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How closely does Akira Kurosawa’s film Throne of Blood (1957) adapt Shakespeare’s Macbeth? What is the crime committed and what is the punishment? Consider the overall plot and characters.Discuss

How closely does Akira Kurosawa’s film Throne of Blood (1957) adapt Shakespeare’s Macbeth? What is the crime committed and what is the punishment? Consider the overall plot and characters. And how about the ending? Look up and describe the following names and terms in your response: –Akira Kurosawa –Toshiro Mifune –samurai –bushido –jidai-geki

Discuss (Im)morality and manipulation in Macbeth by William Shakespeare and in its screen adaptations by Orson Welles (“Macbeth”) and by Akira Kurosawa (“Throne of Blood”).

(Im)morality and manipulation in Macbeth by William Shakespeare and in its screen adaptations by Orson Welles (“Macbeth”) and by Akira Kurosawa (“Throne of Blood”). or (Im)morality and masks in Macbeth by William Shakespeare and in its screen adaptations by Orson Welles (“Macbeth”) and by Akira Kurosawa (“Throne of Blood”).

How do literary features—including character, setting, plot, diction, imagery, and figurative devices—connect your specific passage to the play as a whole? How and why do Shakespeare’s literary decisions enhance the deeper meaning and dramatic impact of the passage?Discuss

(Conduct a close reading of a passage (~25–100 lines) from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that engages with the cycle theme of Animals, People, and Power. Construct an interpretive thesis about how this passage relates to a larger theme in the play and paraphrase specific textual evidence from the passage to support your claim. […]

Discuss William Shakespeare’s Othello, the Moor of Venice as a tragedy. As defined by Aristotle, is it correct to label Othello a “tragic hero” and to classify the play as an Aristotelian tragedy?

Discuss William Shakespeare’s Othello, the Moor of Venice as a tragedy. As defined by Aristotle, is it correct to label Othello a “tragic hero” and to classify the play as an Aristotelian tragedy? Review the background and overview of Aristotle’s concept of tragedy/the tragic hero and drama. Then, re-read Shakespeare’s Othello, the Moor of Venice; […]

Write a 4 page research paper on a common theme (manipulation) that is inherent in Henrik Ibsen’s A doll’s House and Shakespeare’s Othello.

Write a 4 page research paper on a common theme (manipulation) that is inherent in Henrik Ibsen’s A doll’s House and Shakespeare’s Othello. Paper must include 4 scholarly sources for support. Both a work’s cited and a bibliography are mandatory.

Discuss the parallels with Shakespeare In Love, and the historical accuracies and inaccuracies found Cradle Will Rock (cite specific examples from the film to illustrate your points).

2. Discuss the parallels with Shakespeare In Love, and the historical accuracies and inaccuracies found Cradle Will Rock (cite specific examples from the film to illustrate your points). 3. What does the film Cradle Will Rock illustrate about the relationship between theater and “way of life;’ (according to the qualities of theater as a way […]

Explore the different angles/aspect of the Notion of gender identity in Twelfth Night.

explore the different angles/aspect of the Notion of gender identity in Twelfth Night. You should include 3 other novels or plays including the importance of being Ernest. You should include extracts from: • twelfth night and/or other relevant Shakespearean texts. • a text by the other author written during the same period as Shakespeare which […]