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Creative Writing Of Hamlet

... or Claudius did around the castle when dad was away. He was away a lot, fighting wars, signing treaties, and being king. He was a busy guy. He always told me to keep things in order when he was away. I guess I screwed up. I remember one incident in particular. I was must have been eight years old at the time. Dad was going to fight in Norway. We had a talk before he left. We sat down in the courtyard. It was a beautiful day and dad's presence was like another sun. He seemed to glow as he spoke to me. He said, "Hammy, I will be awa ...

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Motion Picture Directing

... skills are a must for director in order to make a film. These skills must come from experiences in life, along with talents which are impossible to convey. These skills involve knowing the jobs and equipment needed to produce a film. A director must constantly be checking with costume, lighting, and set designers(Ruthven). It also contains knowing how to use a camera and use it to film scenes in many different cases. Jeanette Ruthven states that a director will have to review the script, meet with designers, pan for filming times, and se ...

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Elements Of Masque In The Tempest

... scene i, is that of a ship in action, and requires elaborate special effects to convey a sense of realism. The banquet scene in Act III scene iii requires a "quaint device" to make it vanish, and also makes extensive use of costume, dance and music, as the spirits enter in the form of shapeless creatures and Ariel is the form of a harpy. The masque within the play in Act IV requires elaborate costumes for the goddesses and, ideally, machinery for Juno to descend as deus ex machina with. It also involves great amounts of song and dance. The en ...

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The Supernatural In Shakespeare's Work

... does a ghost appear but a floating dagger, witches, and prophetic apparitions make appearances. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, several of the characters were immortal fairies. The role of the supernatural is very important in these plays. A ghost, appearing in the form of Hamlet's father, makes several appearances in the play. It first appears to the watchmen, Marcellus and Bernardo, along with Horatio near the guardsmen's' post. The ghost says nothing to them and is perceived with fear and apprehension. It is not until the appearance of Ha ...

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Macbeth: His Downfall Was Due To His Ambition For Power

... foretells Macbeth future: "All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be king hereafter" (I. iii. 53) that Macbeth will be destined for greatness but not in the way he thinks. After receiving the three prophecies, Macbeth is intrigue by the idea the he will be king hereafter. He soon shows his intention to carry out the prophecies in his aside: "The prince of Cumberland! that is a step on which I must fall down, or else o'er-leap, for in my way it lies" (I. iv. 55-57). With the help of his wife, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth was able to kill the Duncan, the kin ...

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Falstaff's Role In Henry IV, Part One

... always ready to cheat the weak and prey upon the poor; to terrify the timorous and insult the defenceless . . . his wit is not of the splendid or ambitious kind, but consists in easy escapes and sallies of levity [yet] he is stained with no enormous or sanguinary crimes, so that his licentiousness is not so offensive but that it may be borne for his mirth." Johnson makes three assumptions in his reading of the play: 1. That Falstaff is the kind of character who invites a moral judgment mainly that he can answer to the charge of bei ...

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My Perception Of William Shakespeare's Othello

... and discern what is happening in reality. It is this misinterpretation of reality that leads to the erroneous perceptions that each character holds. After reading this tragedy, the depth of Shakespeare's characters continue to raise many questions in the minds of the reader. The way I percieve the character of Othello and what concerns me, is that Othello is able to make such a quick transition from love to hate of Desdemona. In Act 3, Scene 3, Othello states, "If she be false, O, then heaven mocks itself! I'll not believe 't." (lines 294 ...

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Romeo And Juliet

... father did not insist that Tybalt endure Romeo and not make a scene in front of his guests. Capulet’s scolding did not budge Tybalt’s coarse, he sent a challenge to a duel to Romeo. Married to Juliet, Romeo would not fight and Tybalt continues to carry out the fight even without Romeo. Mercutio, who is Romeo’s best friend sees this and will not stand for it, when he tries to stop Tybalt he was slain himself. Mercutio’s death ignites Romeo’s anger and sent into a rage he seeks revenge on Tybalt. Romeo was desperate for ...

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The Fall Of Macbeth

... that wears robes that are not belonging to him, a person with an undeserved dignity. Macbeth is never comfortable with his clothes because of his conscious also because the clothes or stature aren’t belonging to him. In the play, Macbeth is named the Thane of Cawdor, these clothes were well and fit but because of his greed Macbeth had to look upon other peoples clothing, since in his way of thinking others had better clothing. From that point on his greed took over. Therefore he was driven to kill the king so he can take his clothes. “Th ...

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Othello: Summary

... Desdemona that's why she got married to him. Othello who is a black man and genral of army go married to Desdemona. Iago was a person who dislikes Othello. He put many kind of posion into one nasty package. He makes Brabantio out to vet a dupe, so much a fool that he needs to put on his gown to cover his nakedness. Then much a fool that that he needs to put on his gown to caver his nakedness. The he appeals to Bravantio love for his doughtier,"Even now,now very now, and old black ram, Is tupping your white eve".Iago was looking Othello simila ...

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"Casablanca:" A New Perspective

... Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, to create an American cinema classic. The first camera technique Curtiz uses to help narrate the film is the close-up shot. The close-up can effectively convey the story to the viewer without the use of excessive dialogue. In this instance, the viewer is introduced to the main character, Rick, through the use of the close-up. The first scene in "Rick's Cafe," shows people gambling and making illegal deals to leave Casablanca. An employee of the cafe bring a check to a man seated at a chess table to ...

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Massurrealism

... withstand the true test of significance, time. has chosen to stride towards viability through lessons learned from past attempts to insert experimental arts into the main stream. In the case of surrealism,, it proved ahead of its time but too complex to survive the horror evolving from WWII. Pop art also spawned of its times caught the fancy of the main stream in a very commercial way, but because of its thin content could not flourish beyond the party of the sixties. In retrospect each could have used the other to create the staying p ...

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