Essays on Plays

1597

Baz Luhrmann's Appropriation of Shakespeare and Modern Context

2 pages / 1247 words

In the 1997 film, Romeo + Juliet, Baz Luhrmann has attempted to take the original play by William Shakespeare, and create an appropriation of it for today. He takes what we value about the text: the themes, evocative language and poetry, the timeless storyline and...

Film Analysis Romeo and Juliet

1598

Love and Hate in Romeo and Juliet

5 pages / 2313 words

Romeo and Juliet is rife with the powerful contrasting passions of Love and Hate. Since this work is a drama, Shakespeare has chosen to convey these emotions through characters’ language. This essay will examine how dialogue is used to demonstrate their passions. Made-to-order essay as...

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare

1599

Real Vs Unreal World in Romeo and Juliet

3 pages / 1253 words

A major theme in the play Romeo and Juliet is the contrast between the two worlds: real and unreal. In order for true love between the star-crossed lovers to survive, it must exist in both. Romeo lives in the unreal world for the majority of...

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare

1600

Religious Imagery in Luhrmann’s Film Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet

1 page / 865 words

Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, the 1996 cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, is imbued with religious imagery. The feuding families display such images on everything from their cars, to their clothes, to their guns. In addition, a statue of Jesus Christ looms over the city,...

Film Analysis Romeo and Juliet

1601

Debate Between Tybalt and Capulet: a Foreshadowing Conversation

3 pages / 1345 words

In Romeo and Juliet, many ironic situations foreshadowing their doomed result. In the passage where Tybalt and Capulet debate at the masquerade feast, there are many lines that directly foreshadow two important components of the play: Romeo’s murder of Tybalt, and Romeo and Juliet’s efforts...

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare

1602

The Depiction of Gender Roles and Social Constructs in Romeo and Juliet

2 pages / 984 words

The social construct of gender has been challenged more than ever in the recent century, but long before this age of partial freedom, Shakespeare was placing ideas of rebellion from it into the minds of his consumers. The rigid ideas of the time were continually...

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare

1603

The Friar's Responsibility in The Tragedy in Romeo and Juliet

2 pages / 1120 words

Novelist Napoleon Hill once wrote, “Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in another.” His opinion compels people to reconsider and reflect on the consequences and effects of their decisions. However, in Romeo...

Character Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare

1604

Juliet's Nurse as a Parenting Figure in Romeo and Juliet

2 pages / 836 words

Most modern children grow up listening to their mothers tell fairytales and other fictional stories, but what did they do before the time of Sleeping Beauty and Snow White? In earlier centuries, it was not uncommon for care of small children to be delegated to...

Character Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare

1605

The Theme of Deceit and Its Unveiling in Romeo and Juliet

2 pages / 1003 words

Romeo And Juliet Essay Outline Introduction Introduction to the use of deceit and trickery in Shakespeare’s works Reference to Luc de Clapiers’ quote and its relevance Thesis statement highlighting the role of deception in “Romeo and Juliet” Deception to Appease Explanation of how deception is...

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare

1606

The Symbolism of Light and Darkness in Romeo and Juliet

1 page / 757 words

The Bible states “God saw light was good, and he separated the light from darkness.” Though light and dark are separated in Romeo in Juliet, they have entirely different connotations. The presence of light turns the characters belligerent, while darkness pacifies them. Made-to-order essay as...

Romeo and Juliet Symbolism William Shakespeare

1607

The Portrayal of Victorian Society and Its Values in Pygmalion

2 pages / 1017 words

In Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, Shaw attacks the relations between Victorian era classes by exposing their wretched treatment of the lower class, as seen in the flower girl, by the higher classes, upper and middle, iconified in Higgins and Mrs. Pearce, respectively. These characters’ condescension towards...

Pygmalion

1608

Shaw's Didactic Purpose in Pygmalion

2 pages / 801 words

Years before he became the greatest living writer of comedy, Shaw was an ardent social reformer. “My conscience”, he once wrote, “is the genuine pulpit article; it annoys me to see people comfortable when they ought to be uncomfortable; and I insist on making them...

Pygmalion

1609

Analysis of Eliza's Illusory Empowerment in Pygmalion

7 pages / 3432 words

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. -Simone de Beauvoir Tête-à-Tête: The Lives and Loves of Simone de Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Sartre Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay...

Pygmalion

1610

The Role of Nature and Nurture in Pygmalion

3 pages / 1533 words

Many individuals are adept at recognizing changes in their environment, others, and themselves. To these people, whatever the “change” might be-a new hairstyle, a new article of clothing, or an affected spoken dialect-rarely goes unnoticed. Sometimes, however, even these keen and perceptive individuals fail to...

Pygmalion

1611

Pygmalion and Pretty Woman: Gender and Class Values Revised

2 pages / 1158 words

Contextual attitudes and values regarding gender and class in Pretty Woman (1990), directed by Garry Marshall, and Pygmalion (1913), written by George Bernard Shaw, are predominantly maintained throughout both texts, although minor adaptions have been made to preserve contextual relativity. The power inequality in relation...

Pretty Woman Pygmalion

1612

Superficiality of The Upper Class and Society's Expectations in Pygmalion

2 pages / 1220 words

In comparing the Edwardian era – that is, the early 20th century – to the modern age, we can see that some distinct social constructs and class systems are present in both. However, social and class-related barriers are noticeably more porous in today’s world. George...

Pygmalion

1613

Demolishing Class Barriers in Pygmalion

4 pages / 1901 words

George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion’ is a play that is scathing in its attack on the pruderies, hypocrisies and inconsistencies of higher society in early 20th century London. Through the transformation of Eliza Doolittle, Shaw reveals to the audience that amongst the ‘draggletailed guttersnipe[s]’ of the...

Pygmalion

1614

Class and Morality in Pygmalion

3 pages / 1381 words

The honest and compelling transformation of a simple flower girl from a disempowered ‘draggle-tailed guttersnipe’ to a ‘fierce’ woman who demands what she ‘want[s]’ and feistily laments the loss of her ‘independence’ is emblematic of the laudable qualities that Shaw wishes to highlight in the...

Pygmalion

1615

Pygmalion and Pretty Woman: Two Interpretations of Ancient Story

3 pages / 1621 words

The Greek Myth of Pygmalion, about a sculptor and the woman he creates and falls in love with, has been appropriated into various texts of different times and made relevant to a wide range of audiences. In particular, George Bernard Shaw’s English play Pygmalion and...

Pretty Woman Pygmalion