How have the extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WWI poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text on stage, on screen and in the classroom? Shakespeare wrote 37 plays in his lifetime, in this essay I am going to talk about his first: Titus Andronicus. Similar to plays are poems, this essay is going to draw a comparison between both Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and Wilfred Owen’s Anthem for Doomed Youth. Separated over a period of 400 years you would have expected literature to have changed however there are more similarities between these two authors than meets the eye as both of their works were made to be projected by the voice. This causes a range of similar techniques and styles throughout the literature that they created to ensure that the message of the words were heard by their audience which caused a stir of thoughts inside the masses. Emotions are the key to empathy. Both writers triggered the release of emotions in their works to develop an emphatic link with their audience. Wilfred Owen, born in March 1893 was a soldier stationed on the front lines at the time he was 21. He died on the 4th of November 1918, 7 days before the armistice. He was most famous for his war poems. The reason that he wrote poetry was to spread word of the actual happenings in war as there was a large amount of propaganda giving false information about the glory that war would bring you to ensure the support the war effort. The fact that he died in the war in which he was forewarning produces a large amount of dramatic irony within all of his works. This amplifies the concepts that reside in them and in particular the emotions that they induce. Similarly, Shakespeare wrote for a large audience, however he wrote for the audience of the theatre in Elizabethan England. This consisted of a dominant male figure as the equality between male and female genders was unbalanced in those times resulting in more gore and stereotypical masculine content such as anger and violence. Being Shakespeare’s first play, he may have written Titus Andronicus commercially, which may be the reason for the fact that the revenge tragedy holds so many scenes of violence and anger. Overall it is seen that his first play was the most violent; with the ending consisting of most of the characters being killed off and giving the effect of pure disgust and pain. Shakespeare interacts with his audience through acts instead of sole emotion. Acts such as revenge consist of emotions such as anger, grief and hatred, which altogether induce a higher effect of empathy to the audience than just by themselves. So it could be said that the effects of emotions arise when being done in act and acts are some of the ways that Shakespeare communicates the thoughts of his characters. Furthermore a. major emotion in Shakespeare that is felt by the audience is Schadenfreude. This German lend word means taking pleasure in others misfortune. A great example of this emotion being exploited would be in Act One Scene One where Titus announces the execution of Alarbus, the heir to the throne of the Goths and Tamora’s first born. Alive and dead, and for brethren slain Religiously they ask for sacrifice: To his your son is mark’d, and die he must, T’ appease their groaning shadows that are gone Being the opening scene to a revenge tragedy, it seems just right to open up with the death of a character. This is Titus’ revenge for the death of his 21 sons fighting in the war, hence his announcement of this line: “Alive and dead, and for brethren slain. Religiously they ask for sacrifice:” Shakespeare uses the technique of repetition of the words associated with death, such as dead, sacrifice and die. This is Shakespeare building tension in the play as words repeated suggest that something drastic is going to occur and the words that reside with death are some of the most powerful. The line “Religiously they ask for sacrifice” is the most interesting line of the stanza, as it is a metaphor that refers to family vengeance as a religion. Meaning an eye for and eye was more than accepted in this play but actually promoted. This reflects the thoughts of those who dwelled in the ancient Rome, who thought that avenging a family member was justified due to family being a religion, which could be considered as a type of honour. This type of honour relates to that of Wilfred Owen’s works, especially in the aspect of his message about propaganda and the governments censorship of information to ensure that people would support the war effort. Overall the effect of Schadenfreude is greatly induced by this act of revenge as it communicates the emotions of the characters on stage and in particular those of Titus. Taking pleasure in others misfortune is generally shun upon however we as people do enjoy it and that is exactly what to kick start the chaos of his revenge tragedy but also pleasing that of the audience by providing them with the feeling of Schadenfreude. This play could be Shakespeare exploration of the world of playwright, by pushing the limits of violent and vengeful drama. Yet still an alternate interpretation may be Shakespeare’s lack of experience in his field causing him to write a play that contains too much violence that gives more disgust than Schadenfreude. Wilfred Owen uses acts such as betrayal in his poem “An anthem for doomed Youth” which communicates also emotions of anger and grief but moreover the emotion of despair. This act of betrayal is caused by the propaganda that prophesised that whoever went to war would come back with glory and honours, therefore associating war with honour. A concept that is almost unapparent inside Titus Andronicus. Wilfred Owen wrote this poem to tell those on the motherland that glorification of war was nothing but a mere façade and that joining the war would lead you to your death. Ultimately the poem was created for the younger audience, around the age of 14-21 as people that were