… of scenes 1 and 2 in darkness, which shows us that something terrible is going to happen in this part. It links us up with the fear that we would approach in the play. Mystery and fear rise as the 3 witches are connected with the hidden evil in this…

… of his time. The design he created for his plays has been used by most playwrights and authors long after his career came to an end. Some of these plays, such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, were comedies. In the design of a comedy, the lovers usually…

… be read in about as many ways as there are stars in the sky. The list of possible readings is endless, they range from a gendered reading, a political reading, even a moralistic reading. With each new stage production of the play, everyone from the…

… Christopher McNally "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling is another award winning book from the popular series about Harry and his friends. The book has been made into a film that will premiere in November. The intent of my essay…

… Oedipus the King, is the way he brings religious paradox and dramatic irony together making fate a new concept and relating that to a monotheistic theology as apposed to a polytheistic one. Sophocles uses dramatic irony in the play by showing irony…

… Poems: Oral or Written Tradition Homer. A name synonomous with Greek literature and poetry. Some call him the most famous and greatest poet of the Greek society. Known for his 'masterpieces' of western literature the Iliad and the…

… and identification to each individual. Culture is the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought, and through history, the Victorian Era has been one of the most…

… is the context of the author. Also the context of the reader decides how they will perceive it. A Man For All Seasons written by Robert Bolt, is a play of the martyrdom of Sir Thomas More, later Saint. When reading a play one must consider the three…

… Sad, difficult and full of Self Sacrifice. It is not obvious that these two stories are separated by two hundred years, apart from the way in that they are written. The two stories both share life as being sad and difficult. 'The Half Brothers' was…

… the Scrivener' towards the end of his declining career. Melville, wrote Bartleby after he wrote his now famous book "Moby Dick". However, in Melville's time Moby Dick was not the hit it is today. Perhaps in Melville's eyes, his career as…