Imagery in “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe is best known for ominous short stories. In “The Cask of Amontillado” ‚ Poe uses imagery to enhance the mood‚ setting and characters of the story. Poe uses imagery to create a horrific and dark mood. For example‚ Poe writes‚ “ We had passed through walls of piled bones with casks and puncheons intermingling into the inmost recesses of the catacombs”. By using words such as “bones” and “catacombs” Poe incites thoughts of horror and death
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Love as the Cause of Suffering In William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night‚ love as the cause of suffering is one of the most prominent theme of the story. Even though this play ends in love and wedded bliss‚ Shakespeare also shows us that love can also cause pain. The characters often view love as a curse‚ something that is thrust upon you and you cannot easily or willing escape. Examples include Malvolio’s love for Olivia‚ the love triangle between Olivia‚ Duke Orsino‚ and Viola as Cesario‚
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In the kingdom of Illyria (fantasy world)‚ Twelfth Night was supposedly originally written for the entertainment of Queen Elizabeth I. William Shakespeare’s comedy associates with the Feast of Epiphany (January 6th) and was means for entertainment in the seventeenth century. It contains some aspects that can be thought of as a successful comedy when compared to the standards of today’s society. The play incorporates some of the very same devices that are used in modern comedies today‚ such as topsy-turvy
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Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ undoubtedly presents these common comedic traits and exploits them‚ primarily through the incorporation of foolishness within many aspects of the play‚ therefore conforming to comedy by that definition. However‚ within the play‚ arguably at the heart of it‚ there are other themes such as confusion and misunderstanding which lead to the question of whether foolishness is truly at the heart of the play and if there are other themes to consider. Twelfth Night begins to suggest
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The symbols in "In the Heat of the Night" are heat‚ night‚ wallet‚ murder weapon and the colours black and white. The strongest and most significant symbols are heat and night. The heat represents the features of anxiety‚ nervousness‚ and tension. It also suggests to the overall mood of characters. The heat has been repeated several times in the duration of the novel. This symbol is showcased on page one‚ stating "The heat of the Carolinas in August hung thick and heavy in the air." On page two saying
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Duke Orsino is one of the main characters involved in the love triangle and dynamics of Twelfth Night. At the beginning of the play‚ Duke Orsino is very obsessively in love with Olivia. He changes his love interests very quickly when he finds out that Cesario is actually Viola‚ which puzzlingly suggests that he was not in love with Olivia but rather with the idea of being in love. Therefore‚ I imagine he is handsome‚ due to Viola immediately falling for him; strong‚ to satisfy his need to uphold
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How does Shakespeare present the theme of deception in the first two acts of Twelfth night? Shakespeare’s Twelfth night‚ focuses mainly on the theme of deception in both main plot and the sub-plot. Not only do the characters deceive each other‚ but many of them are also self-deceived and we‚ as the audience‚ begin to realise ourselves that we are sometimes deceived. This creates great opportunities for Shakespeare to create humour and dramatic irony‚ which a Shakespearian audience would understand
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Deception and disguise are two key themes in Shakespeare’s ’Twelfth Night’. As in most comedies‚ Twelfth Night celebrates different forms of disguise and deception in order to make the play more entertaining. It also develops a strong connection between the main plot (with Viola‚ Orsino‚ Olivia‚ and the others) and the sub-plot (involving Sir Andrew‚ Sir Toby‚ Malvolio‚ and Maria). Disguise and deception appear in many different ways throughout the story. One of the most overt examples of disguise
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the themes and ideas of the scriptwriter‚ such as in the play "Twelfth Night"‚ written by William Shakespeare. There are many characters in the play "Twelfth Night" including Olivia‚ the Duke‚ Sebastian and Viola. Each character has his or her own personality traits‚ distinguishing qualities and purpose in the play. Viola‚ who is the main character‚ represents the two themes of love and disguise or mistaken identity in "Twelfth Night". Viola is a princess‚ who is shipwrecked on the island of Illyria
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Twelfth Night and The Servant of Two Masters both relate to this course’s theme of the carnivalesque. Both plays share the commonality of having a clown‚ or a fool; in Twelfth Night it is Feste or the Fool‚ and in The Servant of Two Masters it is Truffaldino. Both characters play the fool in contrasting ways to express similar yet different forms of the carnivalesque. During carnival‚ laughter is prominent; people are laughing together‚ they are laughing at each other‚ and they are being laughed
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