Genre Essays

In Henry IV debatably the main character of the play is Hal, the son of Henry IV. Hal is disliked by his father but earns back his right to the crown through the events of the play. Hotspur could also be viewed as the plays true hero; he is the leader of the rebellion and […]

In this piece of coursework I will be comparing the opening sequences of two different films. This is so I can show how the genre and narrative are recognized and established. The first five minutes of a film are crucial. Although they may not seem that important, they are the moments when the viewer learns […]

In creating ‘Educating Rita’ Russell produced a piece of drama to entertain and give a wide audience the opportunity to understand the class and culture difficulties and differences faced between Rita who represents the working class and Frank who represents the middle class. The contrast between Rita’s witty and thoughtful remarks, lively personality and Frank’s […]

The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare was intended to be and is performed as a comedy; however throughout its several plots it has many tragic elements. For this reason it may be best described as a tragi-comedy. Of the plots, those involving Shylock, the Jewish moneylender are perhaps the most famous. As a Jew, Shylock […]

Both “The Purple Pileus” and “Mrs. Turner Cutting the grass” have many similarities, of which the most significant is the way both stories are concerned about how other people judge the appearances and values of the central characters. However, the authors differ, with regard to how they go about illustrating this theme to the reader. […]

In this investigation, I will analyze how the hit series Ugly Betty attracts and appeals to audiences. To do this, I have divided my question into different segments. The first segment explores the repertoires of the comedy genre. Additionally, I will examine audience theories and their significance in comedies. In the second part of my […]

Dario Fo explores the play between power, truth and knowledge, delving into their relation with violence, through the theatrical devices of farce, burlesque, irony and slapstick comedy. He once said] you could instead simply say, “To quote Fo… ” “he once said ” sounds quite informal. , “Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state […]

In 1914, Bernard Shaw penned Pygmalion, a play delving into class conflicts. This theatrical work was later adapted into the film My Fair Lady, directed by George Cukor in 1964. The famous French playwright Moliere once asserted that comedy serves to rectify human vices and should spare no one from scrutiny. This quotation underscores the […]

The Role of Slavery in Roman Comedy The theater of the Roman Empire was very similar to that of the Greek theater. Masks were worn by the actors to amplify their voices and to allow some actors to play two different roles, and women were not allowed to have roles in the theater. Roman playwrights […]

Langston Hughes says, “Humor is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it. Of course, you laugh by proxy. You’re really laughing at the other guy lacks, not your own. That’s what makes it funny-The fact that you don’t know you are laughing at yourself. Humor is when the joke is […]

George Orwell and Aldous Huxley both wrote the own predictions of what the future will be for Americans by writing fiction novels that satirize what the future was going to be. When 1984 arrived and people saw that George Orwells prediction that democracy was still in tact in America and that Huxleys’s prediction tht technology […]

“In the essay Why I Write, Orwell explains that all the serious work he wrote since the Spanish Civil War in 1936 was “written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism. ” Indeed, Nineteen Eighty-Four is an anti-totalitarian cautionary tale about the betrayal of a revolution by its defenders. He already had stated […]

Things to know: 1984 was a book written about life under a totalitarian regime from an average citizen’s point of view. This book envisions the theme of an all knowing government with strong control over its citizens. This book tells the story of Winston Smith, a worker of the Ministry of Truth, who is in […]

In the book “1984” written by George Orwell in 1948, the proles are presented as an impoverished, powerless and massive group of people. Nevertheless, they are free, unlike the rest of Oceania. They are not checked by the Party on what they do and think; therefore the proles are the only ones able to take […]

Throughout the centuries. people have frequently wished they could somehow cognize what would go on in the hereafter before it really happened. Sometimes. nevertheless. certain effects are hinted at in front of clip. giving you a opportunity to take attention of it before it is excessively late. In his book 1984. George Orwell uses boding […]

A surveillance society, such as the one portrayed in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, seeks to manipulate the thoughts and behaviors of its citizens for the advantage of a few. This society uses control methods like propaganda, censorship, and surveillance. These tactics have been effectively employed by totalitarian states throughout history. Presently, North Korea exemplifies the […]

Kurt Vonnegut Junior’s passage “Harrison and Bergeron” is a brief story written in 1961. It is about Harrison Bergeron, an inmate who is forced to diminish his abilities because they are more enhanced than everyone else’s. When Harrison tries to rebel against the laws of the land, he is shot and killed. “Harrison Bergeron” is […]

1976. The conflict created when the will of an individual opposes the will of the majority is the recurring theme of many novels, plays, and essays. Select the work of an essayist who is in opposition to his or her society; or from a work of recognized literary merit, select a fictional character who is […]

Life in the society where leadership curtails freedom of expression, and speech is never in any way enjoyable. A totalitarian society is an example of such a society. Although a totalitarian society provides total control and considerable security for its people, it does deny them their rights and freedom of free expression. In George Orwell’s […]

Since the introduction of the comic book in the early 20th century, style and presentation of stories have been drastically altered. The usage of graphics, motions, and details in the frames of comic books has only added to the themes and plots of comics. However, in Chapter 2 of Art Spiegelman’s Maus II, a close […]

Holocaust was a period between 1933 and 1935 when Hitler was appointed the German chancellor. During this period, the Jews in Europe suffered from continuous persecution that resulted in more than six million deaths that included both children and adults. The population of the Jews that died was not in awake of the war that […]

As per the dictionary definition, the term ‘supernatural’ is defined as something “unable to be explained by science or the laws of nature; of, relating to, or seeming to come from magic, a god, etc.” (Merriem Webster Dictionary) [1]. Theatre goers were somewhat fearful in regards to the topic of the supernatural – ‘’The Globe […]