How does Arthur Miler create a dramatically effective ending? Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge is centred on a Brooklyn Longshoreman, Eddie Carbone and his family. He is a fairly simple, middle aged man of an Italian descent trying to make a good life for his adoptive daughter (actually his...
Compare how Shakespeare uses dramatic techniques and speech representations in order to present the Duke and his reasons for placing Angelo in charge. Written in the early 17th century, 'Measure for Measure' was one of the many plays that Shakespeare wrote to entertain his King, which at the time was...
H/W How does Arthur Miller create dramatic 28/12/08 tension in ‘A view from the bridge’? In the play, ‘A view from the bridge’, Arthur Miller creates dramatic tension via the use of the following techniques, the effects of characters and actions...
“An inherent tension between confrontation and resolution is revealed through characterisation in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. To what extent does your interpretation of Hamlet align with this view?” Shakespeare’s classical revenge tragedy Hamlet is everlastingly relevant despite the time period for its...
In The Merchant of Venice, Act 4 Scene 1 is the climax of the play and is one of longest dramatic scene to ever been written by Shakespeare; it is filled with tension, suspense, irony, sarcasm and power. Shakespeare achieves this by using different writing skills such as setting, location (the switch...
the way Shakespeare develops tension in act 5 Scene 2of Othello In the start of act 5, we see Desdemona asleep in her bedchamber which almost foreshadows her death as this is the position she lay in when she dies. Othello’s speech sets the audiences feelings on a rollercoaster of tension, as the...
Shylock builds up all the tension as well as Portia however Portia and her loyal serving girl Nerissa, use a great amount of dramatic irony. Even though the audience knows that both these characters are actually Balthazaar and his apprentice, Bassanio, Antonio and Shylock don't. This creates a brilliant...
path of the train track as "extremely deep and unusually precipitous… clammy stone… oozier and wetter". The story keeps the reader in suspense with dramatic description, short and long sentences to slow things down and to intensify the fear of the supernatural. Last of all Dickens uses the technique Foreshadowing...
how does shakespeare create a sense of conflict and tension in act3, scene1? Romeo and juliet by the elizabethan playwrite william shakespeare the story of wo famillies, the montigues and the capulets who hate each other Holes essay: how does Stanley’s character change by the end of the novel?...
Othello and Cassio, analyse the methods he uses to ruin their lives and show how Shakespeare reveals Iago's thoughts and plans to the audience. The play "Othello" was written by the playwright William Shakespeare, one of the best and well-known writers of that period and upto the current...
How Shakespeare uses Hooks on Audience and Characters in Romeo and Juliet In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” William Shakespeare hooks both the audience, through foreshadowing to tell them the story and through dramatic irony to keep them hooked, as well as the characters by pitting them against...
English Essay 2nd February 2009 How Does Shakespeare create a sense of tension throughout this scene? Firstly I believe that he does this by showing the extreme rivalry and hatred between the few people shown in this scene, and shows how everything may erupt at any second. In the way that...
How does Juliet’s emotion change during act 3 scenes 5 and how does Shakespeare show us the pressure that she is under? • Shakespeare craft in creating a dramatic effect through the play on the audience • The social and historical influence on display on this scene; • The cultural contexts...
William Shakespeare is one of the most inspiration writers of all time, he wrote many famous plays and sonnets such as “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Hamlet”. However clearly his most famous tragedy of work is the story of “Romeo and Juliet”, two “star crossed lovers” who take their own lives in a...
*How F*ar *I*s Iago *R*esponsible *F*or *T*he *T*ragic *U*nfolding *O*f *E*vents *I*n ‘Othello’? Iago is responsible for the tragic unfolding of events in ‘Othello’. This can be seen through his manipulation of Othello, jealousy of Cassio becoming Othello’s lieutenant, hatred of women, racism and being...
How does Shakespeare present Romeo as a lover before and after he meets Juliet? The character of Romeo changes drastically throughout the play “Romeo and Juliet” most of this transformation comes in the first two acts of the play. “Romeo and Juliet” is a tragedy which adds to the dramatic effect...
of the water. During the course of this essay I will be analysing how, director, Steven Spielberg creates tension in his blockbuster ‘Jaws’. I will describe the different way’s in which Spielberg uses certain techniques to build tension, such as: Sound and music; camera shots; red herrings; a tense story...
Discuss How The Theme Of Conflict Is Presented In 'Romeo and Juliet' 'Romeo and Juliet' is a tragedy and therefore it is essential to involve conflict. In this case, conflict is the central theme of the whole play, and Shakespeare presents it in many different ways. For example, not only is conflict...
Romeo and Juliet is a play written in 1597 by William Shakespeare. The play is a romantic tragedy about two star-crossed lovers who fall deeply in love with eachother despite being from opposing families; Romeos family the Montagues and Juliets family the Capulets. They get married and plan to run away...
in Macbeth The supernatural is a powerful theme running through Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Shakespeare uses the supernatural in many scenes, and it vital to the storyline of the play, injecting horror tension and suspense into the play – are these supernatural events inside Macbeth’s mind, or do they...
