Love‚ Power and Romeo and Juliet The play Romeo and Juliet is a classic tale of friendship‚ love‚ betrayal‚ comedy‚ tragedy‚ and death. I t was written by William Shakespeare in and is considered one of his greatest tragedies. It has many different renditions and has been translated into many different languages. In the play “Romeo and Juliet” two young ambitious lovers put themselves in situations that would inevitably lead to their deaths. Was Romeo to blame or perhaps Juliet? Maybe the
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society just as Othello is…living in a predominantly white society. But unlike Othello‚ Shylock rejects the Christian community as firmly as it rejects him.’ (W.H. Auden‚ ‘The Dyer’s Hand’‚ 1963. Quoted in ‘Shakespeare’s Comedies’‚ edited by Lerner‚ Penguin 1967.) In light of the above quotation‚ compare and contrast Shakespeare’s presentation of prejudice‚ considering how audiences of different periods might react to it. (2000 words) Shylock’s presentation of prejudice has been received in
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What can we see about the treatment of love in literature from comparing Shakespeare and Browning? In Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ and Browning’s ‘The Laboratory’‚ it is implied that love was the cause of a desire for revenge on and the death of another character. In ‘Othello’‚ Othello-despite loving her-desires revenge on Desdemona‚ believing she has been unfaithful‚ and irrationally decides to kill her: “I will withdraw/To furnish me with some swift means of death/For the fair devil” (III.iii.473-4)
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William Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ written in 1603‚ is set in Venice and follows the ’valiant’ general Othello who is manipulated by Iago into his own downfall; being the murder of his wife then suicide. The play explores some of the deepest characteristics of human experience‚ including moral decay‚ emotional suffering and strong moral acts. This is driven by the themes of jealousy‚ appearance versus reality‚ and honour. These and other elements consolidate together presenting a play with an enduring
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Jane Austen‚ author of Pride and Prejudice‚ uses humour in her novel to maintain the interest of the reader. Some have said that Pride and Prejudice is a simple tale of love and marriage‚ but it is in fact far more complex. At the least‚ it should be recognised as a comedy of manners‚ and though romantic subplots could be said to drive the text‚ Jane Austen’s clever and subtle wit reflects her own eye for the folly of human behaviour. Chiefly‚ she exaggerates the personalities of her characters‚
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Courtship and Marriage Courtship and Marriage in Twelfth Night‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ and High Fidelity The idea of courtship and marriage throughout history has had defining points that have led to today’s views over the matter. In the three books we have read: first being‚ Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night; second being Jane Austin’s‚ Pride and Prejudice and the third; Nick Hornby’s‚ High Fidelity‚ are all historical steps that define marriage and courtship today and how it got there. In Shakespeare’s
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OTHELLO An Assignment for Study on Shakespeare Subject Submitted for the Requirement of Final Exam compiled by: AHMAD SAAD I. 120610083 faculty of HUMANITIES English department Airlangga university 2010 INTRODUCTION Othello (2005) is directed by Oliver parker‚ and starring by Laurence Fishburne‚ Irène Jacob‚ Michael Maloney‚ Nathaniel Parker‚ Kenneth Branagh. Oliver Parker made his directorial debut with this
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The Knight’s Tale The Knight’s Tale is a poem from Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. The Knight’s Tale is a poem about the power of love‚ how it changes people and leads them to their destruction. The poem starts by introducing the well-known Theseus‚ the king of Athens‚ who is a great conqueror that fights in foreign locations‚ conquers ungoverned countries and slays ferocious beasts. To fight and defeat the Amazons‚ a savage race of women who lived in Scythia‚ Theseus travels to their land
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December 10‚ 2012 Money can’t buy you love. In the “Great Gatsby” money and love had a significance part throughout the book with just about every character in it. We learn of many relationships that have been based on lies with the power of money behind them the whole time. Money buys many things in this book. From lavish lifestyles to meaningless property‚ trophy wives to nightlife parties. It was a time when people were trying to live the American Dream‚ so wealth and success meant
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Love is a powerful feeling that we desire as humans beings. The power of love can blind us and drive us to make rash decisions we would sometimes never dream of. William Shakespeare demonstrated the power of “love” in his romantic-tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet. The play is about two-star crossed lovers who are pulled apart by fate and their families’ feud‚ and eventually end up killing themselves. People to this day debate whether or not the fact if Romeo and Juliet killed themselves out of their love
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