Character Essay Examples Page 21

In the famous play of Romeo & Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, two teenagers decide to challenge the views of the strong patriarchal society that was lived in over 100 years ago. Patriarchy means that men were in control of women; women had no way of standing up to them. They were used as slaves…

“Now, what I want is, Facts.” With these opening words to “Hard Times”, spoken by Thomas Gradgrind, Dickens declaims Gradgrind’s values in life. Gradgrind’s gives his instructions to the class teacher in unequivocal terms, using repetition of the word “Facts” several times to emphasise his narrow vision of the purpose of education and he closes…

In medieval times, the Church had become predominate in both the culture and domestic affairs of everyday people. The Church was in charge of governing laws, taxing people, and was a big participant in every form of social event from baptism to the funeral. Sadly, with power comes corruption, and the Church was not above…

In the year 1996 Baz Luhrmann, a famous film director, adapted Shakespeare’s classic play, “Romeo and Juliet”. He directed the newer version with the intention of making the film more enjoyable for a wider range of people, bringing different aspects of play into different perspectives. In this essay I will be looking at how Baz…

Tybalt, a Capulet and Juliet’s cousin appears in only three scenes. Act 1 scene 1, Act 1 scene 5 and his third and final appearance Act 3 scene 1 which we see him in a typically aggressive mood. His name, Tybalt is the name of the cat in the traditional Reynard and Fox stories…hence Mercutio’s…

An Inspector Calls is set in the year 1912 but was written by J.B. Priestley in 1940, during the Second World War. Priestley had witnessed the suffering, torture and discrimination of the working-class people who lived throughout the two World Wars and the years that lay in between. Priestley’s experiences had influenced him to expose…

‘An Inspector Calls’ is a well made play written by J. B. Priestley in 1945. Based in 1912 the play focuses on the Birling family being visited by Inspector Goole. No one quite knows who or what the inspector is as he has a ghostly sense about him. To the audience he could be a…

Between 1591-1595 William Shakespeare (1564-1616) wrote the famous tragedy ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The play involved some very advanced and intricate writing styles for its time. One of the most interesting parts of his play was the idea of the influence of a patriarchal society on the characters and indeed the story. In this essay I…

In William Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”, the character of Juliet changes constantly throughout the play. In some scenes she is a calm and calculated adult, in others she is seen as a somewhat immature child and sometimes she is observed as a glorious mix between the two. We first see Juliet when she is called…

The humour in Twelfth Night focuses around the concept of mistaken identity and deception. Viola, in her guise as Cesario, is the cause of much confusion as various characters mistake her for her brother Sebastian; the minor characters spend much of the play pulling a cruel prank on Malvolio. It is intriguing how much Shakespeare…