Modern-Day Adaptations of Shakespearian Plays

Many Elizabethan bedsides were haunted from “the terrors of the night”. Back then their ghosts were nothing like the pasty blobs we call ghosts now. Theirs were quite gruesome. Ghostly visitations were claimed to have been very unpleasant. Not only this, but they claimed it cast them into a state of spiritual confusion.

Every Shakespeare tragedy follows the same conventions. Some of the conventions are tragic hero with a tragic flaw, anti-hero, tragic fall, fate, and supernatural. A convention is something in Shakespeare that has a certain effect.

Oliver parker's Othello came out in 1995 with Laurence Fishburne as Othello this is also the first time Othello was played by a coloured actor, Kenneth Branagh as Iago and Irene Jacob as Desdemona. Parker kept the original plot and language intact, however the movie seemed to give Othello life through visual and audio aids. Parker's Othello enables the viewer to associate on a personal level and compliments to the anticipation and imagination of those who have read the play before watching the movie.

Othello, composed by Shakespeare in 1603, is a standout amongst the most disputable and pertinent plays to both society and people. It investigates themes such as gender equality and Jealousy that are still pervasive today. The film O, on the other hand, is the contemporary American rendition of Othello. It too explores similar notions pertinent to society. At the core of both these texts there are universal themes that make it similar, however, each text has been altered by the composers, William Shakespeare and Tim Blake Nelson, in order to make it germane and engaging for the audience of their times.

Although Shakespeare is not a physical character in the novel, Brave New World, Shakespeare’s plays and novels shape the title, help to express Johns emotions, and contribute to mold the readers opinions about the new world. The title of the novel ‘Brave New World’, was a quote taken from Shakespeare's play the Tempest. Aldous Huxley chose this title because he could link an occurring theme in both novels, ‘civilization vs. savages’. The two novels, ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Brave New World’ plots are somewhat similar. Like Miranda, John was introduced to a new type of society, and at first glimpse was intrigued by it.

Shakespeare is a name in theatre and history that is very well known all around for his

Timeline of William Shakespeare: Apr 23, 1564. William Shakespeare is born in Stratford upon Avon.

In addition to the contribution of establishing Shakespeare’s authorship, Pavier and Jaggard largely protected Shakespeare’s manuscripts and presented more authentic works of Shakespeare by referring widely to the resources they could get assessed. Their method of editing could be considered as “critical editing”, which aims to represent the author’s final intention by comparative analysis of multiple texts(Evenden, 2016, p.54-55). Most of the Folio text, according to Jowett(2007), involve a more complicated cross- fertilization, which means the Folio texts must have absorbed various copies of previous quartos and theatrical manuscript to include longer passages(p. 77). The more complicated work of the printers, the direct or indirect referring

The dictionary defines adapt as make fit or suitable; most people define adaptation as a process dictated by one's surroundings. In Antarctica, the Inuit people adapted to use whale blubber as insulation and food. People often adapt to new situations out of necessity. Some people do it because of their environment, government, or social situation.

The essay is going to talk about the Shakespeare Unit, Acting Unit, and over the course of the semester. In the Shakespeare unit and acting unit paragraphs is about what I learned in class. The one called over the course of the semester is about what, I learn since the beginning of the school year.

Throughout the English Renaissance in Elizabethan England, William Shakespeare developed a 23 year old legacy in which he wrote 37 distinct plays¹. Despite being the young age of 26 when he wrote his first play, Henry VI Part One, Shakespeare quickly became recognized as one of the greatest writers of all time. As a testament to his achievements, countless modern words and phrases are tranced to numerous Shakespearean plays and works. For instance, in the play Macbeth, the first use of the word, “assassination”, was found in Act 1 Scene 7, whilst Macbeth was contemplating the risks and consequences of his upcoming deed². Additionally, the phrase “A sorry sight” originated from Macbeth, being used while Macbeth describes the state of his hands

ESSAY QUESTION: In what ways do Shakespeare’s characters endure today? Shakespeare has been very popular for centuries and his works continue to be read and studied around the world. Shakespeare also creates interesting characters worthy of analysis and discussion, which makes them enduring today.

William Shakespeare is one of the world 's most influential people to ever live. “BBC audience survey names Shakespeare as Britain 's Man of the Millennium.” (Andrews 2) Shakespeare’s works continue to be evident globally in modern society. Hundreds of years after William Shakespeare’s death, his influence continues to make an effect in the modern day English language, modern movies and film, and authors or artists today.

“In roughly built playhouses and cobblestone inn yards, an extraordinary development took place in England in the 1500s.” (Yancey, 8). At that time, an opportunity combined to produce literature achievement never before witnessed in the history of drama and theater. The renaissance, helped spark this movement by inspiring scientific and artistic creativity throughout the land. Models began writing dramas that portrayed life in both realistic and imaginative ways. This created work later captured the attention of the world that changed the English drama. The many aspects of Elizabethan theater helped to shape the acting and theater world forever.

William Shakespeare's Relevance Today For as long as formal education has existed in Britain it has been a largely standard assumption that teaching the works of William Shakespeare is relevant and necessary. Perhaps the relevance of his writing is taken for granted, perhaps it is necessary to re-examine the role of Shakespeare for the modern audience. There are indeed many people who question the relevance of this 440 year old playwright to a 21st century audience, taking it even as far as perhaps the greatest heresy of all, questioning the necessity of GCSE pupils learning Shakespeare at all. This “proposed vandalism from the policymakers” (Guardian 09/02/01) is opposed wholesale by supporters