A Midsummer Nights Dream Critique Critique of A Midsummer Night’s Dream I went to see Nevada Ballet Theatre’s rendition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Friday October 4, 2002 at UNLV’s Judy Bayley Theatre. Bruce Steivel did the choreography for the show, and Felix Mendelssohn composed the music. A Midsummer Night’s Dream focuses around the tangled web of four lovers who are the su

Antony’s Fear When Faced with Pleasure versus Duty Antony’s Fear When Faced with Pleasure versus Duty All of Shakespeare’s works are written with a purpose, usually to entertain or inform the audience of some underlying universal truth. Often it is a theme or idea that might not be easily visible to the characters within the play. Though they operate in view of the audience who easily

Hamlet Analysis of Hamlet After careful reading and intense attempts to analyze Shakespeare's Hamlet, I just became more confused with the character of Hamlet. The more I read about Hamlet, the less I understood him. He shows traits and characteristics of being cautious and impulsive, brave and cowardly, contemplative and erratic, Hamlet is enigmatic. Is there really a method to

Are You A Man' The traditional gender stereotype of masculine is referred to as being strong and robust. Typically males initiate power and demonstrate a strong exterior, while females are typically associated with internal emotions. The idea of manhood in Macbeth is tied to strength, power, physical courage, and force of will. Characters throughout the play use the idea of manhood t

Appearance Versus Reality Appearance Versus Reality Throughout life people are constantly faced with issues of appearance versus reality. Hypocrites seem to be everywhere, saying one thing but thinking another. Remember the people that you thought were geeks but turned out to be pretty cool once you got to know them, or that snobby upperclassman who you bumped into at the library who t

Appearance Vs Reality In Hamlet Hamlet one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, where the young prince of Denmark must uncover the truth about his fathers death. Hamlet a play that tells the story of a young prince who's father recently died. Hamlets uncle Claudius marries his mother the queen and takes the throne. As the play is told Hamlet finds out his father was murdered by the recently

Bassanio The Hypocrisy of Bassanio When Bassanio first enters in Act 1.1, Shakespeare shows his reader the deep love Bassanio feels for a woman: Portia. He describes he physically and socially, but it doesn’t seem from his speech that he really knows her, or is worthy of her. In Act 3.2, Bassanio wins Portia’s hand by proving that he can look beyond the exterior and see what is deep

As You Like It The forest of Arden is the setting where the majority of As You Like It takes place. As inhabitants of the court enter the forest they experience people and an environment very different from what they are accustomed to and each perceive this experience differently. The environment is consistent so how each character views the forest as an alternative to life in the court

Macbeth Aspirations to Downfall William Shakespeare’s fourth tragedy, Macbeth, involves a character whose ambitious nature is the cause of his tragic flaw. Macbeth’s growing involvement with the evil three witches, his self-deceptions with hallucinations, and his mental torture force him to succumb to temptation. William Shakespeare also had a hand in Macbeth’s tragic flaw. Ma

Brutus & Caesar Brutus was a trusted friend of Caesar and an honorable man, or so you thought. In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus is presented as a loyal companion to Caesar showing himself as honorable only to turn around and betray his friend by death. This to me does not sound like the act of an honorable man. Can a man who is honored, be honorable' Brut

Brutus: Man Of The Hour Brutus: Man of the Hour “Caesar: Et tu, Brutè' Then fall Caesar. (Julius Caesar, III, i, 77)” This is one of the most famous lines in all of history, the pain-wracked lament of a man betrayed and murdered by his best friend. In the play, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the playwright leaves no doubt that Brutus is the main character in Act II. Several

Macbeth Authority is represented in many different ways in the drama of the Renaissance period. Looking different leaders in the different texts and the way that they use their power and authority and how it affects the other characters in the plays one can see this. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, one can see very clearly how authority is represented and the methods and principles be

Clouded Vision Clouded Vision In Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, King Lear, the issue of sight and its significance to clouded vision is a recurring theme. William Shakespeare’s main means of portraying this theme is though the characters of Lear and Gloucester. Although Lear can physically see, he is blinded in the way that he lacks insight, and understanding. In another sense, Glo

Comedy Of Errors Critique Critique : “The Comedy of Errors” On Saturday March 29, 2003 I saw a production of “The Comedy of Errors,” written by William Shakespeare, at The Hilberry Theatre. Overall, I enjoyed this play. By far it was the best of the three Wayne State University performances I experienced this semester. However, there were many scenes in the play that I found confusin

Comparing Shakespeare Death Of A Salesman vs. Hamlet Willy Loman and Hamlet are two characters so alike, yet are so different. Both are perfect examples of tragedy in literature. According to Webster’s Dictionary a tragedy is defined as a medieval narrative poem or tale typically describing the downfall of a great man, a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the pro

