Research problem and question: Dealing with Orient characters in English drama as reflection of the political situation in England during the renaissance era makes many critics think that what comes after this age is a continuation of the enterprise of the Empire. Despite the imperialism that the political situation has created in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, we could also add that political situation played a significant role in shaping the drama in restoration era. The discourse in restoration drama has an extreme change and has not followed the discourse of the renaissance drama. In Shakespeare's The Tempest when Prospero told Miranda to go to the Orient character Caliban she tried to escape "'Tis a villain, sir, I do not love to look …show more content…
In this research, I will try to prove that John Dryden deconstructs the imperial image that Shakespeare has drawn in his plays. Also, it is an evidence that the Restoration age (drama) is not an extension of the Renaissance drama, but a deconstruct of that image, especially when it comes to Orient characters. In order to dig deeply in understanding the significant of Restoration drama as an independent and autonomous era that deconstructs the imperial image that has been drawn by the Renaissance era, there should be a wide-range of historical and political knowledge of that period, and should be a counsel of many critical articles and many books which referred to that …show more content…
This research will take as a case of study two Shakespearian plays which deal with oriental characters, and the adaptation of those plays written by John Dryden, which will open the way to proof reading of those plays to repeal the truth about this ignorant period, which in many cases was included and is dealt with as a continuation of the previous era. My thesis will study Shakespeare's The Tempest and Antony and Cleopatra, and on the other side, is the adaptation of those plays by John Dryden The Tempest or The Enchanted Isle and All for Love respectively. My concentration in this research will be on the oriental characters in Shakespeare's plays compared with the same characters in Dryden's plays, and how did the playwright deal with those characters in his play. On the other hand, I will try to discover the reason behind the adaptation of those plays by John Dryden, what changes he has created in his adaptation, and what his ideology was when he wrote or rewrote Shakespeare's
How does a comparison of Machiavelli’s The Prince and Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar reflect the way their particular social, cultural and historical context can influence their choice of language, forms and features and the ideas, values and attitudes? Through a comparison, the historical, cultural and social context of literature are reflected through a writer’s language forms and features, highlighting the relevance of the ideas, values and attitudes of their time. As made evident throughout the Renaissance with Niccolo Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince,” which reveals itself to be a political guide on gaining and ruling a kingdom for Lorenzo De Medici, a potential candidate for leadership of Italy. Similarly, in William Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar,’
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was a period called Reconstruction. Physical damage to people and places needed to be repaired. Former slaves needed help building free lives and securing their rights. Enemies needed to be reconciled, and a broken Union needed political repair. President Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan was intended to quickly readmit Southern states back into the Union without malice.
Once the Civil War ended in 1861, the United States had to undergo a long period of Reconstruction. There was a large amount of lives loss from the war and America had lost a lot of money as well as resources from the war effort. The Southern states were rejoining the Union and now slaves were free to find their own living. This led to the Republicans, ex-Confederates, and freed slaves all forming their own agendas during the Reconstruction period. However, not everyone was as successful as they hoped to be.
1. Many historians consider reconstruction to be a failure. Post Civil War, the Union had won and set to appease the southern ex-Confederacy through reconstruction. Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation and the amendments freeing the southern slaves and granting them citizenship. But after his assassination, Reconstruction plummeted.
The period of time known as Reconstruction was successful in unifying and rebuilding the United States of America after the Civil War. However there were many struggles brought about and faced during this important time. With the end of the war came the end of slavery in practical terms, but the South was desperate to preserve their way of life. Thus violence erupted and drew a dark cloud over the Reconstruction Period. Out of the Civil war came three constitutional amendments; the Thirteenth, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments were positive steps towards racial equality in the United States.
Circumstances of Reconstruction The Reconstruction of the United States was the best that could have been expected under the circumstances. Because there were no instructions for Reconstruction in the Constitution, the federal government did not have any guidelines to go by when conducting this gradual process. Unfortunately for the people working in the federal government, there were several circumstances that prohibited them from reconstructing the nation the best way possible. These circumstances are events that could not have been prevented or changed.
