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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Text Idea: The play Othello‚ Shakespeare Text Type: Monologue Purpose: providing a theoretical insight into Iago’s thoughts once he had been captured and was thrown into a prison cell. Iago: How did I end up in this rotten hell-hole of a cell? I could have sworn that I had everyone caught and under my spell. Everyone came to me‚ asking me what went wrong‚ asking for solutions‚ for help in their plans. Yet here I am shackled up behind the rusty old bars surrounded by only concrete walls. And after
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A book and a movie are never the same. Many times there are quite a few differences between the two. Some differences in movie tend to emphasize certain scenes that we the director believes are the most important ones in the movie. In general the movie tends to add or leave out certain things in order to make the movie more interesting and capturing to the audience. For this essay‚ the movie that Hamlet is being compared to is the version with Mel Gibson and Glenn Close. In this version‚ the direction
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Othello dramatizes the interaction of good and evil by using different characters to play as evil‚ or innocent characters. Shakespeare uses the difference of morals for each character to exaggerate the goodness of one person and the (corruption) of another. For example‚ Shakespeare introduces the idea of people being born with evil in them‚ but one does not see the evil unless it is triggered by an event. However‚ some believe that a seed of evil is planted in them by others or events that occur
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Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the characters’ personalities and motivations influence the plot heavily. Iago is driven by his jealousy of Cassio and his desire to exact revenge on Othello. Othello’s trusting nature leads to his undoing in the play. Iago takes advantage of how he’s seen in the eyes of those around him to carry out his plans. Although Othello is the protagonist of the play and Iago is the antagonist‚ the two characters are not the ultimate portrayals of good and evil. Othello is not a war
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The Crucible The movie The Crucible was made in 1996‚ its main characters are John Proctor‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ Abigail Williams‚ Reverend John Hale‚ and Judge Danforth. Early in the year 1692‚ in the small Massachusetts village of Salem‚ a collection of girls fell ill‚ falling victim to hallucinations and seizures. New England’s Puritans extreme involvement with religion led to the theory that frightening or surprising occurrences were often attributed to the devil or his cohorts. The incomprehensible
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If you love someone how far would you go to prove your love for it? In the movie of “O” is about a group of teens that go against each other because of getting tricked in do something or of jealousy. Also during the movie “O” most of them have a bad past like Othello used to do drugs and drink and then Hugo aka Iago he does steroids to get bigger so he can play more basketball. The movie “O” is better than the movie “Othello” because it uses modern language‚ has a more intense final scene‚ and has
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Othello Syndrome Vs. Othello Play The tragedy of Othello portrayed different social dysfunctions in each character. The main character Othello represented a psychiatric disorder known as delusional jealousy or called Othello syndrome after the Shakespeare’s play; and this social dysfunction interfere in his relationship with wife Desdemona. Although‚ this play refers long time ago‚ morbid jealousy is present today in males than women. Therefore‚ Othello syndrome obstructed Desdemona and Othello’s
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The movie “Much Ado About Nothing”‚ though similar to the original play by William Shakespeare‚ has subtle differences. Although the dialogue in the movie is the same as the original play‚ the settings and emotional intent are better represented in the film. So‚ the overall meaning of the story isn’t diminished but preserved and enhanced. In Summary‚ the movie is a good representation of the original play that William Shakespeare would be proud of. The story written by William Shakespeare
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book. A bad adaptation can even kill a whole franchise‚ such as The Golden Compass and Eragon. People often tend to compare which is better‚ the book or the movie but as they are two completely different mediums to tell a story it is better to “see” if the adaptation itself is any good. There is so much work behind every little detail in movie adaptations‚ when the author writes ....the director has to choose everything
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