William Shakespeare

Act 3, scene 5 represents the very mood and feel of Shakespeare’s play in its totality, it is almost the very turning point expected by the audience as tragedy is foretold by the prologue. After this scene, the plot unfolds in a downward spiral of heartache, death and suffering. With Romeo’s departure from Verona, goes […]

Shakespeare generates an atmosphere filled with dramatic tension and apprehension creating an emotional and psychological conflict between the characters, using a variety of different techniques, including his use of language and stage directions in his romantic but tragic play ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The most obvious situation where Shakespeare displays this type of tension is when […]

I have chosen to direct Act I, Scene 1. I have chosen this because the scene has a lot of action in it, which could be easily portrayed on a stage. It is important as it shows the rivalry and hatred between the two feuding groups, it is when the Prince Escalus issues his decree […]

Q) How does Shakespeare convey a sense of impending crisis in Act IV? It is typical of Shakespeare’s play in those times to have a very intense and impending crisis calling situation in Act IV; it was the climax of the play, where the audience expected maximum villainy and trouble. The three scenes in this […]

From the beginning of the course, we had been looking at many different extracts from plays. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Teechers by John Godber and Shadow Of A Gunman by Sean O’Cossey to name a few. During the first part of unit two, we were told that we were going to be looking […]

Romeo and Juliet, said to be one of the most famous love stories of all times, is a play anchored on time and fate. Some actions are believed to occur by chance or by destiny. The timing of each action influences the outcome of the play. While some events are of less significance, some are […]

1. Often in great works of literature a seemingly secondary character has an overarching influence on all aspects of a text. This character is one who appears briefly, or not at all, but is a significant presence in the text who affects action, theme or the development of characters. In one of the pieces of […]

I. Introduction A. Introduce topic 1. Reality and illusion 2. Confusion between the two II. First Body A. Othello 1.Othello is a great example 2. Iago gains revenge through this III. Second Body A. Othello 1. Out of revenge 2. Iago uses his plan IV. Conclusion A. Reality vs. Illusion 1. Confusion between the two […]

This paper discusses the character Hamlet from Shakespeare’s play and feels that he was simply a troubled young man. Psychological Aspects of Shakespeare’s Hamlet Hamlet was the prince of Denmark, son of the assassinated King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude, and nephew to Claudius. Hamlet, (during the play) goes through some very troubling situations in which […]

A stereotype is a generalised version of an idea or a character which gives no individuality and is over-simplified. In the Shakespeare play ‘ Othello’, Desdemona, Emelia and Bianca have very different personalities and we suppose each of them to follow a certain stereotype. Desdemona is portrayed as a goddess as she is so pure […]