How Sherriff Uses Structure and Language of the Play Journey's End to Unfold the Character of Stanhope Journeys End shows the negative way and terrible conditions war affects Stanhope and his troops. Although Stanhope is a dedicated officer he is also enigmatic. The structure and language are used in this play to show the way in which war affects soldiers and the changes Stanhope goes through during the war. Life in the 1900's was happy care free and relaxed. People went about their business without a care in the world, towns were full of life. Then, when the war started, shock hit home. All the men disappeared, towns, villages & cities were left, deserted. Rationing began and people soon found war was not pleasant or a game, contrary to what was thought beforehand. The theatre was a place people went for entertainment. Therefore people were not expecting the harsh images portrayed in the play Journey's end. In this play language is used to emphasize the class system. The lower class soldiers use slang where as the upper class soldiers use proper, posh English. An example of the lower class slang is said by Trotter: "Look 'ere skipper, it's nearly eight now, couldn' we make 'alf-past?" As Stanhope doesn't talk like this it emphasizes his status e.g. he is more important than trotter because he is a higher class to trotter. Sheriff uses the way in which people speak to show their class, people with low class usually have a low status. Stanhope's entry to the play is delayed. The audience hear about him but don't meet him. This is because the writer wants the audience to build up a picture of him in our minds. We pictu... ... middle of paper ... ...igh with the kind of respect he gave to Osbourne, somebody who Stanhope liked very much. Stanhope's whole mood changes at the end of Act 3 as soon as he finds out Raleigh might not survive. "…Stanhope lightly runs his hand through Raleigh's hair… The shock stabs out the candle flame" A candle represents life and when a shock puts the flame out it shows just how easy it is for someone to die. Raleigh is a device, used by sheriff to emphasize the changes the character Stanhope goes through throughout the play. Sheriff unfolds the character of Stanhope by using Raleigh; who is merely a device used to depict the many tragedies and hardships of war. Stanhope is nobody's ideal hero, but in the play he is the biggest hero of all, despite being shown as a drunk. He is used to demonstrate the tragedy of war.
Many years later, in desperation for a remedy to cure his tortured soul, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale takes to the scaffold where Hester had once suffered her shame. He is envious of the public nature of her ...
Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and Melinda are the people of the world with the feelings of deceit, despair, and dejection associated with their faults, troubles, and passion. Hawthorne and Anderson mastered in ensnaring the feelings of deceit, despair, and dejection and writing the feelings into their extraordinary characters. Both authors succeed in creating these characters in such a way that the readers will most likely meet a Hester, Arthur, Roger, or a Melinda in their lifetime.
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In works of literature and television, most artists have a tendency to employ a minor character that not only serves in the plot’s general progression, but also to create one or more memorable situations in the story that regains the observer’s attention. In John Steinbeck’s famous novella Of Mice and Men, Curley’s wife is a minor character; she serves a purpose to the plot by creating a constant raucous amongst the ranch workers, but eventually leads to her spilling herself wide open about her utter misery within her nuptial arrangement to Curley, which is news to the reader. On Seth MacFarlene’s Family Guy, after a dramatic speech made by Brian to Chris and Peter, a character known as “greased-uped deaf guy” may run through the Griffin’s
Act 3, scene 5 is a vital scene in the play, as it shows how the
The Way Juliet Feels in Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
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In the play “Macbeth”, Shakespeare shows how people can change quickly by wanting to have something. Throughout, the play we see how Macbeth changes from a strong, confident solider to a weak, scared person. We see how he reacts to the different problems which occur. After when he is king, his emotions change from being indecisive to being confident whilst planning killing Banquo. I am going to go over two key scenes and explain how Macbeth’s behaviour and emotion changes.
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The theatre language that caught my eye first was the use of Hedda's costumes. As the play began she was wearing a bright elegant gown; without using the knowledge I already had about her from reading the play, this to me demonstrated her attempt to appear sane and in control of her life. As the scenes changed, so did her costumes; she began to wear darker colored gowns and at the same time her character's persona became darker also. In the last scene she is wearing a black gown with a touch of red; this influenced my perception a great deal. The small amount of red in her dress played a role in influencing my perception of her character. To me, the color red reminds me of blood and this idea along with many other aspects seen in the play, showed the pain and suffering Hedda had been through or put herself through. By examining her final costume, it was easy to see that this was the final chapter in her life. She was wearing the darkest color of them all, black, which is almost always associated with death; and as seen in the end of the play it fits in perfectly.
A Midsummer’s Night Dream, written by William Shakespeare, is a complicated love story that involves four teenagers. Hermia and Lysander are so in love; however, Hermia’s dad wants her to marry Demetrius. Helena is chasing after Demetrius, who treats her like a dog. The speaker is none other than the love-struck Helena. Her speech is not directed to anybody because Helena was alone, yet she still wants to make it clear how deeply in love she is with Demetrius. Shakespeare uses many literary devices to further explain and state that Helena loves Demetrius.
Hester Prynne committed a crime so severe that it changed her life into coils of torment and defeat. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester is publicly recognized as an adulteress and expelled from society. Alongside the theme of isolation, the scarlet letter, or symbol of sin, is meant to shame Hester but instead transforms her from a woman of ordinary living into a stronger person.
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...se his is still enjoying the intrigue which he can only understand. To some extent his is playing with his subjects, making them believe that they act of their own violation while manipulating them. He is also testing them, perhaps to determine how worthy they are of their positions. (Act 4 scenes 3-6).