Drama Essays

An exploration of the ways in which the Two Film Openings present their Characters and Themes, and set up the basis for the story of the Whole Film The Italian director Franco Zeffirelli directed the first film of Romeo and Juliet. Zeffirelli wished to portray the authentic pre-Elizabethan settings of the story. This film reached…

Title: In his play, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare explores the relationship between parent and child. Compare the relationship Capulet has with his daughter, Juliet at the start of the play, with the relationship he has after she has secretly married Romeo. Which character do you think Shakespeare intends his audience to sympathise with? Would a…

Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays for one main reason; it keeps the audience gripped and in suspense throughout the play. However this is not achieved through clever writing and screen play alone, this suspense is maintained by Shakespeare using a timeless method of getting someone’s attention; by showing the…

Romeo and Juliet is set in the 16th century. It is about two young aristocrats from families that were sworn to enmity. They fell in love and hoped that their secret love would bring an end to the family feud. However fate had other ideas; their families were instead torn apart by their (unions?) This…

Before this play starts a prologue must be read as an introduction to the text, which briefly tells the story so that we, as the audience, know what to expect straight from the very start. The prologue tells the audience right from the beginning that there is going to be tragedy at the end, “A…

Romeo and Juliet are described as two star-crossed lovers who take their lives. They both came from feuding families, which held an ancient grudge against each other. It is a tragedy that Romeo and Juliet end up killing themselves because it was the people around them, mainly their families who were feuding and arguing. This…

Compare the presentation of Juliet in Act 1 Scene 5 in Romeo & Juliet with the presentation of the same character in Baz Lurhman’s adaptation of the play Introduction * Romeo and Juliet tells the tale of a metaphysical vision of mutual love that drowns and perishes in its idealistic and vehement nature. * Within…

‘Romeo and Juliet’ is known as one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays due to the tragedy of the two lovers. In the prologue the outline of the play is mentioned, which makes it very predictable. An Elizabethan audience would have been familiar with the play as it is based on a famous poem, ” The…

The plot of the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is described in the prologue. From this we learn many things such as where it is set the main story line and surprisingly the ending. “Doth with their death bury their parents` strife” From this one particular quotation we know that more than one person dies and…

Violence and conflict are central to Romeo and Juliet. Discuss this theme with reference to at least three scenes in the play. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragic play, which is about the love of two star-crossed lovers who take their life because the households, Capulet’s and Montague’s have an ancient grudge. Shakespeare doesn’t deliver…

Romeo is a young boy who originally does not seem to understand the concept of love. We see the hero of the play linked to two different girls. While initially Romeo is depressed and distraught after his rejection from Rosaline, his instant change of character after meeting Juliet proves his ‘first love’ to be superficial…

How is act 3 scene 1 of “Romeo and Juliet” especially dramatic? What techniques do you think are practically successful in creating dramatic tension? Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, they are from Verona in Italy. They are young people that fall deeply in love, but the problem is that they are from different families…

Romeo and Juliet’ is a play written by Sir William Shakespeare at the end of the sixteenth century. He wrote this in the Elizabethan period when Queen Elizabeth I ruled England but the exact date is unknown. At this time plays and puns (word play) were common as they were the only form of entertainment….

‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare Analyse acts 1, 2 and act3, scene 1, with specific reference to how Shakespeare uses characters, language and structure to reveal the escalation of violence and tension in the play. Before William Shakespeare’s well-known version of Romeo and Juliet there were plays and short stories written in the form…

The play which Shakespeare wrote was a romantic tragedy called ‘Romeo and Juliet’. This play was written in the early 17th century. The plot of this play is two families in Verona. The Capulet’s and Montague’s which have been fighting for many years. At the Capulet’s party Romeo Montague sees Juliet Capulet and they fall…

The tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet could have been avoided if many of the events that took place during the play had not occurred. Romeo and Juliet did not influence their own deaths as much as the other characters around them did. The events that took place may have only happened by coincidence, not…