Comparison Of O And Othello Comparison of O and Othello O and Lawrence Fishburne’s Othello are both contemporary film interpretations of Shakespeare’s Othello. Both movies are uniform in the recreation of William Shakespeare’s original play of Othello. The plot of revenge was presently coherent to the original play with each interpretation differentiating from one another. This essa

Comparison With Iago And Cassio In the play “Othello,” one of William Shakespeare’s six tragedies, characters Iago and Cassio are similar and different in many ways. One of the ways Iago and Cassio are similar is through Othello himself. Both Iago and Cassio want to be on the good side of friend Othello, but both don’t have the same reasons. In Iago’s case with Othello, Iago wants to

Conflict And Misunderstanding In Taming Of The Shrew Written in the 1590's, The Taming of the Shrew is rooted in the dramatic conflict prevalent to Shakespeare's time; a patriarchal society where laws and practice deprived women of any measure of equality or power. The play raises a number of issues that interchange conflict and misunderstanding. We make the assumption that the character

Courtship Of Today And Of 1900 Courtship’s of the 1900 and Today. Courtship in the 1900 and today are very different. As showed in Thomas Hardy novel, Far From the Madding Crowd the courting rituals of today are far different from the rituals of the 1900’s. There were rules and rituals that were to be followed. Courting was a very delicate thing that was done with tedious care.

Hamlet CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HAMLET William Shakespeare, a name that has been written in all books of English literature with golden letters. If a poll for the most popular person to have ever lived in this world was to be conducted, I am quite sure that Shakespeare would have no problems in winning it with a landslide. I am very glad, and in fact honored to have gotten the opportuni

Hamlet Crazy or Not In the play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, there is more reason to believe that Hamlet was just pretending to be mad. There are two main reasons why this is so. Hamlet, in the beginning says that he will pretend to be crazy in order to avenge his father’s death, and the many things he does in order to accomplish this shows that he is not crazy. Also, when he is

Twelfth Night Critical Analysis of Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Précis Characters: Orsino, Duke of Illyria. Is madly in love with Lady Olivia. He is a kind and gentle man. Viola/Cesario, Young girl who has found herself in Illyria after being shipwrecked. She is disguised as a boy to insure he

Criticism Of Shakespeare And His Drama The legacy of one man has reached the hearts of millions of people throughout the centuries. Men and women from all walks of life have read his poetic words and have been touched in a way that no other author has ever been able to duplicate. The works of William Shakespeare have never been forgotten, despite the fact that his plays and poems were

Dowry System DOWRY SYSTEM In today’s society our beliefs are different than they were during the Elizabethan era. Today, people believe that we live in golden ages and were better of now than we ever were. There are many facts that could prove that belief wrong. Take for example the dowry system. It was designed to provide the newly weds with security and basic needs. Today’s soc

Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest The overall production of The Importance of Being Earnest was very interesting. The beginning moved rather slowly, but the play progressed as it went on. There were a few mistakes from the performers that I noticed, but they did an excellent job of covering them up and continuing on. The play was about two guys named Algernon and Jack. The

Enobarbus’ Description Of Cleopatra In Her Barge In this scene Enobarbus tells the story of how Antony met Cleopatra. The way Enobarbus describes her contrasts sharply with the earlier conversation with the Triumvirs. The Roman’s seem harsh and strict in their political discussion whilst the imagery of Cleopatra in her seductive world makes us understand why Antony is attracted to her. E

Falling Back Into Order Nature, which is the unchanging natural principle of the world and the preserving cause of all things,1 needs order. In the tragedies of “Hamlet,” “Macbeth,” and “Othello,” Shakespeare created worlds that were turbulently disturbed by tainted causes and needed restoration. Because of a disruption in the universal order, there were serious consequences for those wh

Macbeth Like so many of Shakespeare's plays, Macbeth is also a tragedy. There are many events in the play, which prove this. They are the murders of many innocent people. Three such murders are the murder of the king Duncan, and the murder of Banquo, which was ordered by Macbeth, and the murder Macduff's wife and son. These events are what make Shakespeare's, Macbeth a true tragedy. Th

Fortinbras As A Parallel Character To Hamlet The tragedy of Hamlet provides insight into the human thought processes and behaviors when confronted with a dramatic realization. Although the ghost of his father has confronted Hamlet, accepting the truth and taking action on his behalf drives Hamlet to the point of insanity. Hamlets’ mental stability slowly degenerates, leaving him in a fit

Fuente Ovejuna The play’s central plot focuses on Frondoso (Andy Schlichter COL ’02), a peasant who is forced to defend his honour and his love, Laurencia (Danielle Cantrel, SFS ’02), against a tyrannical overlord. Played out against the backdrop of the 15th-century Spanish Catholic monarchy, the village of Fuente Ovejuna finally rises against the tyrannical Commander (Sean Greene, COL ’