Essays About Character Analysis
Sybil Birling is introduced later on in to the Inspector’s questioning than the rest of the characters, entering the room in act two in a manner described “briskly and confidently” by the stage direction. She is aware of the developments of the night, due to her husband informing her privately, but seemingly unaffected by the…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a writer in the 19th century. He was a medical doctor and an author. He wrote several stories about a private amateur detective called Sherlock Holmes. The stories were very popular in Victorian Britain and still are today. He was a very good detective and always saw that criminals were…
When Elizabeth is charged with witchcraft, John sacrifices his pride in an attempt to save her – his pride which he held so dear, this shows the audience that he truly loves Elizabeth. Miller also portrays Elizabeth’s love for John by lying to try to protect him but this proved to be his undoing because…
Arthur Miller creates sympathy for John proctor in a number of different and effective ways. The way I feel was the most effective, was the way Arthur changes our impression of proctor during the play. As in, in the first act proctor says “Abbey I never give you hope to wait for me”. This was…
In the three short stories ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’, ‘Lamb To The Slaughter’, and ‘The Ostler’, there are many similarities and many differences, for instance, ‘Lamb To The Slaughter’ is quite a modern story is was written in about 1950, but the other two stories were written in the 19th century, so the language is quite…
The stories I am going to study are; ‘The Red Room’ by H. G. Wells, ‘The Signalman’ by Charles Dickens and ‘The Judge’s House’ by Bram Stoker. These stories were all written in the nineteenth century at the time of the Victorians. They were an extremely popular form of entertainment as there was no television,…
All thress poems, ‘Porphyria’s Lover’, ‘My last Duchess’ and ‘The laboratory’ are about murdering innocent people out of the desperateness of love and never wanting to lose that one perfect moment. In the poem, ‘Porphyria’s Lover’, a blonde woman is the vistim but ‘My Last Duchess’ is about killing the Duchess probabaly through jealously as…
With 37 plays in the Shakespeare canon to choose from, the chances of four American theatres staging one of his most obscure works – Pericles, Prince of Tyre – all during the same winter would seem awfully remote. But to listen to the actors who performed the title role, this convergence of Peticleses isn’t really…
Stenciled on a Venetian building are a pair of faces — one black, one white. A sword slices between the heads. “La Difesa de la Razza” (“The Defense of the Race”) reads the terse legend. Welcome to 1937 Italy, the apex of Mussolini’s power and the setting for the California Shakespeare Festival’s season-opening production of…
A new wave of theatre is inviting the natural world back on stage Everyone is “for” the earth today–from the masses of Americans who want clean air but can’t imagine life without cars, to the corporations who appropriate stunning natural imagery for their ad campaigns while despoiling the pictures’ originals. In such a climate, it’s…
Prospero is the principal character of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’. Without question, he vaguely bestows a sense of a ‘prevailing authoritarian’, using his powers to control the capabilities of others, solely for the purposes of self indulgence and expediency. We see this domineering and overwhelming trait throughout the play. An instance of this can be perfectly…
As a famous early 20th century philosopher once put it, “There are two people, so to say, in each of us- one derived by heredity from our parents and the other composed of all the influences we have received from the society in which we happen to have been born. By heredity we may be…
Which character in “An Inspector Calls” do you think is the most likeable and why? Give reasons for your answers and briefly discuss why you did not choose the other characters? As I have read the play “An inspector calls” written by J. B Priestly, I believe that Shelia Birling is my most likable character,…
The Inspector is a mysterious character, who we know very little about. He comes across as a very calm and honest man. When the Inspector first appears in the play he is confronted by Mr. Birling. Mr. Birling is a very successful businessman who has “been around in local politics for years. ” Mr. Birling…
In this essay I am going to talk about Lady Macbeth and whether she was a good or bad person. This is a very contentious argument. There are many obvious reasons as to why we could see Lady Macbeth was a bad person such as she was involved in the murder of King Duncan. However,…
Choose a play in which one the main characters has to cope with strong feelings such as love, jealousy, ambition or hatred. Show how the character deals with these feelings and what effect this has on the outcome of the play. In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, the character of Romeo has…
At the beginning we do not get the full profile of Proctor, but by the end of Act One his character does become clearer to the reader. Proctor is a very short-tempered person, and has power over many women. This is shown by the following quote “I’ll show you a great do in on your…
Examine the settings and characters that the writers have chosen for their stories in “The Speckled Band”, “The Man with the Twisted Lip”, and “The Red Room”. Consider the effects that each writer has created, and how they contribute to the atmosphere. We read three short mystery stories, which all tried to keep the reader…
Examine some of the story telling techniques in the Sherlock Holmes stories, which are used to hold the attention of the reader. How do the stories reflect the time in which they are written? Sherlock Holmes stories are mysteries. They are also short stories with only a limited amount of space and opportunity for the…
This essay sets out to find how a playwright, ie Alan bennet, extracts sympathy from the audience for his character. Alan Bennet is an expert at creating sympathy for his characters. He places them in situations or with problems which become the focal point of his drama. Wilfred’s character is that of a paedophile, but…
Sherlock Holmes is one of the greatest fictional inspectors of all time; he was created by the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is recognised all over the world as a tall thin man with a cape carrying a magnifying glass. He is a detective who is behind the solving of the most mysterious…
In the first half of Act One, the Birlings are seen to be solidly prosperous- nothing seems to be able to shake them- self righteous. As the play proceeds the basis for this prosperity is not well founded. Priestly gives clear signals that the cosiness is going to be undermined. Birling says there is not…
Sherlock Holmes is introduced later on in ‘A Study in Scarlet’ as a detective, this is after he has demonstrated his skill to Watson and to the reader and firmly established himself as an intelligent man. Sherlock Holmes’ nature as a detective is important as at the time it was written London was growing and…
Roll up, Roll up, the most amazing production around, tragedy, humour, blood, death and love, all on show at the globe theatre, London. Imagine yourself the year is 1594, it’s the Elizabethan era and Shakespeare has released his new play, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, the most successful ever released. The location is south of the river…
Examine The settings which the writers have chosen for their stories in “The Signal man”, “The man with the twisted lip” and “the red room.” Consider the effects that each writer has created and how they contribute to the atmosphere I have chosen three separate stories out of 6 stories that i read, each mysterious and…
In this essay I will discuss whether or not I believe Shylock’s words in Act IV to be a true reflection of his feelings. He is one of the main, if not the main character in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. He is a Jew, and loathed by most of the other characters…
In the Merchant of Venice, Shylock is presented in many forms. The first question one must ask is whether the play is Anti-Septic or not. This enables us to see how accurate Shylock’s portrayal is. In my opinion the play is not. Shakespeare displays Shylock in both positive and negative ways. In turn, during the…
As we read Shakespeare’s comedy play ‘The Merchant of Venice’ we experience different emotions towards different characters at different times. This is deliberate on Shakespeare’s part throughout the play. One of the characters we feel most strongly about is Jessica, Shylock’s daughter. When she enters the play in Act II Scene III, she immediately makes…
Shylock is one of the main protagonists in Shakespeare’s ‘The merchant of Venice’. He plays an important role in the story as it is he who first lends Antonio money and the story spiralled from there. Throughout the story there are many occasions where Shylocks actions make him seem to be a villain but there…
Shakespeare has presented Shylock as an interesting character, he appears in only 5 scenes yet to many people he is the center of the plays interest. The audience’s feelings and reactions towards Shylock are mixed throughout the play. On the one hand he is hard to like as he is a cruel and miserable villainous…
