1. Othello's Lack of Confidence
After reading this compelling play about a failed American dream of an ordinary man, a careful examination of characters reveals an aspect of the play that cannot be ignored. ... Perhaps this statement is Miller's feeble attempt to justify that such a woman can exist in the context of richly developed, multi-dimensional male characters in the play. ...
The fact the play is set in a school context is an effective vehicle for comedy because it is supposed to be a place of intellect and seriousness so therefore if anything of the opposite happens or irrational it is bound to make some humour. ... Hectors general studies lessons are totally out of the ordinary and not expected by a modern day audience to watch his lessons and the things that happen can see the comic side of it but it doesn't quite lessen the blow of some of the things that occur. ...
They would dress up from head to toe in white, have a plaster cast face and two slits for eyes- whereas Alfieri is an ordinary man in a suit. ... The last scene is cleverly built up with a twist of emotional context between character and audience making this play an absolute success. ... Beatrice says it in this context rather than come straight out and says when are we going to have sex again. ...
Historical Context In the year 1599, Queen Elizabeth sat on the throne of England. ... On the cultural front, the printing press, invented about a hundred years before, was fundamentally changing the way literature reached ordinary people. ...
Alan Bennett apparently refused to deal with normal upper-class people', instead preferring to write about the ordinary people in today's world. ... Anybody that can use a complex word like surreptitious in the right context cannot be taken for a fool. ...