... Star Paltrow is an acting star who refuses to be type cast by playing varied roles in her films. She stars in fourteen of her twenty films, and the box office receipts prove she is a star with drawing power. Paltrow was introduced to the acting ... theater. Her first acting experiences were in theater plays and musicals. On the stage, she learned to use her graceful body to communicate a variety of emotions and character traits. These techniques are used in Shakespeare in Love. Paltrow plays Viola, an heiress who is deeply touched by Shakespeare's work, ... stage experience, she is abl...

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... his work and you wonder is Shakespeare's work that brilliant. Many people carry around great expectations of how his masterpieces must be absolutely the best there is in its field and without having been in contact with any of his many works might later be really disappointed. This is where I pop into the ... seen ever. Depending on how a person's taste is oriented or how the performance is understood it would change the perspective completely. My personal expectations were probably looking at a masterpiece something that would just blow me off my chair and stay as a memory forever. b) T...

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... first time the audience hears about Juliet from her father, the audience get the impression that she is an obedient, innocent girl that would never deceive her father. He has great expectations of his daughter. He just expects her to meet Paris once, then agree to marry him whether she loves him or not: 'But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart.' This ... : 'You kiss by th'book.' She tries to act experienced. This creates dramatic tension because the audience do not know how far things are going to progress between the two characters and they know that Juliet is really young, inexperienc...

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... first time the audience hears about Juliet from her father, the audience get the impression that she is an obedient, innocent girl that would never deceive her father. He has great expectations of his daughter. He just expects her to meet Paris once, then agree to marry him whether she loves him or not: 'But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart.' This ... : 'You kiss by th'book.' She tries to act experienced. This creates dramatic tension because the audience do not know how far things are going to progress between the two characters and they know that Juliet is really young, inexperienc...

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• Grade Level: High School

... explain Shakespeare's usage of black characters, each character must be examined separately from the other in the context of their very different roles. Othello is the lead character of the play by the same name. He is a moor, and therefor a man of black skin. In the play, Othello is a general in the army of Venice. He is a man who is commonly respected for his great courage, and ... never had the opportunity to chose his own path through life. Therefor all that he may do is to try to exceed his masters expectations of him, and there by win more power over his own life. Yet the control ...

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... explain Shakespeare's usage of black characters, each character must be examined separately from the other in the context of their very different roles. Othello is the lead character of the play by the same name. He is a moor, and therefor a man of black skin. In the play, Othello is a general in the army of Venice. He is a man who is commonly respected for his great courage, and ... never had the opportunity to chose his own path through life. Therefor all that he may do is to try to exceed his masters expectations of him, and there by win more power over his own life. Yet the control ...

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• Grade Level: High School