Essays on William Shakespeare Page 94

In my point of view Shakespeare was not only a writer and a director but also a Sociologist. The reason why I said think like this is because he understands what the society wants, and he creates a play in which everyone is involved, As we read in history, his plays were not only for…

The Romeo and Juliet play is both a big tragedy and love play, a quote from the prologue to prove is both a tragedy and love play is ….”The fearful passage of their death mark’d love.” The three conventions of all tragedies including Romeo and Juliet is death ad suffering, fate is always involved and…

I believe that Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet is an effective piece of drama because of many factors. In this essay I propose to describe ways in which; themes, characterisation and motives, structure, dramatic devices, language, and key speeches help to make this scene an effective piece of drama. There are many…

Shakespeare is a 16th century poet and compared to Duffy a 20th century poet their approach to love is both similar and different. They each write about love in a different way and use some of the same images of love. The two Shakespearean sonnets deal with love in very contrasting ways. Sonnet 18 follows…

1. In what way is this extract important to the play as a whole? In this scene many things that are turning points in the play happen and certain things are revealed about people, such as the nurse and Capulet. At the beginning of the scene, Romeo leaves for Mantua and Romeo and Juliet say…

The hardest thing to do is make Shakespeare’s words and his story relevant to today’s viewers. What I mean is that it is hard to get the viewers to connect to the story. You’d think they’d get into a story about the doomed young lovers who are thwarting family and feud to fulfill their love…

Act 3 Scene 1 is seen to be a pivotal scene with regards to the rest of the play. Prior to this scene everything seems to be indicating towards peace and harmony between the two powerful feuding families of the city of Verona, the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. Although hatred is abundant between the two…

For some, the most satisfying love stories are those that end in “happy ever after”. Shakespeare however has presented us with an extremely heart-breaking close to his play surrounding two young lovers. The extract beings with each family beginning to cast the blame for the tragedy on each other. The Friar however steps forward and…

The first poem, Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 is a sixteenth century poem which deals with the subject true love and celebrates its perpetual and unbending nature. This argument is presented in three successive quatrains and is concluded in a final rhyming couplet. The poet begins the poem by telling us that true love, “the marriage of…

Romeo & Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. It is Juliet rather than Romeo who is the tragic hero of the play. Do you agree? Base your answer on close examination of the text. We are studying Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare wrote this play in 1954 to 1955. Set in peaceful Verona,…