Good artists borrow. Great artists steal. --Picasso William Shakespeare and The Walt Disney Company are two of the most beloved and famous storytellers of all time, but it is a well-known fact that the majority of their stories are not of their own invention. Excluding The Tempest, all of...
How does Hitchcock create tension in the film ‘Psycho’? As the film ‘psycho’ starts we get the impression that it is a romantic film and Hitchcock also does this in his film ‘The Birds’. The film consists of two murders the first being Marion, she steals $40,000 from her bosses client in order...
How far do you agree that Shakespeare’s portrayal of gender relations is more sinister than comic? Shakespeare’s depiction of gender relations in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ distinguishes male and female stereotypes during the Elizabethan era of 1599. Shakespeare accomplishes this through...
“Dramatic Structure” ENG 125 Dramatic structure is seen in all of literature. Most people don’t know that it is also seen in advertisements, mostly television commercials. The majority of them follow the same pattern of the protagonist reaching their final fate. Whether the protagonist ends up with...
the ideal form of tragic plays became a guideline for later playwrights in Western civilization. For centuries, European playwrights like William Shakespeare tried to write plays that would match the ideals of Aristotle’s model. Drama was not invented by Aristotle. In fact, he used examples from the works...
characters in Act 1 of the play twelfth night or what you will. They are: Orsino, Olivia, Viola, and Sir Toby Belch. I will try to show how they interact with other characters how they are displayed themselves. I will start with Orsino. I do that mainly because of the way William Shakespeare started the...
clearly uses different aspects of his play "A View From The Bridge" to create dramatic tension. His central character Eddie is the person around who has a great deal of conflict revolving around him. He creates a lot of tension and each scene of conflict becomes stronger than the one before. ...
Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare at around 1591-1596. It was set in Italy, in Verona at around 1200-1300. It is a tragic play in which Romeo and Juliet came from different families that had been fighting for years. They end up falling in love despite the fights between their families...
Alfieri functions as a Greek chorus. In a Greek tragedy, there would be several members of the chorus, where as in 'A View From The Bridge', Alfieri acts as a single narrator. The play A View From The Bridge' prepares the audience for the dreadful tragedy at the conclusion of the play, in the...
Analyse the ways in which the director builds tension during the first two shark attacks in Spielberg’s 1975 film, JAWS. Steven Spielberg’s 1975 movie thriller, JAWS, creates and builds up tension during the first two shark attacks. The director uses different camera techniques and use of music to...
How does Arthur Miller create tension in Act Two of A View From The Bridge? In Act Two, Arthur Miller creates tension in various different ways using suspence, emotions and mental or emotional strain and the result of two forces acting in opposition to each other. He does this by using language, focusing...
The presentation of choice in Macbeth (Shakespeare), My Last Duchess (Browning) and The Laboratory (Browning) Macbeth Macbeth’s choices are essentially presented through the soliloquys and asides, and basically boil down to “To murder or not to murder?”. As soliloquys and asides are effectively...
William Shakespeare is a popular and legendary play Wright from the a Elizabethan era. Shakespeare’s plays have stood the test and time and still appeal to audiences today. He wrote classics such as `Romeo and Juliet`, `Macbeth’ and `The Taming of the Shrew`. Shakespeare was an incredibly popular play...
Another way Shakespeare presents change in Lear’s identity is through the use of mental derangement. At the beginning of the play he is sane but mad. We can see this through Lear’s absurd decisions to decide the next rulers of the country with a ‘love test’. The self-inflated dignity of Lear. Has caused...
Examine how Shakespeare presents the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 7 and compare this with Act 3 Scene 4 and Act 5 Scene 1. The play Macbeth was written in the early 1600 by William Shakespeare and is a tragic story of a brave, loyal soldier who goes through a dramatic...
How does Shakespeare present changing state of mind in Hamlet’s soliloquies? Hamlet’s state of mind is relentlessly changing as the play progresses. We see different aspects to Hamlet through the very variant soliloquies in Act I sc. ii; Act I sc. v and Act III sc. i. Hamlet’s first soliloquy juxtaposes...
in order to display his skill at deceiving other characters and in return black mails him. Iago’s personality is what keeps this play of Othello a dramatic irony. We can say that Iago’s intentions and motives are sometimes evil or racist during his speech, but this is what describes who he really is....
Development of the Young Child. Explain How and Why Children’s Play Changes over the First Six Years of Life. Include Examples to Support Your Explanation. In: Other Topics Explain Why Play Is Important to the Holistic Development of the Young Child. Explain How and Why Children’s Play Changes over...
What are the reasons for the conflicts in Act Three Scene One? How is this scene dramatically powerful? The play Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play. A tragedy is a play were the main characters die. It is about two young people who fall in love but their families are currently having a feud. Against...
