Category: Actors

A Shakespearean tragedy is one that encompasses many different elements. Shakespeare presents all of these elements spectacularly in Othello. For a tragedy to occur there are five conditions. The protagonist, Othello in this case, must experience a death or a total loss of ranking in society. The audience must also be captured by the actors …

Pulp Fiction, a film directed by Quentin Tarantino was released in 1994. The film won the Academy award for Best Original Screenplay and the Palme d’Or at Cannes. The film is three days in the lives of two Los Angeles gangsters, Vincent Vega played by John Travolta and Jules Winfield played by Samuel L. Jackson, …

Book Review of King Leopold’s Ghost, by Adam HochschildWhat some have considered to be the first international scandal ofthe modern era took place in the Congo from 1890 until 1910. King LeopoldII of Belgium was at the head of this so-called scandal. Although Europeand the rest of the world seemed to have forgotten the victims …

Avid: Having an ardent desire or unbounded craving; greedyBrackish: Having a somewhat salty taste, especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh waterCelerity: Swiftness of action or motion; speedCovenant: A binding agreement; a compactDevious: Not straightforward; shiftyGambit: Games An opening in chess in which a minor piece, or pieces, usually a pawn, is offered …

Plato was one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He is recognized all over the world as one of the greatest minds of all time. Knowledge is required under compulsion has not hold on the mind. (Durant 24). Plato’s dialogues are the fruit of a rare mind; but the could not have kept their …

I Will Never Marry You I had gotten engaged on November 4th 2009 on my birthday, and I was the happiest person alive that day. Come to find out the person I was engaged to changed instantly once I accepted his engagement. A couple of weeks later, I found pictures of my fiance having sex …

Miller uses the techniques of the modern theatre to the full. As such, the term ‘expressionist’ is often used to describe Miller as a ‘dramatist’. Discuss his use of dramatic devices in ‘Death of a Salesman’ showing how they convey the messages of the play. Arthur Miller wrote ‘Death of a Salesman’ in 1949. The …

In visual texts, characters are developed through aspects such as set, props, positioning and movement of actors, costume / make-up, framing, lighting, camera techniques, and sound. Analyse how a character is developed in a visual text you have studied. Often a visual text conveys a message about a character through various filmic techniques. This is …