My final point on the words of the Inspector, is his final speech, “But just remember this. One Eva Smith has gone… taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good Night.” These are Goole’s final words to complete his “lesson” on responsibility. Although he is currently talking to the characters in the play at this moment,…

Charles Dickens is what we would all think of as the classic writer of Victorian England, and he is leading some people to refer to Victorian England as Dickensian England. In hard times Dickens talks about a northern industrial town called Coketown, although fictional we can work out it is based on the town of…

Ibsen wrote ‘A Dolls House’ in 1879 – a time for of major social change, when women’s suffrage was at a recognised focal point and more and more women were striving for equality and independence. A social drama on marriage, it raises questions about the female self-sacrifice in a male dominant world. The play focuses on…

Discuss the impact of the inspector’s final speech & exit and explore why it is made more dramatic given the social and historical context of the play. Why do you think the inspector has called? ‘An Inspector calls’ is a play set in 1912. J.B. Priestley wrote it in 1945. Nineteen-Forty-Five was the year that brought with…

Throughout the play Inspector Goole serves the purpose of creating tension and intrigue. For example, towards the end of Act One the inspector announces that Eva Smith changed her name to Daisy Renton. Gerald Croft is started and asks the inspector to repeat his self. The inspector reiterates his statement to which Gerald croft reacts…

In this essay I will examine the dramatic and cinematographic devices used in the opening of Edward Scissorhands to create an effective introduction. The scenes are those up to and including the meeting of the main characters Peg and Edward In the opening scenes, Tim Burton sets out the moral message of the film. In making…

Bram Stoker’s Dracula was filmed and produce in 1992 by Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the infamous vampire novel Dracula in the 1890s. The film stars Gary Oldman as Dracula throughout the film, the hero Harker is played by Keanu Reeves. Winona Ryder play two parts of the film, one is the wife of Dracula…

Discuss the presentation of Dickens’ treatment of the murder of Nancy in Oliver Twist, paying particular attention to his use of setting, character and language. In Charles Dickens Oliver Twist, the most violent and darkest part of the book has to be the cold-blooded murder of Nancy. Nancy has been portrayed as a motherly figure to…

Discuss The Use Of Dramatic Irony Throughout The Play And How Priestley Uses It To Convey His Message Affectively To The Audience. I am going to be discussing Priestley’s use of dramatic irony and how this has helped him to achieve his goal. J B Priestley’s goal was to tell us that we are all part…

Discuss the Role of the Inspector in J. B. Priestley’s Play: “An Inspector Calls.” The play is set in 1912, in a well-to-do household in Brumley. The family who live there, and are later subjected to the Inspectors’ questions, are the Birlings. Arthur Birling is the father, Sybil Birling his wife, Sheila his daughter and Eric, his…

The hierarchy explicit within the both ‘The Devils Carousel’ and ‘The Restraint of Beasts’ highlight the isolation of all the characters, where efficiency and working practices lead to cold formality of roles. In ‘The Devils Carousel’ the use of categories and labels such as “Martians” and “supersnipe” initially present a sense of unity and community…

“An inspector calls” was written by J.B Priestly in 1945, it is set in the year 1912 but was first performed a year after it was written in 1946. Priestly cleverly devised his characters and has thought a lot about their reactions. The inspector serves many purposes and has a variety of roles in the play….

Discuss the role of the inspector, in An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley. Explain the possible interpretations of him and reactions to him which you think an audience of the time would have had. Explain how today’s audience would view him and give a personal response to him and his part in the play. An Inspector…

Throughout ‘Frankenstein’, a novel by Mary Shelley, numerous literary devices are employed to create intended effect. The quotation above encapsulates the whole passage when Victor’s creation finally is complete. However, his scientific obsession seems to be a dream that ends with the creature’s birth. As soon as his creature comes to life, Victor is filled…