underage were put under heavy pressure to join the war as their fathers and brothers had. An anthem for doomed youth is a poem in a sonnet styled structure, 14 lines, with 10 syllables per line and it talks about the utter despair and pointlessness of fighting on the front lines. This is enveloped by features such as assonance, which reside in the title, “An anthem for Doomed Youth”. The assonance of the “oo” sound is depressing which communicates the emotion of despair as death by “the monstrous anger of the guns” is not a pleasing nor glorified way to die in battle, promoting the poem’s message. The title to the poem however holds more than just assonance to hint the reader of the poem’s message as it could actually be considered as an oxymoron. The two words, doomed and youth are never really used into the same context as there is no association between them. A youth is to be ignorant of its mortality whereas a doomed man is to die but without any alternative future. Furthermore, the fact that the word anthem is also present inside the title expresses the link between the state and the doom of the youth as an anthem is to be sung by the patriotic. Ultimately an anthem is stating the glory of the country and the heroism of its inhabitants, not stating the despair and pointlessness of sending its future (The youth) to die in a conflict that they are not fully aware of. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells, Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,— The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires. Similarly to Shakespeare, Wilfred Owen uses effect of repetition in his poem to carry the emotion of despair. This works by building upon the word or meaning of no. “No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells, Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs.” This use of repetition creates tension within the poem by building upon the concept of no via it being reiterated many times. Which further increases the effect of the emotion despair that is present in the soldiers in the war. Yet still the assonance, repeated vowel sound of “o” is apparent in this verse, also contributing to the overall expression of despair. The most effective language technique in this verse is simply metaphor, “The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;” This powerful metaphor displays both an image and sound of the doomed soldiers marching into their death, being set free from their terrible fate. This line does quite well with the first line of the poem, “What passing-bells for these who die as cattle”, which describes the pointlessness of the soldiers marching into the by describing them as cattle, an anthropomorphic effect that downgrades the value of human, sentient life to that of an animal. The most apparent reoccurring feature inside this poem would be the reference to instruments and musical elements such as choirs, bells, voices, bugles, etc. This language feature builds upon the concept of the poem being an anthem, however these references are paired with depressing adjectives, strengthening the concept that the poem is a negative anthem. Thus conveying the emotion of despair through the demented chanting of the soldiers on the front line. Overall this amplifies the effect of irony within the poem, which builds upon Wilfred Owen’s death and influences the views and impressions of the audience to side with the poem’s message. However both works of literature share the aspect that they are both designed to be projected vocally. This can be seen via the presence of a meter, a 10 syllable policy that enables the reader to clearly project his voice in a rhythmic and steady beat. In Titus Andronicus this is called Blank verse, which is any verse composed of unrhymed lines, normally in iambic pentameter. However universally Blank verse is described as poetical device, not playwright. “Blank verse is poetry written in regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always iambic pentameters. “ Wilfred Owen uses a sonnet which is a poetic device similar to that of Shakespeare’s Blank verse. Iambic pentameter is spoken in a 2:5 rhythm. This similarity overall may be due to the writers preference or simply their paths of education. Both authors were raised in England but were raised at different times however both still write in a similar style; an even systematic and symmetrical structure that provides footing for a performance of their works however differing in rhyme which is a language device that Shakespeare does not use in his Blank verse. Shakespeare does have some other features that support his cause as a playwright, such as his use of a monosyllabic line: “If the winds rage, doth not the sea wax mad.” The use of this language technique fits perfectly with both the 10 syllable policy of blank verse and Iambic pentameter. This is due to the staccato sound that is emitted when they are pronounced. 10 syllables consecutively projected conveying a quick angry tone, as if you were taking ten rapid blows to the chest. When said by Titus in act 3 scene 1 this turns his speech from sadness to anger and is easily recognisable to the audience as a turning point in Titus’ thoughts. In act 3 scene 1 Titus is portraying his emotions to the audience and talking about the trauma that he has experienced. Throughout this scene Shakespeare subtly shifts the metre. This reflects Titus’ fall in nobility and sanity as a break in the metre; usually a break in the metre shows a change of thought however in this case it is constantly being broken, almost as if Titus is stuttering when he speaks. This communicates to the audience that Titus is no longer the character he once was. In reality people under high emotional pressure stutter, this is due to them recalling their troubled past as when a past situation is serious enough, it becomes engraved into your mind. This is usually as the memories are so vivid that they keep remerging and breaking your train of thought.

