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Advantages: Setting, Themes, Character Differences
Disadvantages: The fact that it ended

A View From The Bridge, An Arthur Miller Play. This play revolves around the role of family, immgration, love, justice and law, morality, honour, the American dream culture and being caught within two cultures. You can look at this from an ancient perspective and a modern perspective. The ongoing role of a narrator provides a moral explanation. Miller seems to feel that the water front was the wild west a desert beyond the law with people who were ...
...is fed to us on a plate if you are to read it. I will not spoil it for you as it would be cruel but trust me, it is an amazing play. We can feel the tension between the whole room at times, you are able to gain an insight into family roles. Overall, i advise you to purchase this at such a small price. I dare you to. ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant characterisation; intriguing plot
Disadvantages: Somewhat brief and therefore lacking in detail

...returned after WWII. Miller's characters all draw us into the play, from the mother who fervently believes she will see her son again, to the father who is convinced that in shipping faulty parts from his factory he was only doing what everyone else would have done in the circumstances. His final realisation that his actions inadvertently led to his son's death form the climax of the play. Although not Miller's best known work, I would recommend ... Read review

Advantages: amazing play and rhetoric
Disadvantages: none

Macbeth is one of the four dark timeless tragedies of william Shakespeare. It is the story of an inspiring general Macbeth who wanted more than what he had. He had been told by three witches that He would be the king of his country. So he started desiring to ba a king. Along with his wife Lady Macbeth he plotted the murder of the old kind king who was also staying as his guest in his house. This murder though made him a king but he was totally degenerating ... Read review

Advantages: A good work from the english bard.
Disadvantages: Use of ancient english language.

Macbeth is set into the Scotland of the XI century, and the play begins with a vision of the scottish general Macbeth, that see, after a battle, three witches that predict him to became master of Candar then he will became a king. The first profecy will became trues as Duncan, king of Scotland, after having sentenced the master of Candar, gives his title to Machbeth. The second profecy will became true, as he will became king of Scotland, afterhaving ...
...But, after become king, Macbeth is feared to be unveiled, so he make Banquo killed. Now Macbeth returns to meet the witches, that say him to avoid the master of Fife, that could be killed just from a man born not from a woman. You may easily follow the entire story from now, so I let you will read that for yourself, getting the besr enjoyment from this Shakespeare tragedy. ... Read review

Advantages: great read
Disadvantages: hard to understand if you are new to old english

...William Shakespeare wrote the play Richard III in 1591. Commonly known as a history play, although it can be thought of as belonging under each category of plays Shakespeare wrote: History, Problem, Tragedy and comedy. Historical as the main plot of the play is true, however some facts may be untrue as to fit the Tudor myth. Problem play, because Richard kill's everyone in his way, death and destruction linger in his path.Tragedy play, as Richard ...
...win over many people. Richard is the younger brother of King Edward IV, Often called an anti hero because he fights the hero, Richard takes Shakespeare's audience on an adventurous journey of murder and deceit as he steals the crown off of his own blood and draws battle with Richmond to save his kingship. Described as a tyrant he is a 'usurping boar' who is not physically attractive, yet is mentally. We come to admire his cunningness and intelligence ... Read review