The Dark Pleasures of Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night by PETER HOLLAND‚ Director-Designate of the Shakespeare Institute‚ Stratford-upon-Avon‚ England Why don’t filmmakers like Shakespeare’s comedies? Look for an interesting version of any of the best-known tragedies‚ and you are spoiled for choice. Try doing the same for any of the best-known comedies‚ and you will still be searching weeks later. The astonishing 1935 Warner Brothers A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ with James Cagney as Bottom and Mickey
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superior expression. It is clear from the way Sir Toby reacts that he doesn’t take Malvolio very seriously‚ so Malvolio now tries to threaten him. He says that Olivia has given him a message to pass on: "though she harbours you as her kinsman‚ she’s nothing allied to your disorders." He continues by saying that unless Sir Toby mends his ways‚ Olivia will ask him to leave the house. I would direct Malvolio to smile when Sir Toby makes fun of him‚ and then speak in a clear‚ deliberate way so everyone can
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income of over $100‚000 a year. As a homeowner‚ Olivia enjoys watching HSN (Home Shopping Network) to find new‚ innovative products she can purchase for her house. She suffers from allergies‚ so she is concerned about her home’s air quality‚ especially since the overall air quality within Los Angeles is declining. Olivia also has a young child‚ and she is worried that her home’s air quality could be detrimental to the child’s health. For these reasons‚ Olivia is the perfect Breathe-EZ
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About the Book Benjamin‚ Alepho‚ and Benson were raised among the Dinka tribe of Sudan. Theirs was an insulated‚ close-knit world of grass-roofed cottages‚ cattle herders‚ and tribal councils. The lions and pythons that prowled beyond the village fences were the greatest threat they knew. All that changed the night the government-armed Murahiliin began attacking their villages. Amid the chaos‚ screams‚ conflagration‚ and gunfire‚ five-year-old Benson and seven-year-old Benjamin fled into the
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Whenever Nathaniel Benson would be mentioned she was always blushing and always looking happy. “‘Speaking of Mr. Nathaniel Benson’” he started. “‘Were we’” I inquired. (Anderson 35). When her grandpa was talking about Nathaniel Benson so acted like she didn’t know. Also she was fantasizing about when her grandpa was talking. This is how she acts when Nathaniel Benson. She didn’t change because she started liking him more as the book progressed
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Folly Essay – Twelfth Night For my essay I have chosen to write about Malvolio. He is Princess Olivia head steward and confidant. In this play Malvolio proves to be an extremely complex character. As straight edged as he tries to be‚ Malvolio has definitely been stuck by several folly’s. Just as Feste stated in the play‚ “Folly is like the sun‚ it shines everywhere.” Folly operates in a way that the person it affects still believes they are acting with reason and logic. This theme is
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through Viola’s decision to disguise herself as a eunuch in order to find favour with the duke. The decision by Shakespeare to now portray Viola as a man‚ creates confusion amongst the audience in terms of the love triangle between Viola/Cesario‚ Olivia and Orsino. This confusion is a key element of a Shakespeare comedy‚ and reflects the Dionysian interpretation of life. “Hamlet” and “Twelfth Night” are two Shakespeare plays of complete opposites. Due to one being written as a tragedy‚ and the other
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Shakespear‚ the existence in London of serious reviews‚ of clubs and societies‚ of bookshops and small publishers‚ of well-attended artistic salons such as Olivia Shakespear ’s worked as an advantage for a newly arrived but promising young poet such as Pound. The key to opening all of these doors was William Butler Yeats‚ and the key to Yeats was Olivia Shakespear. Within a year of arriving in London‚ Pound found his way to her literary salon‚ where he read Yeats ’s poetry aloud in what Dorothy describes
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it find an animal when it is hiding from poachers. The long legs of the wolf also help it catch it’s food faster. (Benson and Nagel 244)
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important in American history. Most Americans did not want the Prohibition to happen but most people know that In 1919‚ “congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ‚ outlawing the manufacturing and sale of alcohol nationwide” (Benson). This sent people into anger and madness. A majority of Americans were in favor of alcohol and did not want to give it up‚ this made people illegally make‚ receive‚ and transport alcohol so they could get what they wanted. If the Prohibition was
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