Prejudice Lennie and George: House Page 15: dream establishment, they are sustained by this. Related to the American dream, independence.

Crooks: page 83 Every dream is destroyed. “I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches….. Cynical realism

86: hope: “I never really seen a guy do it,” I seen a guy

94: retraction of offer: well just forget it, realisation of vulnerability

Curley’s Wife: page 88

How have the extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WWI poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text on stage, on screen and in the classroom? Shakespeare wrote 37 plays in his lifetime, in this essay I am going to talk about his first: Titus Andronicus. Similar to plays are poems, this essay is going to draw a comparison between both Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and Wilfred Owen’s Anthem for Doomed Youth. Separated over a period of 400 years you would have expected literature to have changed however there are more similarities between these two authors than meets the eye as both of their works were made to be projected by the voice. This causes a range of similar techniques and styles throughout the literature that they created to ensure that the message of the words were heard by their audience which caused a stir of thoughts inside the masses. Emotions are the key to empathy. Both writers triggered the release of emotions in their works to develop an emphatic link with their audience. Wilfred Owen, born in March 1893 was a soldier stationed on the front lines at the time he was 21. He died on the 4th of November 1918, 7 days before the armistice. He was most famous for his war poems. The reason that he wrote poetry was to spread word of the actual happenings in war as there was a large amount of propaganda giving false information about the glory that war would bring you to ensure the support the war effort. The fact that he died in the war in which he was forewarning produces a large amount of dramatic irony within all of his works. This amplifies the concepts that reside in them and in particular the emotions that they induce. Similarly, Shakespeare wrote for a large audience, however he wrote for the audience of the theatre in Elizabethan England. This consisted of a dominant male figure as the equality between male and female genders was unbalanced in those times resulting in more gore and stereotypical masculine content such as anger and violence. Being Shakespeare’s first play, he may have written Titus Andronicus commercially, which may be the reason for the fact that the revenge tragedy holds so many scenes of violence and anger. Overall it is seen that his first play was the most violent; with the ending consisting of most of the characters being killed off and giving the effect of pure disgust and pain. Shakespeare interacts with his audience through acts instead of sole emotion. Acts such as revenge consist of emotions such as anger, grief and hatred, which altogether induce a higher effect of empathy to the audience than just by themselves. So it could be said that the effects of emotions arise when being done in act and acts are some of the ways that Shakespeare communicates the thoughts of his characters. Furthermore a. major emotion in Shakespeare that is felt by the audience is Schadenfreude. This German lend word means taking pleasure in others misfortune. A great example of this emotion being exploited would be in Act One Scene One where Titus announces the execution of Alarbus, the heir to the throne of the Goths and Tamora’s first born. Alive and dead, and for brethren slain Religiously they ask for sacrifice: To his your son is mark’d, and die he must, T’ appease their groaning shadows that are gone Being the opening scene to a revenge tragedy, it seems just right to open up with the death of a character. This is Titus’ revenge for the death of his 21 sons fighting in the war, hence his announcement of this line: “Alive and dead, and for brethren slain. Religiously they ask for sacrifice:” Shakespeare uses the technique of repetition of the words associated with death, such as dead, sacrifice and die. This is Shakespeare building tension in the play as words repeated suggest that something drastic is going to occur and the words that reside with death are some of the most powerful. The line “Religiously they ask for sacrifice” is the most interesting line of the stanza, as it is a metaphor that refers to family vengeance as a religion. Meaning an eye for and eye was more than accepted in this play but actually promoted. This reflects the thoughts of those who dwelled in the ancient Rome, who thought that avenging a family member was justified due to family being a religion. Overall