West Side Story, a 1961 production starring Rita Moreno and Natalie Wood, is an adaptation of William Shakespeare\'s play Romeo and Juliet. West Side Story is a flashy production filled with music, dance and light. It presents Shakespeare\'s play from a 1960\'s inner city perspective. In the mo...

Compare how the opening scene of Romeo + Juliet is portrayed in Baz Luhrmann's 1997 film and Zefferelli's 1968 version. Which version do you think is more successful? The opening scene in most of Shakespeare's plays have a high level of action and a plot that is absorbing, apprehensible and...

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'The Tempest', penned by playwright William Shakespeare, as one of his last works circa 1612 is a story about many things: love, revenge, greed, politics, magic, and mystery. Even the notion of time plays a major role, and it is this aspect we shall be discussing in the following pag...

William Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet is a story of two star-crossed lovers. Though Romeo and Juliet is a triumph of dramatic lyricism, its tragic ending usurps most other aspects of the play and abandons us to unhappy estimates of whether, and to what degree, its young lovers are res...

William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Hamlet, is full of many timeless themes, issues, as well as problems which resurface frequently throughout its duration. In this play the main protagonist, Hamlet, feigns insanity in order to cover his inner devious and vengeful intentions. His act, albeit co...

Much Ado About Nothing is perhaps William Shakespeare\'s most depressing comedy. Although it is ultimately uplifting, throughout the play there are themes that are also prevalent in such devastating tragedies as Romeo and Juliet and Othello. Trickery, deceit, and death are woven throughout this smar...

BAZ LUHRMAN'S "ROMEO AND JULIET" Baz Luhrman updates the classic Shakespeare tale of "Romeo and Juliet" to good effect in his film. This is done primarily to grab the attention of the audience who may otherwise be put off by 'boring' set pieces. Without changing the story, he updates the characters ...

COMPARE AND CONTRAST VIDEO VERSIONS OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM CONCENTRATING ON THEIR PORTRAYAL OF TITANIA IN ACT 2 SCENE 1, ACT 3 SCENE 1 In A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare intertwines farce, fancy, fantasy and romance to create a play, which as its title suggests...

Towards the end of the sixteenth century, sonnets were the most popular form of circulating poetry, and thus William Shakespeare (1564-1616) composes his own lengthy sonnet cycle, concentrating only on a handful of themes. With the traditional, or Italian, style dominating the poetic forum, Shakesp...

In approximately 1594, William Shakespeare began to write one of the most well known tragedies in history, Romeo and Juliet. Arguably, no author to date has matched Shakespeare\'s skill and beauty in the creation of this work. However, authors have regurgitated and will continue to regurgitate the t...

William Shakespeare is undoubtedly one of the greatest, if not the greatest, writer in English literature. From historians to middle school students to contemporary authors, just about anyone can tell of his contributions in the literary world. Similarly, Oscar Wilde has done much the same in the fi...

Shakespeare's romance The Tempest along with many other works of that time help represent the arts and drama which were large parts of the Elizabethan Renaissance. Queen Elizabeth I made many of changes and influenced all England and also much of the world during her reign. She was Queen of England...

Why does anyone care if our society is aggressive? Does the kid who decides to fire a gun into his school do so because he watched Natural Born Killers? Is violence in our communities really causing anyone any abnormal amount of heartache? To the victims, and the families and friends of the victi...

Why does anyone care if our society is aggressive? Does the kid who decides to fire a gun into his school do so because he watched Natural Born Killers? Is violence in our communities really causing anyone any abnormal amount of heartache? To the victims, and the families and friends of the victi...

Ask anyone who Shakespeare was, and he or she will immediately rattle off at least three different plays that were required readings in English, not to mention a few blockbuster movies bearing his name. Many revere the works of Shakespeare as paramount in the world of literature, dedicating entire ...

PROSPERO AND SHAKESPEAREThe Tempest is an interesting play written by the famous, William Shakespeare. It is his official and last accomplishment. This play is thought of as one of Shakespeare's "romance" plays. Shakespeare started to write toward the end of his career about magic and fantasy set ...

What characterizes the concept of fate? How do liturgical, literary and artistic creations deal with its presence? Alongside technological, scientific and artistic developments come different perceptions of mankind's own raison-d'etre and the status of his existence. The thought of a master puppet...