• Literary genres like the story and poetry have the ability to elicit an emotional response in readers. Yet it is only drama that has the power to make people feel emotion in an overwhelming way. This is made evident in Synge's play Riders to the Sea. One of the characters, the mother Maurya, easily conveys a series of sorrowful emotions because of the tragedies she experiences. For example, at the beginning of the play, she is mourning the loss of her family. She feels too sad that she even has difficulty sleeping. She sleeps if she is able, Synge writes, and because we are able to see her posture, tears, and face, they are able to feel a more overwhelming response than if we were simply reading the play. Maurya's emotion also comes through at the end of the play when she grieves the loss of her sons. However, she leaves the audience on an almost hopeful note when she shares her acceptance of her lot in life. She says, No man at all can be living forever, and we must be satisfied. This sentence is intended to move the audience by helping them understand that this character will survive.
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is often considered one of literature’s greatest tragedies and is said to reveal much about human nature. Do you agree or disagree that the play conveys much about humanity or about the human experience? What, if anything, does the work suggest about human beings or society? Support your views with textual details and analysis. Yes Macbeth conveys something about humanity and/or about the human experience, but what makes the play great is the same thing that makes Shakespeare great: it is his poetry, his use of language, his genius, his eloquence. Macbeth contains some of the most beautiful poetry Shakespeare ever wrote. It seems to me that it is Most humans don't behave like Lord and Lady Macbeth. I agree that Shakespear's Macbeth play conveys much about