the effect of Schadenfreude is greatly induced by this act of revenge as it communicates the emotions of the characters on stage and in particular those of Titus. Taking pleasure in others misfortune is generally shun upon however we as people do enjoy it and that is exactly what to kick start the chaos of his revenge tragedy but also pleasing that of the audience by providing them with the feeling of Schadenfreude. This play could be Shakespeare exploration of the world of playwright, by pushing the limits of violent and vengeful drama. Yet still an alternate interpretation may be Shakespeare’s lack of experience in his field causing him to write a play that contains too much violence that gives more disgust than Schadenfreude. Wilfred Owen uses acts such as betrayal in his poem “An anthem for doomed Youth” which communicates also emotions of anger and grief but moreover the emotion of despair. This act of betrayal is caused by the propaganda that prophesised that whoever went to war would come back with glory and honours. Wilfred Owen wrote this poem to tell those on the motherland that glorification of war was nothing but a mere façade and that joining the war would lead you to your death. Ultimately the poem was created for the younger audience, around the age of 14-21 as people that were underage were put under heavy pressure to join the war as their fathers and brothers had. An anthem for doomed youth is a poem in a sonnet styled structure, 14 lines, with 10 syllables per line and it talks about the utter despair and pointlessness of fighting on the front lines. This is enveloped by features such as assonance, which reside in the title, “An anthem for Doomed Youth”. The assonance of the “oo” sound is depressing which communicates the emotion of despair as death by “the monstrous anger of the guns” is not a pleasing nor glorified way to die in battle, promoting the poem’s message. The title to the poem however holds more than just assonance to hint the reader of the poem’s message as it could actually be considered as an oxymoron. The two words, doomed and youth are never really used into the same context as there is no association between them. A youth is to be ignorant of its mortality whereas a doomed man is to die but without any alternative future. Furthermore, the fact that the word anthem is also present inside the title expresses the link between the state and the doom of the youth as an anthem is to be sung by the patriotic. Ultimately an anthem is stating the glory of the country and the heroism of its inhabitants, not stating the despair and pointlessness of sending its future (The youth) to die in a conflict that they are not fully aware of. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells, Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,— The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires. Similarly to Shakespeare, Wilfred Owen uses effect of repetition in his poem to carry the emotion of despair. This works by building upon the word or meaning of no. “No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells, Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs.” This use of repetition creates tension within the poem by building upon the concept of no via it being reiterated many times. Which further increases the effect of the emotion despair that is present in the soldiers in the war. Yet still the assonance, repeated vowel sound of “o” is apparent in this verse, also contributing to the overall expression of despair. The most effective language technique in this verse is simply metaphor, “The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;” This powerful metaphor displays both an image and sound of the doomed soldiers marching into their death, being set free from their terrible fate. This line does quite well with the first line of the poem, “What passing-bells for these who die as cattle”, which describes the pointlessness of the soldiers marching into the by describing them as cattle, an anthropomorphic effect that downgrades the value of human, sentient life to that of an animal. The most apparent reoccurring feature inside this poem would be the reference to instruments and musical elements such as choirs, bells, voices, bugles etc. This language feature builds upon the concept of the poem being an anthem, however these references are paired with depressing adjectives, strengthening the concept that the poem is a negative anthem. Thus conveying the emotion of despair through the demented chanting of the soldiers on the front line. Overall this amplifies the effect of irony within the poem, which builds upon Wilfred Owen’s death and influences the views and impressions of the audience to side with the poem’s message.

