Phillip Gwynne’s 1998 novel “Deadly Unna?” takes place in the racially skewed 70’s. It focuses on a town divided by skin colour that is also cut off from city life. When the local junior football makes it into the grand final, everyone is out to attend what forms the most important passage in the novel. Gwynne uses a variety of literary techniques to portray the intensity of the emotion at the ground, namely; repetition and truncated sentences to create a sense of tension, and imagery to show the
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When we think of legendary playwright William Shakespeare, we would normally think of the many plays he has written and seeing them being performed on stage. But today, long after his time, his work has revolutionized the way we see and learn about Shakespeare by being portrayed in all types of media. Shakespeare is not longer exclusive to the stage; we see his works in modern day media such as film and TV now more than ever. The way we learn about Shakespeare today had to be conformed to the way
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William Shakespeare in his well-known play The Tragedy of Macbeth, written in 1606, uses various types of metaphorical masks. Shakespeare was inspired to write the play after reading a book titled, Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, about the real-life Macbeth. Just like the actual King Macbeth, The Tragedy of Macbeth takes place in Scotland. Metaphorical masks are imaginary shields used to hide what is actually taking place. Although there are many types of masking throughout the tragedy
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Shakespeare portrays in his tragedy Hamlet. The main character recognizes this truth too late while his best friend, and arguably the noblest character, grasp it just in time. These realizations convey the theme that it’s nobler to live than die. For example, after much internal debate throughout the play, Hamlet finally concludes that he wanted to live in the end. To start his debate, he ponders, “To be, or not to be, that is the question” (Shakespeare 63). Hamlet is wondering if he should live or
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importance of religion in relation to the importance of the state can be clarified by way of his soliloquies, throughout Hamlet. More specifically, Hamlet’s first, fourth, and sixth soliloquies, raise the question of how Hamlet views his relationship with God in accordance to his relationship with the state of Denmark. It is evident the Hamlet is particularly religious. Although Hamlet does not explicitly discuss his ideas regarding the significance of religion and state in relation to one another, they
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Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” In this novel written by William Shakespeare it is portrayed that acting irrational or ignorantly can lead to a plethora of issues. From as early as the first scene Romeo acted out of impulse and did not think clearly this can be summarizing by the when he says,” O, teach me how I should forget to think!” (Rom 1.1.225) This quote shows how he is acting in the moment and not
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at risk to develop a personality disorder (“National Survey”). In the play Hamlet, some believe that Prince Hamlet may have had a moderate to severe form of Dissociative Personality Disorder. There are two sides to every story and Hamlet and Claudius both had very strong potential to have murdered King Hamlet. Due to his constant paranoia and seeing beings that aren’t actually there, there is strong evidence that Hamlet had some type of mental illness. The illnesses that some believe he may have
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Adam Romack Midsummer Test Essay Question 1 There are many different characters in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, two of which are Puck and Bottom. Bottom, one of the mechanicals, was a very big character. He was loud and ambitious, even if his acting skill was primitive at best. In the end of the performance, his play ended up doing well, but overall, Bottom didn’t have as large of an impact as Puck. Puck dominates the mood of the play by flitting about Athenians, for instance, it
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question.” This soliloquy has been used thousands, maybe even millions, of times. The Tragedy of Hamlet is written as substantial, yet subtle in this dramatic play. Shakespeare creates this drama with twists and turns in each scene, which spikes some readers to sit on the edge of one’s seat. Shakespeare uses soliloquies, dramatic dialogues, and revenge tragedy to unfold a tremendous amount of details of Hamlet, thus causing a dramatic irony approach. Between the Franco Zeffirelli’s version and the Laurence
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figures in Roman history, Julius Caesar. The play written by William Shakespeare, shows the relationships between the conspiracy members, more specifically Marcus Brutus. He comes from noble ancestry and is a politician in the Roman capital. One of Shakespeare’s most used ideas in his plays is the idea of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a character usually of noble birth and has a tragic flaw. Shakespeare uses Brutus and not Caesar as the tragic hero. To fit the criteria of a Shakespearean tragic hero
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