Stoppard's "The Invention of Love"

I will show understanding of the plot, character and themes and Shakesperes use of language and dramatic devices within the play.

The play has been contemporised. Modern day language is used this makes it easier to understand. Colloquialism of ?sod? and ?bollocks? are used these are words that are often spoken today. Being rewritten to modern day language has really helped me to understand the play more. In my opinion if I was to read the play before it was adapted I don?t think I would of understood it.

The setting of the play is also critical for the theme of the play. It orients the audience to the crucial elements such as time, place and mood. By stripping the play off these, Stoppard is confusing the audience further about the identity of Guildenstern and Rosencrantz. There are minimal props in the play. The few props that are used, like the coins, do not follow the normal law, like the law of probability by falling heads all the time. The stage direction of the play is also important in the sense that it conveys determinism. This is because an actor in a play has a script, a certain posture and a determined pace to be stood at. This leaves no

The differences in styles of language truly brings alive the plays' various characters, from the lowliest drawer to the noblest knight. The playwright's audience would have been composed of a similarly diverse spectrum of society, from the groundlings at the foot of the stage, to the members of the court in attendance, and these disparate members of the audience might very well have come away from the plays with different interpretations of

many love stories originate from previously existed love, as either to continue the story or to improve on the story line or even just to recreate the story/play into a movie. There are many successful remakes of plays and some that did not work out, as they did not contain the deep roots and meanings of the original play/ story. Many Shakespearian plays and stories were recreated into movies to entertain audiences and to get the morals across to the audience by a more naïve and a youthful way for all kinds of watchers. William Shakespeare has wrote many plays that hold vast concepts that do nit intrigue the reader when he/she reads it but when they understand the concept and story behind it.

With reference to the ways Russell presents the theme of social class in the extract and elsewhere in the novel in act one, show how far you agree that there is no escape from the effects of social class for the characters in the play.

T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is an ironic depiction of a man’s inability to take decisive action in a modern society that is void of meaningful human connection. The poem reinforces its central idea through the techniques of fragmentation, and through the use of Eliot’s commentary about Prufrock’s social world. Using a series of natural images, Eliot uses fragmentation to show Prufrock’s inability to act, as well as his fear of society. Eliot’s commentary about Prufrock’s social world is also evident throughout. At no point in the poem did Prufrock confess his love, even though it is called “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, but through this poem, T.S. Eliot voices his social commentary about the world that

Finally, the last message and most important in the play is the question of reality. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead interacts with the play Hamlet and ties in some common scenes. In Hamlet, Hamlet hires actors or players to act out the death of his father, the king, to make his uncle feel guilty and tell the truth about killing him. When this play within in a play, within another play is being performed, you are almost unclear of how real the extent of the performance is. This play even predicts the death of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern before it’s even thought of. The audience and characters of the play begin to confuse reality and drama. Stoppard shows that real life is like a play and makes us all wonder what is actually real.

Another aspect of the play that can easily relate to modern audiences is, William Shakespeare’s use of mistaken identities and true-life experiences especially mourning for the loss of family and love obsessions, are among the main focuses of the play. Many people in the audience of today would most likely be able to relate to Olivia’s intense mourning of her brother, since people’s feelings and actions at the time of loss don’t change just the periods of times that they occur do. Love is commonly used in many forms of works of entertainment because it is an unsolved mystery that everyone usual enjoys watching or reading. The infatuation that the Duke has for Olivia is comical throughout the play and forces the Duke to say

"Nowadays the plays' meaning is usually blurred by the fact that the actor plays to the audiences hearts. The figures portrayed are foisted on the audience and are falsified in the process. Contrary to present custom they ought to be presented quite coldly, classically and objectively. For they are not matter for empathy; they are there to be understood and politely added

The use of allusions bring a sense of intimacy between reader and author. Prufrock wishes to be comforted.

Throughout my high school career, I’ve never worked with anything that has made me think so much. Sure, you can watch the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at face value, have a few laughs until it stops being funny, and then go on with your life. But you aren’t getting out of it all that Tom Stoppard intended. This play is so much more than just an accompanying work to Hamlet. It fleshes out the characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in a way that makes you consider your own life! And if you really want to take anything from this play, you need to understand the messages it contains. This is a challenge to some, because of how deeply they contrast with the play at face value. But, if you can look deeper, you will a couple

Stoppard brings two relatively insignificant characters for Hamlet into focus in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Common man into the ‘spotlight’, as he represented the majority of society- 1960s’ audiences were interested in characters that they could empathize with and relate to. By focussing on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Stoppard brings offstage Hamlet onstage. This change in orientation gives audiences a new perspective on Hamlet and a different interpretation of Shakespeare’s most famous play.

Shakespeare has a difficult task entertaining the rowdy Elizabethan audience, especially during the exposition of the play, which sets up the entire plot. The audience needs to be engaged and invested in the play, otherwise many of the Elizabethan audience would throw food and furniture on stage or vandalize the theatre in response. Shakespeare employs a variety of techniques throughout the exposition of the play in order to do this, by creating tension between characters, introducing scandalous plots and unresolved issues right at the beginning of the play leaving the audience waiting for an answer. This essay will explore Shakespeare’s techniques and methods of engaging his Elizabethan audience.

The author Stoppard made Hamlet the minor character and the antagonist in his play. However, through his speeches we can think he is controlling the protagonists. When the “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead” play shifts to Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” play, the audience gets a hint that the dialogues are about to change. It happens more when they are about to interact with Hamlet. Hamlet in Stoppard’s play was lost in his own world than socialize with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. But somehow his character’s presence gave Rosencrantz and Guildenstern a hard time in their simple aimless life.