A Gender Bias Approach to Antigone Just as one stone removed can break a bridge‚ one flaw can bring a man to ruins. The flaw of one man cannot bring down an entire kingdom‚ but rather one outlook of the king can lead to the demise of the whole. In Sophocles ’ epic tragedy‚ Antigone‚ a strong gender bias is present throughout the tragedy‚ and is partially responsible for the downfall of the king. To Sophocles the king is not always representative of the people‚ but acts on his own personal desires
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purpose‚ context and language. Both texts thoroughly explore Macbeths unlawful rise to power and his inevitable downfall. With power he becomes corrupt‚ a bloodthirsty tyrant and a victim of his own success and the use of imagery‚ language and stagecraft in the play infuse to create malevolent and malicious image of Macbeth. With the ideas of manipulation and ambition‚ he becomes ruthless‚ and his vision is fogged with ambition. This idea of ambition ultimately determines the fate of the texts characters
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He justified his actions by stating that he did not grow up with his sister therefore the natural sexual inhibitions between siblings had not been established as well as by reiterating that the sex was consensual therefore a defense of morals was not a adequate cause to warrant the unlawful verdict that resulted in him spending two years in prison. Stübing’s defence also highlighted how the criminal ban was plagued with inconsistencies such as the fact that inappropriate touching was allowed between
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In the theater version of Cyrano de Bergerac‚ Director Robert Kelley faced several problems in thoughtfully expressing the theme of the play. Because the play involves a love triangle around three characters with different quality of appearance‚ one theme can be that appearance prevents one from realizing the true identity of a person. In a small theater‚ the director had to devise an efficient plan that successfully conveyed the theme with limited space and a few actors. The director also had to
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Tragedy in the Modern Age: A Short Note Arpan Adhikary The genre of tragedy as a form of dramatic art developed in the ancient Greece out of the ritualistic performances in the honour of the pagan deity Dionysus. Aristotle formulated his theory of tragedy on basis of the plays composed by the then Greek tragedians like Aeschylus‚ Euripides and Sophocles‚ and he regarded these plays as the most comprehensive instances of this genre. Plays by Roman tragedian Seneca‚ and those by such Elizabethan
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William Shakespeare tragedy‚ “King Lear”‚ was written in Jacobean times (1606) yet set in an ancient Britain approximately 750 years earlier. It conveys‚ through Shakespeare stagecraft and dramatic language‚ how the intense relationships which emerge from a monarchical society can become confused and damaged. The eponymous King Lear and his connections with his youngest daughters‚ Cordelia‚ and court Jester‚ the fool‚ are dramatized effectively to entrance audience throughout the centuries‚ as this
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What are the main conflicts in Romeo and Juliet? Who are they between and how have they come about? How does Shakespeare’s use of stagecraft and language convey the conflict between the characters? What is meant by conflict? The dictionary defines "conflict" as "a struggle to resist or overcome; contest of opposing forces or powers; strife; battle‚ antagonism". No matter how hard one tries to avoid it‚ conflict enters our lives. All drama involves conflict‚ without conflict there is no drama
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The humanities are academic disciplines that study human culture‚ using methods that are primarily analytical‚[citation needed] critical‚ or speculative‚ and having a significant historical element‚[1] as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.[1]The humanities include ancient and modern languages‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ religion‚ andvisual and performing arts such as music and theatre. The humanities that are also sometimes regarded as social sciences include history
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realise that Blanche is in a state of peripeteia which has happened as a result of her hamartia. Although we do not find out what her error of judgement was‚ Williams implies that we will soon learn about it later on in the play with the use of stagecraft. The prospect of a tragedy is in our minds as the lighting and sound effects are prophetic. The musical theme is dominant throughout the first scene and underlines the nature of the situation taking place on stage. Williams uses two kinds of
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