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England’s greatest poet and playwright was born at Stratford-upon-Avon, on 23rd April 1564. He died on the same date in 1616. William, the eldest son, and third child (of eight) was baptised on 26th April 1564 and probably educated at Stratford Grammar School, but little is known of his life up to his eighteenth year….

On the first reading of Shakespeare’s play, ‘The Merchant of Venice’, the character of Shylock the Jew seemed to me to be that of a villain. Because it is a play, an audience in Shakespeare’s time may well have thought the same and, indeed, may have been expected to do so. The reason for this…

Romeo and Juliet Coursework Assignment: Choose one scene and show how you would design and direct it in order to create a particular interpretation of the script. A director’s role in producing a play is much more than telling the actors where to stand or what to say. It is to enable the actors to…

Love and hate are the two main themes in this play. These two themes are the complete opposite to each other. This will make it a lot easier two compare and contrast. The way these two themes are used helps to make this a more interesting story as it allows for two different plots. For…

In this piece of writing I will explain why Act III Scene V is one of the most important scenes in the play. The scene in question is extremely important in the whole outcome of the play because it is the last time Juliet will see Romeo alive. Also in this scene, Juliet goes against…

William Shakespeare made Romeo and Juliet dramatically effective for both Shakespearean and modern audiences, as exemplified in act 3, scene 5. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is based on “A pair of star-crossed lovers…” who are descendants of two wealthy families who are wrapped-up in deep rivalry; they are so centred in this rivalry that they…

Like most detective stories ‘Silver blaze’ written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and ‘Lucky Penny’ written by Linda Barnes are very alike. They both include a mystery that needs to be solved. In ‘Silver blaze’ the crime/mystery is the murder of John Straker and the theft of the prize wining horse, Silver blaze. The character to…

I am writing to offer you the part of Juliet in William Shakespeare’s excellent play, Romeo and Juliet. I feel that you will be perfect for the part, as I have seen, and enjoyed many other things that you have done. You should be familiar with the rest of the cast, I have Daniel Day-Lewis…

I am going to do a piece of coursework on a comparison of two speeches, one is on Inspector Goole and the other is on Mr Birling. This will include a close analysis of dramatic devices and language feature, but first I will tell you a little bit about the play. The play was set in…

The ‘Woman in Black’ was written by Susan Hill in 1983, but was first published by Hamish Hamilton in 1983 as a hardback book. Most of the ideas for the ‘Woman in Black’ came from M.R James. In 1989, The ‘Woman in Black’ went onto television as a film thanks to a television writer called…