William Shakespeare

The prologue reveals that there are no surprises in the play but maybe plot twists. The interest is not in what happens but in perhaps in how it happens, but also in the strength of emotions/feelings and violence/violent language. There a three main emotions in the play ; violence ,pity, fear. In the prologue these […]

The theme of deception is ever-present throughout ‘Much Ado About Nothing’; the majority of the plot is based upon purposeful deception, some malevolent while others benign. The play itself, although set in Messina, Italy seems to echo the culture of Elizabethan society in which William Shakespeare lived; the importance of honour and pride at that […]

The play “Othello” was written by William Shakespeare in the 17th century. The most important character, Othello, is the eponymous hero of the play. A hero that is broken down from such a high status to a status that isn’t dissimilar from an animal’s, a ‘Barbary horse’ for example, a remark that reduces Othello’s humanity […]

Explore what they would have found particularly interesting from Act 3 where Juliet responds to her parents of an impending marriage to Paris. William Shakespeare was born four hundred years ago on 23rd April 1564, St George’s Day. In Shakespeare’s era life was lived in a world completely different from our own. Shakespeare had quite […]

In the play Shakespeare make Act 1 Scene 5 very dramatic because it is the scene where Romeo and Juliet first meet. there was a huge amount of tension building up to this scene because the audience are excited to see Romeo and Juliet first meet, ” I look to like, if looking liking move” […]

Compare the written text of act 1 scenes 1 and 3 of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ with Roman Polanski’s film version. Analyse and comment on the effect of the film techniques used, and their impact on audience, in the portrayal of the witches. The witches are the first characters the audience meet at the beginning of ‘Macbeth’ […]

William’s Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is considered to be one of the most famous tragedies in English Literature. The storyline of “Romeo and Juliet” was based Arthur Brook’s poem “Romeus and Juliet” an adaptation of works from centuries before. In order to truly understand the play’s impact and meaning, it is important to consider that […]

In ‘Romeo and Juliet’, William Shakespeare has written the tragedy of two teenage “star-cross’d lovers” whose “untimely deaths” ultimately unite their feuding households. Both Shakespeare and the play itself have been highly praised by literary critics for its language and dramatic effect. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and is one […]

Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that tells the story of two ”star crossed lovers” who pursue their love for each other despite the fact that their families have a prolonged hatred of one another. It was written in around 1595, when Shakespeare was thought to be about 26 years old, but it […]

How does Shakespeare bring out the themes of love and hate through the language and actions of the characters in Act 1 Scene 5? How do the events of the scene prepare the action of the rest of the play? The prologue to “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” makes clear that the themes of […]