Comparing Fool For Love And Sam Shepard

Matthew Shepard was a young man who was accepting and optimistic. He put his friends and family first and had a knack for relating to almost everyone. He was a person that you could always approach and loved challenges. Matthew loved equality and stood up for the differences in everyone. He became active in his community theater on and off stage because of his love for acting. “Matthew went to various colleges and universities but ended up at the University of Wyoming in Laramie studying foreign languages and relations, as well as, political science.” (matts story)

In the kingdom of Illyria (fantasy world), Twelfth Night was supposedly originally written for the entertainment of Queen Elizabeth I. William Shakespeare’s comedy associates with the Feast of Epiphany (January 6th) and was means for entertainment in the seventeenth century. It contains some aspects that can be thought of as

Romeo and Juliet for example the oppression of their love leads them to kill themselves or in other words there demise. Or in Macbeth the main character Lady Macbeth suffers none of her husband’s uncertainty. She desires the kingship for him and wants him to murder Duncan in order to obtain it. If there would have been love in their relationship she would not of had the desire to kill her beloved husband. This central theme seen throughout suggests that Shakespeare himself wasn't receiving love and didn't live a completely fulfilled life. By writing around love in almost everyone of plays many have drawn the conclusion that Shakespeare himself was gay. Because he was unable to love he did not allow any no one else too.

In the play, we asked ourselves, does true love ever run smooth? The answer to this was no. Shakespeare demonstrates throughout his play the turmoils and conflicts that occur between lovers. In each of the main acts, there is a conflict of love occuring, whether unrequited love, love that has been meddled with, or embarrassing love. Shakespeare uses these different conflicts to show multiple different sides to romance and to demonstrate how life isn’t a straight, paved road, but it can be turbulent. Even though the story ends on a high note, one must not forget the troubles that occurred in order for the protagonists to get to this point. In his play, Shakespeare tries to prove that true love never runs smooth by portraying a story where a happy ending only occurs after a long and confusing conflict between not just the lovers, but others around

One of love’s most prominent characteristics is its ability to engulf the human mind in floods of pure emotion. In the short term, love is often associated with phrases such as hearts “skipping a beat” or “butterflies” in one’s stomach. As an act of intuition and instinct, love can have immediate physiological and psychological effects. As a result, love’s psychosomatic manifestations often lead their bewitched to direct as many efforts as possible toward winning another’s heart. With regard to this motif of physical and emotional infatuation, Shakespeare argues, being in love causes us to become inconsistent and to allow ourselves to be buffeted by the wild waves of our ever-changing desires. In the play,

In my opinion it seems Shakespeare was trying to send a message to his audiences that marriage was

Shakespeare manages to stay relevant today because his plays and characters portray issues that affect all humans. Petri explains, "These are not plays we read and see together as a country." Petri is saying that Shakespeare's works relate to all people around the world. What makes the themes addressed in his plays love,

Love was very important to the Shakespearean audience. There is not a play written by Shakespeare that does not contain some form of a love relationship. These plays usually end happily, however in the case of “Macbeth”, the relationship that carries this important function, that is love, is conveyed in

Shakespeare illustrates how love can become impure through the love of allies. Through their relationships with the young lovers, both the

In the volume Shakespeare and Tragedy John Bayley explains the love and self-love in the play:

The ‘Much Ado about Nothing’, part of Shakespeare’s ‘First Folio’ released in 1623 ,and later adapted into a film by Kenneth Branagh in 1993, was a comedic play set within the 16th century, in Messina, Sicily. Prior to the story Don Pedro, also known as ‘The Prince’ had just come

The roles of men and women were very different in society during Shakespeare’s time. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare reflects these attitudes by showing how women were seen as nagging, quarrelsome, and inferior to the man! It also shows that marriage was more of an arrangement and

Does love ever hit as hard as a rock? Does it feel like you're happier you just enlightened? Well not always. William Shakespeare is an all time legend for the genre of comedy.. He created the much ado about nothing play which is still relevant today. The play “much ado

Duke Orsino: A Manifestation of Irrational Love Through Wealth, Pain & Egotism Quotes done in the following form: Act, Scene, Line Most of the major characters in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night experience some form of love or marriage. Whether it’s unrequited like with Antonio and Malvolio, or it is something seemingly unattainable like with Duke Orsino. Regardless, it is clear that love is prevalent as one of the central themes Shakespeare seems to emphasize in Twelfth Night. With that, we see him communicate different interpretations and feelings regarding the subject. He does this with the medium of melodramatic characters. In this essay, I will elaborate on the opinions of love that Shakespeare communicates through one of the leading characters:

The beauty of love is what this passage focuses on, it shows us the love that two young lovers have towards each other. Even though they both know that their love is forbidden, they still love each other deeply. Shakespeare’s writing skills helps the audience connect with the characters with