William Shakespeare 's Poetry, Comedies, And Even Tragedies

SAMPSON A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague’s.

Young lovers defy their families’ long-established vendetta and jeopardize all they have to continue their relationship. The violent commotion between the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, finally bring peace to their feuding families, with their own death. Like with many suicide cases, there are challenges and decisions being made that lead up to this decision. Often times, we question who contributed to the suicide. Regardless, others argue that Romeo and Juliet should be held accountable for their ultimate decision. Then again, there is no definite reason to assign fault to Romeo and Juliet. Not only are their brains not fully developed, but pressures from outside forces caused such stress within the relationship.

Love is like a flame, it provides you with warmth, but too much of it can also burn you. Such is the plot of the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It is a tragedy about two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who unfortunately, belong to families who bear an ancient grudge against each other. In the play, Romeo and Juliet fall in love and quickly decide to marry each other. At the end, Romeo and Juliet’s decisions cause their untimely death, but in reality, there were other people who also contributed to the lover’s death. Friar Laurence, the Nurse and Lord Capulet are responsible for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

In Romeo and Juliet, love is depicted in several ways. Both Luhrman and Shakespeare represent love in different ways in different contexts to both the Elizabethan era and the contemporary audience. Both the original and later manifestations of the text are valued because they both communicate to the audience on the values of love and society by employing a variety of devices.

Over the course of the past fifty years there have been many cinematic productions of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, some of which remain true to the text while others take greater liberties with the original format. Director Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 production of Hamlet was true to Shakespeare’s work in that the film’s dialogue was delivered word or word as it is presented in the text. In contrast, Franco Zeffirelli conducted his 1990 production of Hamlet in a much more liberal direction in which lines, scenes and characters were omitted from the film. I argue that from the perspective of an individual with moderate knowledge in Shakespearian literature, that the best film versions of Hamlet are those that take the most liberties from the text. I

     Many of Shakespeare's works have been transposed from stage to screen, none so more than Hamlet. Two of the most unique film appropriations of the play are to be found in Rodney Bennett's 1980 film and Kenneth Branagh's 1996 blockbuster. The two films share many parallels between them in both interpretation and method, however they also have marked differences in their respective approaches to the text.

Shakespeare’s work is so pervasive that it is echoed many times. This is because many well-known quotes are attributed to Shakespeare and writers use these quotes to add depth to their work. In addition to quotes, many themes and plots are borrowed from Shakespeare as his work gives meaning to anything written after his work.

Romeo says that the moon is pale and sick with grief because Juliet is more beautiful than the moon. (Line 4-7 "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she."), as the sun out shines the moon exemplifying that the moon is jealous of her beauty

Hamlet shows a variation of revenge, madness, and art and culture. Critic Stephen Greenblatt explains in is article, “The Death of Hamment and the Making of Hamlet,” that “Over centuries of feverish speculation, the most compelling reflections on the presence of Shakespeare’s emotional life in his plays...have focused on Hamlet,”(Greenblatt). Just like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet is well known for all the dramatic play and themes that make the work come alive. Today, you can relate many of his themes to present day literature such as books and movies. Examples include Gnomeo and Juliet, inspired by Romeo and Juliet, The Lion King, inspired by Hamlet, and 10 Things I Hate About You, inspired by The Taming of the Shrew. All these works are based off the universal themes Shakespeare introduced to english

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is one of the most produced plays of all time. Written during the height of Shakespeare’s fame—1600—Hamlet has been read, produced, and researched by more individuals now than during Shakespeare’s own lifetime. It is has very few stage directions, because Shakespeare served as the director, even though no such official position existed at the time. Throughout its over 400 years of production history, Hamlet has seen several changes. Several textual cuts have been made, in addition to the liberties taken through each production. In recent years, Hamlet has seen character changes, plot changes, gender role reversals, alternate endings, time period shifts, and thematic alternations, to

He Drank the Poison; She Drew the Dagger; Romeo, Juliet and Others Accountable for Their End

Power is one of the most important, as well as disputable, concepts regarding how particular facts in the social world are related. To clarify: power does not have various meanings, but is shown in various examples. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the story talks about love and tragedy that is ruled by two… separate households (Capulet and Montague). In Addition, the source Meditations states that becoming a good person is to be able to get power and control power to a certain standard. In The Prince, it shows to be a good leader, that one must not let others take advantage, so a leader will have to be cruel at times, so others can take you seriously. The Art of War is an engrossing book from Sun Tzu that presents us

Almost four hundred years after William Shakespeare wrote one of his most famous plays, “Hamlet”, Franco Zeffirelli directed a film inspired my William Shakespeare’s play, “Hamlet”, and also titled his work “Hamlet”. It would make sense that there would be different kinds of adaptations to the works of Shakespeare considering his fame. He is one of the most influential people in regards to the English language, so it is logical that Franco Zeffirelli saw potential in creating a movie about “Hamlet”. William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” and Franco Zeffirelli’s “Hamlet” have many similarities such as characters and plot. Both works also have several differences such as events which never took place, events that were left out, order of events,

Hamlet, which was actually mirrored by Disney’s The Lion King, dives into the effects of power, revenge, deceit and even love. Therefore, Hamlet remains a crucial piece of classic literature because of its emphasis on human emotions, mortality and how conflict affects the character’s growth.

It would be hard to argue the fact that William Shakespeare is one of the greatest contributors to modern English as we know it, his plays and sonnets have been turned into movies, books, and music as well as translated into virtually every language. With that being said, one of his most famous plays is Hamlet. Many movies were based off of this play and a very popular one is Hamlet directed by Franco Zeffirelli. This drama film was produced on December 19th, 1990 and was around 134 minutes long. This movie based off of Shakespeare’s most famous work was a hit, raking in approximately $20.7 million in the box office. Zeffirelli’s motive in making the movie was to make Shakespeare available and interesting to younger viewers. Franco Zeffirelli was successful in recreating the play Hamlet, as the movie added extreme depth to the play making it appealing to all viewers.