Reconstruction has passed away now. It has been destroyed, killed and the process has stopped. This was thought to be a great, long lasting process but it was stopped because of one region. The process of reconstruction truly began with the 13th Amendment. This freed all slaves in all parts of America.
Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, focuses on the tumultuous events that surround a regicide. Despite being the shortest of Shakespeare’s plays, in his critical study of the play A. C. Bradley concludes that due to its vehement nature the audience is left with an impression “not of brevity but of speed” . The principal female character of Lady Macbeth is arguably one of his most contentious. Consumed with intense passion, ambition and greed she challenges the subservient role of the traditional Elizabethan woman. She has disturbed, horrified and intrigued both contemporary and modern audiences alike through her powerful diction.
1. The Renaissance recognized that authority had a dual nature: auctoritas, which represents power as the source and giver of bounty, and potestas, which represents power as rule by sheer force and tyranny. All of the plays we have dealt with this semester have been concerned, either implicitly or explicitly, with this dualism. Look at the plays we have studied this semester and discuss how authority is portrayed in the plays.
When someone mentions Shakespeare, most young people would directly think of an old, dead man that wrote plays that they would never understand. They also may think that they would never, ever enjoy any of his pieces; but little did they now that one of the teens favorite mid two thousand movie “She’s the Man” was based on one of Shakespeare’s plays. The comedic movie is based on Shakespeare’s very famous “Twelfth night.” The modern version of the play was viewed and loved by many teenagers who thought that they would never like any Shakespeare’s plays. I for one watched the movie many time’s before I noticed that they mention how “She’s the Man” is based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” in the beginning credits of the movie.
The author mentioned popular media people (like Rita Moreno) and literary characters (“Mammy” from Gone with the Wind) to show the source and the deepness of stereotypes. She includes dialogues and description of own ruefulness during the current event to create more emotion-oriented essay. Several main issues and single words are highlighted with the aid of italics, like the word ripen (Cofer 4) that showed boy’s expectances to Cofer’s sexual behavior. Was it author’s choice or not, the decision helps readers to see an important topic.
The Civil War stole the lives of 620,000 brave American men, amounting to the bloodiest conflict in United States history. One hundred fifty-three years since the end of the Civil War, racism still persists throughout American society. Why, after all these years, does hate continue to pervade this great nation? Why were the sins of our past not redressed during Reconstruction?
“A Tempest” is as a derivative of Shakespeare ’s play “The Tempest” by Aime Cesaire. Cesaire makes a number of alterations in his adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”. These alterations have been made in order to outline the change in time eras between the two playwrights’ time of existence and to illustrate the great social change that occurred in these periods, mainly colonialism by the West, the subsequent theme of the quest for freedom as well as the theme of power that resonates throughout the play. This essay aims at exploring the similarities and to draw attention to the alterations made by Cesaire in “A Tempest” and the subsequent effects of these alterations on the audience.
In this paper, I will discuss how the following events in this tragic play can help us to analyze the character growth of King Lear. It is important for us to recognize the flaws and weaknesses of Lear’s personality to see how his actions and decisions led to his ruin. However, although he faces the misfortune of losing the things that he cherished the most, he also has the opportunity of transitioning into his being and experiencing the new-found attentiveness of love and morality. Whilst analyzing the progression of Lear’s complex character development, we must start from the beginning.
In the Shakespearean comedy The Tempest, we are presented with the psychological violence associated with the abuse of power and continuous theme of colonialism explored throughout the play. In early works of Shakespeare it is evident that the violence interrogated in his plays consists of bloodshed and physical torture as opposed to his later works such as The Tempest where the play focuses on the ideology of psychological violence. The Tempest was one of the last plays written by Shakespeare and is recognised as one of his most popular works