I wake with a constant mix of white noise acoustic guitar and the tortured lyrics of two broken men. This noise bleeds in through my ears. Why? Without it would I even know if I was awake? After the h...
Analyse the humour and comedy of Act 1 in Much Ado About Nothing
With the play, Much Ado About Nothing comedy is generated through numerous ways within its structure, language and form. Conflict and battles of wit between characters in the play create humorous scen...
Can the History Boys Be Classed As a Tragicomedy?
The play is comic and shows clear features of comedies throughout, such as slapstick humour and farce. This is combined with ‘serious elements’ (often used for humour) such as Hector fiddling the ...
Commanded Alternating Films that are made In Italy are well-known worldwide, especially the Italian-style comedy, which has won a lot academic awards and earned enormous applause and praises. However,...
Dante’s Allegory of Love in the Divine Comedy
The Meaning of Love through the works of Dante Lighter Devon Strand-Brown "O all ye whose intellects are sound, Look now and see the meaning that is hidden Beneath the veil that covers my strange vers...
Globalisation & Liberalisation
According to Herman E Daly, Globalization serves the villous of a single, cosmopolitan, integrated global economy. This definition focuses on the cross border movement of goods, services and resources...
How does Shakespeare use the theme of love to create a comedy?
"Twelfth Night" is a romantic comedy with true love at its heart. The play does have occasional dark undertones but generally the genuine love and the misunderstanding make it a comic play. It was wri...
How far do you think Twelfth Night succeeds as a comedy?
When one considers the convention of the Elizabethan romantic comedy, a light-hearted tale of love in which obstacles are overcome- often to resolve with a marriage, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night cert...
Love’s Last Shift by Cooley Sibber has something for everybody and therefore it is hailed as the opportunistic work. Its ‘virtues’ are many and it caters to the needs of audience of all types. I...
Much Ado About Nothing: Representation of Women
Freedom for women in the patriarchal society, in which the play is set, appears controlled and constrained in ‘Much Ado About Nothing (MAAN)’. Shakespeare employs the rebellious spirit of Beatrice...