How have the extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WWI poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text on stage, on screen and in the classroom? Shakespeare wrote 37 plays in his lifetime, in this essay I am going to talk about his first: Titus Andronicus. Similar to plays are poems, this essay is going to draw a comparison between both Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and Wilfred Owen’s Anthem for Doomed Youth. Separated over a period of 400 years you would have expected literature to have changed however there are more similarities between these two authors than meets the eye as both of their works were made to be projected by the voice. This causes a range of similar techniques and styles throughout the literature that they created to ensure that the message of the words were heard by their audience which caused a stir of thoughts inside the masses. Emotions are the key to empathy. Both writers triggered the release of emotions in their works to develop an emphatic link with their audience. Wilfred Owen, born in March 1893 was a soldier stationed on the front lines at the time he was 21. He died on the 4th of November 1918, 7 days before the armistice. He was most famous for his war poems. The reason that he wrote poetry was to spread word of the actual happenings in war as there was a large amount of propaganda giving false information about the glory that war would bring you to ensure the support the war effort. The fact that he died in the war in which he was forewarning produces a large amount of dramatic irony within all of his works. This amplifies the concepts that reside in them and in particular the emotions that they induce. Similarly Shakespeare wrote for a large audience, however he wrote for the audience of the theatre in Elizabethan England. This consisted of a dominant male figure as the equality between male and female genders was unbalanced in those times resulting in more gore and masculine content such as anger and violence. Being Shakespeare’s first play, he may have written Titus Andronicus commercially speaking, which may be the reason for the fact that the revenge tragedy holds so many scenes of violence and anger. Overall it is seen that his first play was the most violent; with the ending consisting of most of the characters being killed off and giving the effect of pure disgust and pain. Shakespeare interacts with his audience through acts instead of sole emotion. Acts such as revenge consist of emotions such as anger, grief and hatred, which altogether induce a higher effect of empathy to the audience than just by themselves. So it could be said that the effects of emotions arise when being done by an act and this act is one of the ways that Shakespeare communicates the thoughts of his characters. A major emotion in Shakespeare that is felt by the audience is Schadenfreude. This German lend word means taking pleasure in others misfortune. A great example of this emotion being exploited would be in Act One Scene One where Titus announces the execution of Alarbus, the heir to the throne of the Goths and Tamora’s first born. Alive and dead, and for brethren slain Religiously they ask for sacrifice: To his your son is mark’d, and die he must, T’ appease their groaning shadows that are gone Being the opening scene to a revenge tragedy, it seems just right to open up with the death of a character. This is Titus’ revenge for the death of his 21 sons fighting in the war, hence the quote “Alive and dead, and for brethren slain. Religiously they ask for sacrifice:” Shakespeare uses the technique of repetition of the words associated with death, such as dead, sacrifice and die. This is Shakespeare building tension in the play as words repeated suggest that something drastic is going to occur and the words that reside with death are some of the most powerful. The line “Religiously they ask for sacrifice” is the most interesting line of the stanza, as it is a metaphor that refers to family vengeance as a religion. Meaning an eye for and eye was more than accepted in this play but actually promoted. This reflects the thoughts of those who dwelled in the ancient Rome, who thought that avenging a family member was justified due to family being a religion. Overall the effect of Schadenfreude is greatly induced by this act of revenge as it communicates the emotions of the characters on stage and in particular those of Titus. Taking pleasure in others misfortune is generally shun upon however we as people do enjoy it and that is exactly what to kick start the chaos of his revenge tragedy but also pleasing that of the audience by providing them with the feeling of Schadenfreude. Wilfred Owen uses acts such as betrayal in his poem “An anthem for doomed Youth” which communicates also emotions of anger and grief but moreover the emotion of despair. This act of betrayal is caused by the propaganda that prophesised that whoever went to war would come back with glory and honours. Wilfred Owen wrote this poem to tell those on the motherland that glorification of war was nothing but a mere façade and that joining the war would lead you to your death. Ultimately the poem was created for the younger audience, around the age of 14-21 as people that were underage were put under heavy pressure to join the war as their fathers and brothers had. An anthem for doomed youth is a poem in a sonnet styled structure, 14 lines, with 10 syllables per line and it talks about the utter despair and pointlessness of fighting on the front lines. This is enveloped by features such as assonance that reside in the title, “An anthem for Doomed Youth”. The assonance of the “oo” sound is quite depressing and communicates the emotion of despair as death by “the monstrous anger of the guns” is not a pleasing nor glorified way to die in battle.

