... A Midsummer Night's Dream, several of the characters were immortal fairies. The role of the supernatural is very important in these plays. A ghost, appearing in the form of Hamlet's father, makes several appearances in the play. It first appears to the watchmen, Marcellus and Bernardo, along with Horatio near the guardsmen's' post. The ghost says nothing to them and is perceived with fear and apprehension. It is not until the appearance of Hamlet that the ghost speaks, and only then after Horatio has expressed his fears about Hamlet following it, "What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, or to the dreadful ...

... contributing to the mood and understanding of the story. In the movie, Bromden is nothing more than a crazy Indian who doesn't want to talk so pretends to be deaf and dumb. Much of the understanding and respect is lost in the transition between book and movie. In the book, Bromden has flashbacks to his childhood, lighting on significant points in his childhood. His background is never even brushed upon in the movie. Of course it would have been nearly impossible to tell of Bromdens life in a movie, much less show the world from his point of view as in the book. Bromden is still a very interesting character bu ...

... realized that God blessed Mozart with the gift of music, but not him. Salieri's music fits all the requirement, it is good and enjoyable to listen to but not the way that Mozart did his. Salieri's music is talented but not a work of genius. Mozart was very success in the court with his excellent music. Salieri's jealous of Mozart became obsessed with conspiring against Mozart and eventually kills him. Mozart cannot finish his last piece of music, "The Requiem", it was never completed. Because Mozart had died like a pauper, his grave had been left unmarked, his body unidentified. In the end of the mov ...

... articles referring to women in television could be written very differently. Written in the Journal of Popular Film and Television, Rhonda V. Wilcox’s article, Dominate Female, Superior Male, expresses a more serious look at women and their roles in television. The biggest difference between the two articles is that one is written in a scholarly tone (Wilcox) and the other is written in a popular writing tone (Parker). To add to her own “fun� writing style, Parker uses many small paragraph’s to keep the readers interested. With no indentations and many one sentenced paragraphs the article seems to move quite ...

... abandoned him at birth because he was proficied to kill his father “Shepard: it was said that the boy would kill his own father.�(line 62). Left to die he was found by a shepard who gave him away to who Oedipus grew up thinking was his parents. Oedipus’s parents trying to kill him only leads to the death of his father and the downfall of Oedipus: “Shepard: I pitied the baby, my king,/ And I thought that this man would take him far away/...He saved him-but for what a fate!/For if you are what this man says you are,/No man living is more wretched than Oedipus.� (lines 64-69). Consulting an oracle Oed ...

... picture adorned the towns, everyone was to wear a red ribbon symbolizing their loyalty to Rosas. His supporters spoke of him proudly while those against him had to hide in silence. To illustrate the inherent problems of the Rosas era, the director chose to show the injustices through the ordeals of Camila and Ladislao. First of all, in everyday life, Rosas demanded public showings of loyalty. Every citizen had to wear a bright red ribbon symbolizing their faith in their leader. Slaves, commoners, and even priests had to wear this ribbon. Through the execution of the bookseller, the tyranny of the Rosas regime is ...

... tears had left the flushing in her galled eyes, she married. O, most wicked speed, to post with suck dexterity to incestuous sheets!" He then heard from his good friend Horatio that they had seen a ghost during the night watch. Hamlet was shocked at the description of the ghost and he said to him-self "My father's spirit-in arms? All is not well. I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come!" Hamlet's per-sonality underwent severe stresses due to the situations en-countered and consequently, he had to find a way to solve the apparent problems. In Act 1, Scene 5, Hamlet while talking to his fathe ...

... that play a major part in the play and the relationships between Hamlet and the two people who have been closest to him; Ophelia and the Ghost. Hamlet cannot share his strong feelings and emotions with his mother or his girlfriend. While his mother is literally sleeping with the enemy, Ophelia has chosen the side of Claudius because of her father, Polonius. It is especially difficult for Hamlet to talk to Ophelia. The only other woman in his life, Gertrude, has betrayed his father by marrying Claudius. Hamlet may be obsessed with the idea that all women are evil, yet he really does love Ophelia, because when he fi ...

... of the show is that its not intended for young children but for infants. An infant does watch and under stand things the way that older children and adults do and the shows writers realize this and mold the show around this. Making the whole experience completely different and special for them. Adults find the show redundant in the actions and words of the characters but children after hearing or seeing something done repeatedly will learn that word or action, and do to the repetitiveness of the things said it encourages the children to pay attention to what people say. As far as the characters go they’re st ...

... and, as the action of the play proves, he is heroic. His defect (indecision, excessive imagination, irrationality, madness, etc.) prevents him from seizing control of the world Claudius has created. His death closes the play, but only after he experiences and expresses illuminations about human life and death. Hamlet begins after Hamlet's father has died. This has casted an unwanted and heavy cloud upon Hamlet's soul. Throughout the play Hamlet learns that his father's death was no mistake, but it was Hamlet's uncle's plan to murder him. This, of course, throws a much larger burden on Haml ...