Play Essays

Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy that follows the story of two young people of feuding families falling in love. At the beginning of the play Juliet is young and dependent on other people, but when she meets Romeo who is older she matures quickly throughout the course of …

The tragedy of Hamlet is a medieval legend written by Shakespeare who describes the destiny of the main hero whose inner world is destroyed due to the injustice. This thought-provoking, philosophical play tells about the man who experiences the devastation due to ruined principals of humanistic ideas. Being the representative …

Everyone knows the famous William Shakespeare and his famous plays and poems; including his most successful play, Romeo and Juliet! Well… now it’s been transformed from stage to screen!! Romeo and Juliet is a film about two lovers who can’t be together because their families hate each other…..awwww. At the …

In Brighouse’s play Hobson’s choice, Willie is presented as a completely changed character by act four compared to how he started off firstly in act one. Willie starts off as a shy and timid underpaid boot maker who eventually transforms into a confident and outgoing successful businessman. In act four …

In Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest there are many different forms of comedy used throughout the play. Wilde uses examples of Low comedy, Farce, Comedy of Manners, and Comedy of Ideas. Many of Oscar Wilde’s Humoristic comments and examples are still relevant and it’s been over a …

In J.B. Priestley’s play `An Inspector Calls` Priestly uses many minor details such as setting, lighting and stage directions to create details of the characters personality especially Inspector Goole’s. Firstly, at the start of the play the family is sitting around a table filled with left over food and the …

‘With specific references to three key speeches examine how Othello’s use of language reflects his changing state of mind In the play’ ‘Othello’ a play written by William Shakespeare, is a tragedy and was written in the 17th century. The main character Othello, a moor, has a fluctuant mind which …

Act 1 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet is an effective start to the play for many reasons. It helps set the story and this scene very well, and introduces the characters to the audience very well. Firstly, it sets the plot very well. From the very start, we get …

“Measure for Measure” is in some ways a modern play in the issues it deals with. Women’s issues are explored throughout the play in many different ways. Sexuality and the independence of women are seen through both the eyes of men and women in this play. Women are portrayed with …

In the novel Mrs. Dalloway, which follows a day of Clarissa and those whose lives brush hers, illustrates the futile artificiality of upper class lives. Portrayal of marriage reflects the contemporary situation of women after marriage and the lack of communication among individuals at post-war period of London. As reflected …