Themes
In some plays Shakespeare uses a particular language device
throughout. In Measure for Measure things are being balanced all the time. One
of the main themes in the play is justice, and so we see everything being
balanced against something else, reflecting that theme.Change, order and
disorder
Recurring images is another device Shakespeare uses. In Romeo and
Juliet there are recurring images that contrast light and darkness, reflecting
young love doomed to death.
When he became the grandfather of a little girl he became
interested in the redeeming effect that the youngest generation has on the
oldest and we see that in plays like The Tempest, the Winter’s Tale and
Pericles,
Englishmen saw murdering the king as an unspeakable sin. They
firmly believed that the king is ordained by God and, thus, has a divine right
as king. The king is above the law and superior to his entire kingdom, answering
solely and directly to God. Therefore, no man has the right to punish the king
or remove the king from his God-given position
(Shute).
Shakespeare might be using Macbeth to explore the idea that evil
forces can go beyond simply influencing people to literally possess
them
Shakespeare's Macbeth is fate versus free will. How much of what
we do as human beings is affected by fate and how much can we actually control?
This play reveals through Macbeth that life is the product of both choice and
chance
throughout. In Measure for Measure things are being balanced all the time. One
of the main themes in the play is justice, and so we see everything being
balanced against something else, reflecting that theme.Change, order and
disorder
Recurring images is another device Shakespeare uses. In Romeo and
Juliet there are recurring images that contrast light and darkness, reflecting
young love doomed to death.
When he became the grandfather of a little girl he became
interested in the redeeming effect that the youngest generation has on the
oldest and we see that in plays like The Tempest, the Winter’s Tale and
Pericles,
Englishmen saw murdering the king as an unspeakable sin. They
firmly believed that the king is ordained by God and, thus, has a divine right
as king. The king is above the law and superior to his entire kingdom, answering
solely and directly to God. Therefore, no man has the right to punish the king
or remove the king from his God-given position
(Shute).
Shakespeare might be using Macbeth to explore the idea that evil
forces can go beyond simply influencing people to literally possess
them
Shakespeare's Macbeth is fate versus free will. How much of what
we do as human beings is affected by fate and how much can we actually control?
This play reveals through Macbeth that life is the product of both choice and
chance