrior‚ but ends up being a disappointment to his people. His guilt is very powerful and he really only cares about being king. His wife‚ Lady Macbeth was just as guilty as he was‚ but she seemed very heartless at first. Macbeth’s main threat to the throne was Macduff‚ who leads the army that takes Scotland back. Macbeth and his wife both share

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    Macbeth is a play about loss.’ – Discuss In the tragedy Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare explores the theme of loss through protagonist Macbeth. At the beginning of the playMacbeth is a hero of noble stature whose fortunes are reversed as a result of weakness. He becomes overwhelmed by his tragic flaw of vaulting ambition and his own actions lead to his very nemesis. Macbeth loses his conscience after murdering King Duncan‚ sold his soul to the devil and loses his life to his acts of evil that

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    and actor. He wrote some of the most famous plays in history such as‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Hamlet‚ and Macbeth. In Macbeth‚ Shakespeare portrays women as weak in the fact that in order to be powerful‚ they must go against their nature and act as male-figures.     Lady Macbeth feels she will gain greater power by going against her womanly nature and by turning into a male figure while plotting the murder of King Duncan. After hearing the news that Macbeth is made out to be the new king‚ she instantly

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    The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ both adhere to the Shakespearean view of tragedy. They contain elements of the supernatural and use literary devices like Nemesis & Pathos. We see the passion & ambition of characters‚ ultimately leading to their tragic flaw. But in both cases‚ not every character is deserving of his/her fate. Frankenstein and Macbeth‚ both contain elements of the supernatural. In Macbeth there are witches and powers of witchcraft.

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