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In Henry V Shakespeare has used language to communicate the setting and the mood. I will also be contrasting between the scenes and characters. I will be doing this by looking at Act 3, Act 4 and using Act 2 Scene 1 and Act 1 Scene 2 to compare scenes and characters. Shakespeare used language in Henry V to communicate the setting. In 'Act 3,' the chorus tells the reader that the English army are sailing to France. The main role of the chorus was to explain things to the audience that could not be acted out on stage, to tell the audience that time has passed and to summarise parts of the play. The chorus also tells the reader or audience that once they reach France they begin to besiege the town of Harfleur. The reason why the chorus tells the reader or audience this is because this scene cannot be acted out on stage but Shakespeare uses language to get the audience to picture the ships crossing and the siege. In Shakespearian time it was necessary to have a chorus in this play because the chorus gets the audience to picture the ships crossing and the siege by telling the audience to use their imaginations. This is due to the fact that this scene cannot be acted out on stage and limited resources because in Shakespearian times there weren't any effects they just had a stage and a few props. 'Thus with imagin'd wing our swift scene flies,' this sentence is telling the reader
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Translations was written in 1980 as the first play to be produced by Brian Friels theatre company, Field Day. The companys aims were to reinvigorate discussion about Irish history and culture.
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The language used in 'Blood Wedding' is extremely significant in fully understanding the emotion and atmosphere that Lorca is trying to portray. The first symbolic use of language in the play is the names used for the different characters, instead of giving each character a personal name and identity, Lorca gave them archetypal and symbolic qualities, for example the mother, the bride and the wife. This therefore makes the one character with a name differentiated and individualised, almost cut off from the other characters, in a league of his own. Leonardo is a greatly symbolic name, suggesting the strength of a lion, a sense of fire and passion is created, and there is also the thought of the Spanish meaning of the name, which are lion and I burn. These meanings that you get just from the name and the Spanish meanings have a strong significant link to the building of Leonardo as a character and the type of person he is. In Act one Scene two, the lullaby that opens the scene is extremely effective and contrasting to the manner in which the previous lines were delivered. The mother-in-law's earliest dialogue is extremely symbolic and helps to convey the situation of the Wife and Leonardo, the water is expressed as precious and sacred and the horse is conveyed as isolated and numb. From the powerful use of symbolism we can deduct that Lorca may be trying to portray the Wife and
Using Act One of the play ‘Translations’: Brian Friel Presents Us With An Intellectual Irish Arcadia. How Far Do You Agree With This Interpretation?
Using Act One of the play 'Translations': Brian Friel Presents Us With An Intellectual Irish Arcadia. How Far Do You Agree With This Interpretation? I think that on one level we stumble across this little hidden goldmine of intellects but on another these people can seem backward and old fashioned in their ways. By looking at Act One and reading between the lines I should be able to prove which of these is more true. To understand what we are trying to look for we must look to the question and it's meaning. The Encyclopaedic World Dictionary says intellectual means ' possessing or showing intellect esp. to a high level. This should guide me in what I'm looking for. When we start the play we are instantly brought into the little community of Baile Beag. From the word go we can see what Friel is telling us about these people. Each of the characters are significant, from the major to the mundane. They each play a very relevant part in trying to decide whether or no this is a brainy people. We find Manus, a lame school teacher, helping Sarah, a dumb young woman without age or identity. Instantly we feel sympathy for the characters concerned. Manus is a stereotype- pale, lame with a good heart. Sarah is the same- accepting her fate as the village idiot without fuss, doting on Manus. Another character present in the initial scene is Jimmy Jack
