... whilst depicting the confines of the 'female character' and how it is 'stipulated' within specific works of Shakespeare. Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, is a romantic-comedy drama that depicts a lustrous affair between the privileged Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the upcoming commoner playwright William Shakespeare ( ... Joseph Fiennes) which transpires during the fictional development of the play Romeo & Juliet. The set of Shakespeare in Love is a clever conception of London in the 1500's and ... not ...

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... because audiences enjoying such adaptations will continue to look for similar stories in different media. The Play has two contrasting settings, the harsh, industrial town of Venice, and the more romantic and exotic city of Belmont. This allows Shakespeare to show different elements of the characters and plots he uses. It also continues the "something for everyone" aspect of "The Merchant ... . In act five, the main action of the play is over and Shakespeare concentrates more on his language. The metaphors, personification and classical allusions he includes in this act produce a romanti...

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... on the outside instead of looking also on the inside with emotional eyes. In trying to force Hermia's submission to his ideas of love and seemingly sustain his superego, it may be that Egeus is experiencing a conflict in his identity causing his conflict to pour over into ... shown when Lysander feels he must compete materialistically by saying, "I am, my lord, as well deriv'd as he, as well possess'd; my love is more than his." This statement seems to imply that Egeus prefers Demetrius because of his assumed materialistic endowments and his social status and thus, ... plot beginning wit...

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... identity of her brother Sebastian so that she can live in safety without a male protector. Shakespeare uses the comedy behind Viola's gender transformation to explore the notion that concepts of romantic love are not always selective by gender. In the course of the play we are presented with a series of same-gender romances. After a superficial look at the function of Shakespeare's ... the play's celebration of a range of intimacies and sexual possibilities. The other kind of homoeroticism within the play arises from Rosalind's cross-dressing. Everybody, male and female, seems to love ...

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... occuring during a single summer night in a magical forest outside Athens. Fairies can be seen playing pranks on lovesick mortals, earnest youths enduring comical romantic confusion, and lovers finding understanding to the true meaning of love. Shakespeare uses the genuine admiration present between the Duke and Queen in contrast to the false attractions of the other characters. Serving as an example ... cease to exist. Although not ideal, both characters, unbeknownst to the Queen, found satisfaction. In addition, the dialogue significantly evolves as the "sweet queen" is waking and a ne...

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... female body being able to heal the male form is stated in the text, the knight Guigemar must find a woman who will " suffer, out of love for you, pain and grief such as no woman ever suffered before. (de France 33). The concept continues with as soon as he finds this certain ... woman his external wound will be healed and instead an internal wound in the heart created by love will take it's place. The perception of the woman only changes when Guigemar's love is realized and he begins to lust after her. Within this portrayal of the woman Marie de France challenges ... she is the one able ...

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... 13th century among the Sicilian school of court poets. The first person to write sonnets was Francis Petrarch. He wrote the first sequence of love sonnets addressing an idealized woman called Laura. In his sonnets Petrarch praises her beauty and perfection by using various metaphors (usually connected with natural ... England where Sir Thomas Wyatt introduced it to readers in translating Petrarch in the 16th century. He and also Henry Howard used the sonnet for love poems of a particular type. They were both influenced by Petrarch and saw the lover as dutiful, anxious and full of praise...

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... original play. However, Luhrmann was able to make it more appealing to modern audiences by integrating modern elements into the film; thus, turning Shakespeare's original love story into a more modern, and controversial, interpretation of the original love story. Today, Shakespeare's poetic language would leave viewers perplexed. Luhrmann is able to keep Shakespeare's original language by incorporating creative cinematography, editing, and style ... be inventive in his filmmaking techniques. Therefore, he integrates modern-day media language. By adding news media, and displaying selected ...

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... "a beast" and negating Gertrude's initial grief as "unrighteous tears." Shakespeare uses juxtaposition to contrast Hamlet's feelings of disgust and inadequacy with Gertrude's sudden happiness and love with marriage, which critic Newell describes as "a counterpointing between things divine and things earthly profane." Shakespeare's use of time in relation to Gertrude's remarriage is able to show ... that the images of Gertrude's love towards Hamlet's father were merely a display to satisfy a immoral lust and greed. Hamlet further extends the nature of his mother as "Hyperion to a Satyr" a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate