Shakespeare’s Characters' Impact on a Young Modern Audience
Shakespeare’s characters in Romeo and Juliet are multi-dimensional
(true to life). This makes them more engaging to the audience;
Shakespeare also uses stereotypes to add to the atmosphere of comedy
and drama. Examples of multi-dimensional characters are Romeo and
Juliet themselves; an example of a stereotypical character is
Mercutio. He adds comedy and drama when he is stabbed in the fight
scene.
Shakespeare shows violence and aggression with the use of swords. I
think this is better than Baz Luhrmans interpretation where he uses
guns. This in my eyes is too far and disengages me because any fool
can use a gun. It takes at least some skill to wield a sword. The use
of swords is more masculine, which is engaging.
The gentle reading at the start of the opening scene in Romeo and
Juliet is more engaging than the news report in Baz Luhrmans because
it adds to the atmosphere of lust when the play begins. Whereas the
news report is too modern and occurs to regularly in normal everyday
life to be engaging, this also takes away some of the original charm
of the play. Original charm being the feeling the audience gets when
the prologue is read. It engages the audience because they have to
think about what is being said, and not just letting it drift into the
sub-conscious, which happens when you don’t need to think about what
is being said or done.
Romeo and Juliet are more engaging to me than West Side Story because
of the musical present in it. The music I think masks the real feeling
and message Leonard Bernstein is trying to get across. I realise that
this is an old film and it may have been engaging to my granddad, but
Additionally, I would recommend this movie to anyone who loves classic movies, because this classic french drama film was the first time a director had ever done this type (especially with the zooming in on the face). Furthermore, for people who say they had old movies and reading subtitles I would tell them to give this one a go, it might change their minds about these types of movies, and inspire them to watch more classic wonders such as this
Smokey and the Bandit is a film from 1977. It’s an American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, and Mike Henry. This film was followed up by two sequels. Because of the Hollywood effect Burt Reynolds had on television during the 1970’s. “He was declared Cosmopolitan magazine's "Perfect Man" in 1972, and within a few years became the top grossing male film star in the world” (Smith 2005). After watching the film for an assignment in Introduction to Film Studies, and remembering this film was one of my childhood favorites, with some of the derogatory language, I’m not sure as a child, what enticed me to be attractive to this film. Since I was
Dr. Mabuse the Gamble part 2, Directed by Fritz Lang 1922, Youtube Video, 1:54 , Accessed May, 14, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDMJVdWtU8c
escape from a chicken farm. The film is a spoof of the film 'The Great
Meet John Doe. Dir. Frank Capra Perfs. Richard Connell, Robert Presnell Sr. DVD Triad Productions, 1941
first real movement we see in the film is of the old man and his
Should Shakespeare be taught in the 9th grade curriculum? Shakespeare was a writer and an actor. Shakespeare lived from 1564-1616 and wrote 38 plays, poems, and sonnets. If you ask students if Shakespeare should be taught, most will say Shakespeare shouldn’t be taught. Shakespeare shouldn’t be taught in 9th grade curriculum because his plays were made to entertain and not to study, they’re difficult to understand, and lastly, he is irrelevant.
In today’s world the quality of the art form called writing is said to be somewhat diminishing, it is important for English literature to keep some studies of classic literature, such as Shakespeare. I think well rounded education must have a strong foundation in both modern and classical literature, for the foundation in classical literature, an in-depth study of Shakespeare’s works would be more than sufficient. Not only was Shakespeare so skilled in his writing that he has become a significant point in the history of literature, but a majority of his works were written on such basic human themes that they will last for all time and must not be forgotten.
Weapons training concentrated on sword and javelin. For sword training, recruits used a wooden sword and wicker shield, both twice the normal weight. More advanced training consisted of fighting in full armor, battle tactics and mach battles with the points of the swords and javelins covered to avoid serious injury.
In the tremendous play of ‘Romeo & Juliet’, Shakespeare’s ways engages the audience straight away. The astounding methods he uses hooks the audience into the play and allows them to read on, wondering what will happen. The tragic love story of Romeo & Juliet, as mentioned in the prologue, sets a variety of themes throughout Act 1 Scene 5. Many of the recognisable themes are: youth and age, revenge, forbidden love, fate, action and hate. The main idea of the play is a feud that had been going on between two families, The ‘Montagues and Capulets’, the son of the Montagues and the daughter of the Capulets fall in love and the story tells us how tragic, death, happiness and revenge find them throughout the play.
Across the Universe of Time: Shakespeare’s influence on 21st century society. It is harder to imagine a more universal writer than William Shakespeare. Rarely, if ever, is one of his many plays not being performed anywhere in the world and similarly rare is the tertiary English student who has not examined his work at length. His plays, sonnets and poems are common fodder for high school English departments across the globe.
The Renaissance has been a diverse period and had people who held dear to the art and literature, which have developed over the period. Starting with literature, was well known and popular in forms of plays, which have been presented out to people in that era and even today. One of the writers that have been noticed and presented in different styles in our time is William Shakespeare. William was known for writing most of the popular plays in the 1600’s and for interpreting language which was known for being ‘Shakespearean Language’. These languages in his plays are used from the renaissance era and are more likely seen with in the other writer’s stories as well. Though William was not the only one, there are others before him that has studied
England's most talented and well know poet and dramatist was born on April 23, 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon, located in the cetre of England. His father, John, was a glove-maker and wool dealer involved with money lending. His mother Mary Arden was the daughter of a Farmer. William was the third out of eight children whom all died young. His father became Mayor in 1568, after serving on the town council for many years.
In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the art of music appears in the opening of the speech as the unhappy and lovesick Orsino tells his musicians, “If music be the food of love, play on” (I.i.1) In the speech that follows, Orsino asks the musicians to give him so much musical love i.e. food that will “surfeit” and cease to yearn for love any longer. Shakespeare uses music in opening line of play and at the end by Feste singing his song. It reveals that Shakespeare has presented on stage a romantic comedy which is not detached from our everyday reality. Thus songs are used by Shakespeare with surfeiting desire not only for the purpose of entertaining the audience but also closely linked to the play’s theme.