Explain how Shakespeare represents the change in Macbeth throughout the play. Macbeth is introduced as a hero, a soldier who has earned great honour from his fame on the battlefield. Although he is naturally a man of ambition, supernatural elements as well as the goading from his wife influence him...
reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbor to have them through envy.” Aristotle I find this quote very fascinating. It stats that jealousy is a very dangerous emotion...
There is little debate about the greatness of Shakespeare. The main thing upon which Shakespeare’s greatness lies is not his creative stories, many of his tales were simply adapted from myth or legend, his greatness comes from his ability to use his words to have a remarkably strong impact upon the reader...
“A guiltless death I die”, for the greater the love the greater the potential for jealousy. The whole play is based on the dramatic irony that the audiences know what Othello does not; this is enhanced by Iago’s soliloquies. This issue challenges us with the fact that we ourselves can be overpowered with...
Explore how Shakespeare presents the experience of falling in love in Act One of Romeo and Juliet. Refer to your wider reading in the literature of love. Romeo and Juliet has been described by critics as being ‘Shakespeare’s most enduring tragic love story’ and it is rich in techniques and dramatic devices...
major strength is to build situations that explore what it is to be human. He delves into situations, ideas and emotions that are so human that they transcend time and are as relevant today as they were when he was alive.” Choose two scenes/portions of scenes and explore how these scenes represent...
“In Act One of A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream Shakespeare introduces the main characters of his comedy and his play’s central themes, one of which is best expressed by this act’s well known line: “The course of true love never did run smooth.” In some ways Lysander’s declaration becomes the plays structural...
involved. Shakespeare Aristotle Othello’s Character Lago’s Character Tragedy Tragic Hero Shakespeare’s characters are highly developed and one can find anywhere. He is known for his immortal characters and they still live today. As Shakespeare matured, he developed...
WHY STUDENTS SHOULD LEARN ABOUT SHAKESPEARE Background info. Shakespeare: to study or not to study? William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s...
How does Shakespeare introduce the corruption of the court in Act 1? Shakespeare begins his play with a pair of fighting brothers that allows him to establish the breakdown of commonly held values of familial love and care. This is because Oliver, the eldest of Sir Roland de Boys three sons has broken...
Malvolio is one of the most complex and interesting characters in the play Twelfth Night; his intricately planed personalities were designed by Shakespeare to provide enough depth for there still to be many different views of his purpose and true meaning today. The longer you look at his character the...
have fun” Although Will Shakespeare has the title role in the film, “Shakespeare in Love” by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman,the leading female role, Viola de Lesseps has overcome typical challenges of the women in the renaissance era, shown people that she does have rights as a woman and has dealt...
internal of Shakespeare's tragedies and that the protagonist is "his own most formidable adversary." Mc Elroy asserts that Macbeth is revolted by the act of killing Duncan but tantalized by the daring of it. Mc Elroy maintains that Macbeth is "fully aware of the enormity of his transgressions"; because...
contrast between the themes of love, hate and fate are significant throughout. I will be focusing on Act II, Scene ii and scenes before it. There are various different types of love, from where Shakespeare uses Sampson and Gregory to present the bawdy side of love, when they are talking at the beginning...
understand Edmund’s anger at his father, and his desire to make something of himself is not shocking to the audience. We again see this subplot in Act 1 Scene 2, when Edmund writes a letter, claiming it from Edgar, which Gloucester enquires about. Edmund tells his father that the letter is “Nothing...
Narrative is the structure of which a films story is told. Most films follow a five stage set up which enables us to consider how the story will unfold by breaking it up. The five stages are Exposition, Development, Complication, Climax and Resolution. This is a sensible way of telling a story, as it...
line which mentions this part later on in the play “from ancient grudge break to new mutiny.” This gives the audience a clue that there are certain tensions between two families; somewhere in the duration of the play and the line “doth with their death bury their parents’ strife” indicates that this grudge...
Similarities between Shakespeare and his Characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream (hereinafter: Mid) always appears as a very special work of Shakespeare and it is very different from Shakespeare’s other works for not only its exceeding comical elements, but also that...
Romeo And Juliet Act 3 Scene 5 In this scene Shakespeare makes Romeo and Juliet’s situation even more difficult. Why is this scene so dramatic? The play is written about people and how much to interest is in not just the portrayal of the joy and heartache of first love and sexual attraction, but...
Assignment - Romeo and Juliet ESSAY “Explain how composers have transformed Romeo and Juliet for different audiences. Refer to sections of the original text by Shakespeare and sections of one or two transformations.” From the olden plays of Shakespeare to the modern fantasy texts like Harry Potter...
How does Shakespeare present chaos in Act 3 scene 3? In this essay I am going to focus on how Shakespeare presents chaos in Othello’s mind in Act 3.3, when he is manipulated into believing his wife’s unfaithfulness. It will also establish how chaos is presented in Act 5.2 where Othello commits both...