Tragicomedy

In the late 19th century, a national wide anti-Chinese movement took place in the United States of America. The Chinese immigrants were excluded by the Native Americans. Their stores were stolen; their houses were burned down and even worse, many of them were killed. However, if we refer back the history of America, we will find that the early Chinese immigrants were accepted by Americans and were not the immediate targets of hostility or violence. In addition, the prosperity of America, especially

INTRODUCTION The seemingly straightforward simplicity of “Julius Caesar” has made it a perennial favourite for almost 400 years. Despite its simplicity, almost Roman in nature, the play is rich both dramatically and thematically, and every generation since Shakespeare’s time has been able to identify with some political aspect of the play. The Victorians found a stoic, sympathetic character in Brutus and found Caesar unforgivably weak and tyrannical. As we move into the twenty-first century, audiences

William Shakespeare wrote the play The Tempest around 1610 toward the end of his career. The Tempest, a tragicomedy, blends aspects of tragedy and romance together and depicts them in a humorous way. The Tempest takes place on an island with an unspecified location. The play finds Prospero and Miranda, ousted former Duke of Milan and his daughter, living in exile on an island with Caliban, its lone native inhabitant. The unvarying scenario changes when a storm that causes a crew to shipwreck disrupts

Effects of Tyranny in Macbeth and The Winter’s Tale Shakespeare uses the device of tyranny to drive the plots of various plays through turmoil and the conquering of such destructive actions and to drive the characters towards madness and other unfortunate ends and for others to rise above them. One of the central foundations of these plays and the use of tyranny is how it effects the women of these plays. Forcing them to follow the male leads either down the path of desire for power strong enough

Climate change is a very real, and very present threat to countless of lives all around the globe. Temperatures are soaring in some areas, while they plummet in others. This drastic change in weather patterns can not only destroy the ecosystems of our planet, it also has the potential to wreak havoc on society with the smallest of changes. For example, it’s well known that the polar ice caps are melting at an alarming rate due to rising temperatures. This causes ocean levels to rise, which will eventually

A common wish is to become immortal; to die and have the works done during life be known eternally. To reach this level, a person has to help shape a culture or create something timeless. Beginning in the 1500s and stretching to present-day, William Shakespeare’s work is legendary, and could last until the end of human existence. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, creating work as a poet, playwright, and even an actor. Shakespeare’s life and works, despite occurring

Kiera Dudley Professor Frances Fister-Stoga English 240 15 December 2017 Tragedy or Comedy? – Final Project The following sample chapter will include definitions of both Tragedy and Comedy. An analysis of each play will then follow. The chapter will also include an explanation of how each work embodies a specific theme and compare/contrast how one work’s approach to a theme or concept differs from that of the other play. One of the most widely used styles of literature is Tragedy. Tragic is an

many ways already structurally different from the modern comedic genre. There are even plays within the Shakespearean genre itself that are structurally different at times, from the ‘traditional’ comedies such as Much Ado About Nothing to the ‘tragicomedies’ or ‘romances’ such as Pericles. Nonetheless, both Much Ado About Nothing and Pericles employ similar comedic conventions to construct characters, plot structures, and moods that ultimately fit the ideal Shakespearean comedy. It is the goal of

The study will encompass the compare and contrast of two great writers’ literary works. It will take comprehensive discussion on “Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist” and “William Shakespeare’s The Tempest”. Jonson and Shakespeare were contemporaries with more immediately recognizable common ground between them than difference. They shared the same profession and brought forth their works from the matrix of common intellectual property. They appealed to the same audience and both gained popularity and esteem

The Seriousness of The Comedy of Errors        The Comedy of Errors has often been dismissed as a mere farce, unworthy of any serious attention. Yet, when the author is Shakespeare, even a "farce" is well worth a second look. Shakespeare himself may have takent his comedic work quite seriously, for audiences expected comedy of his day not only to entertain, but also to morally instruct. It is not surprising, therefore, that for one of his earliest comedies, Shakespeare found a model in the