Abhinaba Chatterjee Delhi University Shakespeare’s sonnets cannot be dissociated from the ordering of the individual sonnets or from the author’s intentions as a poet. In keeping with his primary aims, Shakespeare used the sonnets to guide the reader on a journey toward achieving self-actualization. Along this way, Shakespeare’s very personal poetry illuminates the dichotomy between…
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What Shaped Ibsen into a Major Playwright?
Dr. Paonam Sudeep Mangang Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya Bijni Complex, Laitumkhrah Shillong – 793003 Meghalaya, India Abstract: Henrik Johan Ibsen is known as the ‘Father of Modern Drama.’ His dramas have influenced many well-known dramatists the world over. However, Ibsen’s development as a dramatist of repute had been influenced by various factors….
The Political Equations of Power: A Scrutiny of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus
Dr. Dipali Sharma Bhandari Asst. Professor (English) N.S.C.B.M. Govt. P.G.College Hamirpur(H.P.) A writer writes not just to express himself but also to cater to popular taste, often molding his discourse so as not to offend the sentiments of his target audience subtly effecting winds of change through his works. Shakespeare was writing for an audience…
Shakespeare’s Othello : Pro Colonial? Anti-Colonial?
Diler Singh Associate Lecturer Jaypee University of Information and Technology Waknaghat, Solan. Himachal Pradesh, India. Pin Code 173234 Abstract: Othello, the Moor of Venice finds a place among Shakespeare’s four sublime tragedies. Othello, however, is different from the other Shakespearean tragic heroes in being a man of colour. Also, he has risen to his present…
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew Compared with the Expectations of Elizabethan Marriage
Jessica Asay United States of America The year was 1623 and England was still enjoying a glowing Renaissance. It was during this time that the theatre flourished and playwrights, including William Shakespeare, enjoyed relative prosperity from their controversial plays, such as The Taming of the Shrew. At this play’s end, the main character, Kate, exhibits…
Metonymy in Shakespeare’s Othello : Act One
Omar Mohammad-Ameen Ahmad Hazaymeh Al-Balqa’ Applied University Huson University College Jordan. Introduction Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the Italian short story “Un Capitano Moro” (“A Moorish Captain”) by Cinthio. The work revolves around four central characters: Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army; his wife Desdemona;…
Shakespeare’s King Richard the Third: A Study of ‘Vice Revisited’
Dr. Nibedita Mukherjee Assistant Professor in English Bankura Christian College. For Shakespeare, a ruler, especially someone as negative as Richard III, almost appears to be a Vice-like figure who is entirely Machiavellian in his conception. In an age in which the general “world picture” propagated the “divine right” theory, this conception appears to be strange…