Richard III: the ambiguity of Richard’s evil
Richard generates a special relation between word and deed. He tells the audience what he is going to do, then does it, and finally recalls what he did.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream : a comedy
Explore A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a comedy through love, disorder, fairy magic, mistaken identity, theatrical play, and restoration.
Structure in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is remarkable for the many levels of its text: Theseus and Hippolyta, the young lovers, the mechanicals, and the fairies.
Introduction to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Discover A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare’s comic world of love, illusion, fairies, theatre, transformation, and festive disorder.
Background of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shakespeare draws his material from a large body of social background, historical facts and myth: Greek background, May festivities, fairies and spirits.
Death of a Salesman : an extended introduction
In Death of a Salesman, the spectator is plunged into the main character’s head. There is no linear onward progression but uninterrupted dramatic tension.