William Shakespeare

‘Romeo and Juliet’ is perhaps one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, with many of its themes still relevant in todays society. Its popularity is shown through an abundance of reinacted plays and films released based on the main story line of the hardship and struggle two teenagers undergo because of their love for eachother. Shakespeare […]

Mark Twain once wrote an entire book about the literary offenses of James Fenimore Cooper. Cooper was a successful and well-known writer whose popular “Last of the Mohicans” has been adapted for the screen twice. Keanu Reeves, like Cooper, has been a popular movie star for over a decade, but his blockbuster movie star status […]

Romeo and Juliet is thought to have been written in 1595. Shakespeare adapted the story; however it is his version that is known to many of us. It is a tragic story of love. The whole episode of Romeo and Juliet’s meeting, falling in love, marriage, and tragic end, takes place within five days. This […]

We see in the opening scenes of King Lear that Lear is the character that carries the most authority and power, however he also begins to rapidly lose these traits throughout the play. This drastic change in Lear’s life is portrayed by Shakespeare very effectively through change in different characters attitude and language, and symbolic […]

Shakespeare makes compelling drama between Falstaff and Hal in many ways and in different scenes. As the personalities and characteristics of these two characters are very different, for example the comical jester amongst other things that is Falstaff clashes with the classical Prince Hal who stands for what he believes in. This makes it easier […]

My task is to summarize the 4 main characters in Act 3 scene 1 in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The first character introduced in this scene is Benvolio he is perceived as a passive character because when he is with Mercutio he wants to stay out of trouble by saying, “I pray thee good […]

William Shakespeare was born on 23rd April 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon and he is the most famous playwright of all time. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written late in the 16th century and it is a tale of two lovers who have to keep their relationship a secret because their families hate each other. As a result […]

This extract occurs in Act 3 Scene 2 soon after Lear’s two older daughters throw him out of the palace into the storm, depriving the king of warmth and shelter. This results in Lear’s descent into madness as he furiously wanders the countryside in the storm. Shakespeare depicts Lear’s madness by having him ask Edgar […]

William Shakespeare cleverly keeps tension in Romeo and Juliet by going immediately into the play, in the prologue he summarises the whole play, including the fact that Juliet a Capulet and Romeo a Montague are the lovers and that they die but the tension is kept because he does not say how the lovers die […]

Throughout the opening of King Lear, Shakespeare introduces a number of key themes and ideas that later go on to set the nature, meaning and message of the play. Through a variety of techniques, such as the language used and the characterization and actions of the characters, the audience learns and are introduced to the […]