.... through its language, which is not elevated or formal as in a traditional epic, rather, it is crude and intoxicated. When Nick and Honey arrive at George and Martha's place they are sober and speak formally. Any hesitation they have comes from the unusual situation they find themselves in. As they drink, Nick and Honey's involvement in the conversation becomes more fluid and the remarks become more poignant. This, in turn, increases the intensity of the insults between George and Martha. For them prodding is a game of one-upmanship with words their only weapon. As the play progresses the implications of this become increasingly serious. In an epic, A .....

.... creation over five thousand years ago, the Jewish religion has evolved in some movements to involve women and men equally in ceremonies. The orthodox movement has always remained traditional in its belief that women have their place in the home, cooking and raising children, and serving their husbands. Education remains the man's duty. The movie Yentl starring Barbara Streisand, shows this traditional belief through its plot, characterization, music, lights, camera angles, and symbolism. Set in Eastern Europe in 1904, Yentl captures the essence of the Jewish woman's eternal struggle. It is the story of a young girl, in love with learning but forbidden t .....

.... but the majority of readers seem to come to the conclusion that his final act was an act of duty. Hamlet's first thoughts on the revenge he has to perform went as follows: I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, all saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, that youth and observation copied there; and thy commandment all alone shall live. (A1, S5,L99-103) This statement makes it perfectly clear that Hamlet views what he has to do as a job that he has to do for his father. In act 2, scene 2 Hamlet meets an actor who easily displays intense emotion and passion on matters that have just come to his head. Hamlet asks himse .....

.... 45 years apart, each made a movie portraying the events of the Battle of Agincourt. Both of these films, one by Laurence Olivier in 1944 and the other by Kenneth Branagh in 1989, contained the same content. They had the same events and the same characters speaking the same dialogue. Yet each portrayal displayed dissimilar costumes and music. As a result of these director's different views of war, the audience receives a different experience after viewing each film. Although both Olivier and Branagh depicted the identical Shakespearean production, the result is two very different films. In 1944, at the closing of World War II, Laurence Olivier adopted Willi .....

.... naive and because Cassius is clever he can make Brutus agree with him. Cassius himself even says, “If I were Brutus now, and he were Cassius, He should not humour me.” (Shakespeare Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 314-315). If Brutus did not listen to Cassius, he wouldn't have joined the conspiracy, and Brutus' tragedy would have never happened. This is why Brutus should have never listened to Cassius' conspiracy plan. A large harmartia that Brutus made was not killing Antony. Brutus says, “ For Antony is but a limb of Caesar.” (Shakespeare Act 2, Scene 1, Line 165). . Brutus feels that Antony would not be able to do anything without Caesar, and would probably commit su .....

.... the mischief to come. Despite his inability to control weather patterns, Shakespeare developed marvelous scenes which he displayed in his own theater, The Globe. How did Shakespeare portray the emotional aspects of his characters and their strife to his audience? How did he direct the actors and what did the open air stage of The Globe look like? Imagine yourself in London circa 1600, a short year after the completion of the Globe Theater and perhaps a few months after the completion of the play Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV has just begun. Claudio and Hero are facing each other in front of a simple, yet anciently beautiful altar, garbed in Elizabethan .....

.... Ghost is controversial because the people, who see the Ghost, could be imagining the Ghost. Hamlet will reassure his new suspicions of Claudius killing his father by spying on the King of Denmark. This gives Hamlet two good reasons to kill Claudius. First, he hated the fact that his uncle married his mother in just a few months after his dad died. Second, his father's ghost wants revenge on Claudius. Most of the time Hamlet does his own spying. He tries to force Ophelia to give him information, but she ends up lying to him in ACT III Scene i. Hamlet: Get thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest, but y .....

.... women in the play, Ophelia and Gertrude, both use a type of mask to cover what is obvious in their lives, masking it so that they can continue living as if their existence was without and cruelty. And finally Hamlet hides behind his madness, be it real or pretend, a person who is indecisive and spiteful. Masks in this play are not just a theme; they are the whole basis of it. The mask theme develops throughout the play as various characters try to cover their secret intentions with a veneer of a whole other person. One of the most obvious, of course is Claudius. Claudius murdered his brother, the former king Hamlet, in order to become king himself. This mur .....