Act 1 Scene 1:
(Ian talking to Ray)
Ian: I don’t understand why I am not Oliver’s first best friend. I am better looking than Caleb. I am dumber than Caleb. I am cooler than Caleb. I am better liked than Caleb. (Anaphora). I even ride a skateboard like Oliver! Why doesn’t he like me more than Caleb?
Ray: I don’t know why you want to be friends with him so badly. I personally hate him, especially after he ended up dating my long lost love Dianna.
Ian: Hmmm… Does her dad know?
Ray: Know what?
Ian: That his daughter is dating the dumbest person that ever existed?
Ray: I don’t know? Let’s tell him since I hate Oliver so much!
Ian: Oooo, great idea!
(Sends a text saying :) Ben, r u there? - I
(Ben looks at his phone and sees the anonymous
The Drama of Shakespeare: Act 3, Scene 1 There are many techniques in which Shakespeare uses in order to make Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet dramatic. This scene is dramatic as there is a case of two deaths of young men. The scene opens with Mercutio in an argumentative (belligerent) mood because Romeo had abandoned them at a Capulet's party in a previous scene which he had become agitated by and tries to aggravate Benvolio into a fight. Shakespeare uses the weather to indicate the dramatic atmosphere.
Directing Act One Scene Two of A Midsummer's Nights Dream by William Shakespeare At the beginning of the scene Quince would enter to Snug, Flute, Snout and Starveling all seated round the upstage side of a large wooden table, which is situated on the apron of the stage, lively and drunkardly jostling with each other. I would choose to have Bottom standing in front of the table to represent his almost exaggerated feeling of superiority over the others and then seat himself at the centre of the table on the entrance of Quince. On the line beginning, "Ready. Name what part…" Bottom would stand and dramatically form a pose to suggest a, "lover" and then a, "tyrant" playing up to the other men who, apart from Quince, are absorbed by his act.
There are many methods to catching an audience's attention. Shakespeare for example, uses the method of excessiveness in his characters. Proof of this is shown in various forms throughout the novel, beginning with Orsino's obsessed love of Olivia. Then followed by Olivia's mourning for her long lost brother, and then her sudden change in interest. As well as thirdly, Viola's attitude of excess towards Orsino, we can see the method used for yet another time. The first Act jumps quickly into this form of excessiveness, drawing the reader into the novel, and gives personality to the characters.
Act 1 Scene 1 as an Effective Opening to Othello. The play begins in a dark street in Venice and the audience is thrown into a heated debate between Iago, a soldier, and Roderigo, a wealthy. Venetian. The.
Asides... what is an asides? Unlike a soliloquy that is spoken when the speaker is the only actor onstage, an aside is spoken by an actor when there are other actors present on the stage. The aside is also meant for the audience, but sometimes an aside is spoken to an actor(s) on the stage, but not to all of the actors on the stage. How do the asides in “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare effect the dynamics of the play? The asides in “Hamlet” have several different dramatic functions; Some of the asides are used to add a bit of irony to the play, others are premonitions of what is going to happen in the play (one is even an ironic premonition), and yet others (most importantly) can be used to look into the character of the actor by what he says of others or what he says of himself (or too himself), and finally all of the asides have the function of helping to set the plot of the play. (I use the male gender because I did not encounter an aside from a female).
Considering the setting, the conflict, and the ways Brabantio was informed of Desdemona’s disappearance makes him an overprotective, prejudiced father.
Hamlet is a tragedy about the prince of Denmark. When he is met by his father 's ghost and is told to avenge him by killing his Uncle, he plans to exact his revenge so his father can rest in piece. While this seems like a straightforward plot , there are actually many other subplots worked into this Shakespearean tragedy. Although it is viewed by many as a work of art, Aristotle 's poetics provide an entirely different criteria to look at for this play.
The Impact of Act 2 scene 2 of Macbeth & nbsp; Act 2 scene 2 is the most violent and intense part of Macbeth, although we do not actually witness the murder of King Duncan. It is interesting that Shakespeare chooses to have Macbeth kill Duncan offstage. We can only guess why he wrote the scene that way, I think that Shakespeare wanted to focus not on the murder but on Macbeth’s reaction to it; the bloody details supplied by the audiences imaginations will be much worse than anything that could be done onstage. It is also the most crucial part of the play; it is the first of many murders. This scene takes place at night; I feel the darkness represents what is unnatural, cruel and evil.
When the play first opens we hear 3 strange witches standing in a field while it is thunder and lightening. They begin to chant spells and talk about their meeting with Macbeth as they vanish into thin air.
The theme of deception runs very strong in Act One. Almost all the characters seem to either be deceiving someone, or being deceived themselves.
Act III Scene IV has fuelled much speculation and many psychoanalytical perspectives of Hamlet and his Oedipal complex. The scene is set in a closet, typically a private room in a castle while a bedroom was meant for receiving visitors, the convention since the late 19th century was to stage this scene in Gertrude’s bedroom; resulting in further speculation of Hamlet harbouring sexual desires towards his mother. If Gertrude received him in her closet, she treated him more intimately than a son.
Act two of the play introduces the setting of Cyprus, the area where the remainder of the play will take place and shows the stricken Desdemona, worried out of her mid for her lover who is behind schedule in his arrival. Iago soon makes his entrance and when questioned, expresses his views as to why women are deceitful and cunning in the way they act towards others as well as how they attract men. What started out as frivolous questioning soon turned into a full out debate between Iago, his wife Emilia, and Desdemona. Their quarrel soon ended upon the arrival of the vessel carrying Othello, as well as great news of the destruction of the Turkish fleet. Iago immediately begins planning his next move upon hearing Othello’s joyous cries of victory
The Act 1 of AS YOU LIKE IT prepares the audience and the reader for the rest of the play. It is most similar to the prologue of the modern play where an insight to the rest of the play is provided. In the Act the relationships between Orlando and Oliver, Orlando and Adam, Rosalind and Celia, Touchstone and Rosalind and more importantly, the indirect bonding between Duke Fredrick and Oliver is established.
In literature, ambiguities of the human character are wildly studied and speculated upon. The collective opinion regarding right and wrong often influences human behaviours, leading to characters with both ambiguous goals and differing ethical lenses, understood in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Othello respectively. Hamlet tells the story of the title character, a prince of Denmark seeking to avenge his father’s death after the death of his father. Othello is the tale of a Moor general of Venice, after being tricked by his ancient into believing his wife is unfaithful for his lieutenant. Protagonists Hamlet and Othello struggle with the betrayal of their friends and significant others, leading them to betrayal themselves. Furthermore, the motivations
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