How have the extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WWI poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text on stage, on screen and in the classroom? Shakespeare wrote 37 plays in his lifetime, in this essay I am going to talk about his first: Titus Andronicus. Similar to plays are poems, this essay is going to draw a comparison between both Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and Wilfred Owen’s Anthem for Doomed Youth. Separated over a period of 400 years you would have expected literature to have changed however there are more similarities between these two authors than meets the eye as both of their works were made to be projected by the voice. This causes a range of similar techniques and styles throughout the literature that they created to ensure that the message of the words were heard by their audience which caused a stir of thoughts inside the masses. Emotions are the key to empathy. Both writers triggered the release of emotions in their works to develop an emphatic link with their audience. Wilfred Owen, born in March 1893 was a soldier stationed on the front lines at the time he was 21. He died on the 4th of November 1918, 7 days before the armistice. He was most famous for his war poems. The reason that he wrote poetry was to spread word of the actual happenings in war as there was a large amount of propaganda giving false information about the glory that war would bring you to ensure the support the war effort. The fact that he died in the war in which he was forewarning produces a large amount of dramatic irony within all of his works. This amplifies the concepts that reside in them and in particular the emotions that they induce. Similarly Shakespeare wrote for a large audience, however he wrote for the audience of the theatre in Elizabethan England. This consisted of a dominant male figure as the equality between male and female genders was unbalanced in those times resulting in more gore and masculine content such as anger and violence. Being Shakespeare’s first play, he may have written Titus Andronicus commercially speaking, which may be the reason for the fact that the revenge tragedy holds so many scenes of violence and anger. Overall it is seen that his first play was the most violent; with the ending consisting of most of the characters being killed off and giving the effect of pure disgust and pain. Shakespeare interacts with his audience through acts instead of sole emotion. Acts such as revenge consist of emotions such as anger, grief and hatred, which altogether induce a higher effect of empathy to the audience than just by themselves. So it could be said that the effects of emotions arise when being done by an act and this act is one of the ways that Shakespeare communicates the thoughts of his characters. A major emotion in Shakespeare that is felt by the audience is Schadenfreude. This German lend word means taking pleasure in others misfortune. A great example of this emotion being exploited would be in Act One Scene One where Titus announces the execution of Alarbus, the heir to the throne of the Goths and Tamora’s first born. Alive and dead, and for brethren slain Religiously they ask for sacrifice: To his your son is mark’d, and die he must, T’ appease their groaning shadows that are gone

How have the extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WWI poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text on stage, on screen and in the classroom? Shakespeare wrote 37 plays in his lifetime, in this essay I am going to talk about his first: Titus Andronicus. Similar to plays are poems, this essay is going to draw a comparison between both Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and Wilfred Owen’s Anthem for Doomed Youth. Separated over a period of 300 years you would have expected literature to have changed however there are more similarities between these two authors than meets the eye as both of their works were made to be projected by the voice. This causes a range of similar techniques and styles throughout the literature that they created to ensure that the message that the words were carrying were heard by their audience and cause a stir of thought inside of the minds of the masses. Emotions are the key to empathy. Both writers triggered the release of emotions in their works to develop an emphatic link with their audience. Wilfred Owen, born in March 1893 was a soldier stationed on the front lines at the time he was 21. He died on the 4th of November 1918, 7 days before the armistice. He was most famous for his war poems. The reason that he wrote poetry was to spread word of the actual happenings in war as there was a large amount of propaganda giving false information about the glory that war would bring you to ensure that you would support the war effort. The fact that he died in the war in which he was forewarning produces a large amount of dramatic irony within all of his works. This amplifies the concepts that reside in them and in particular the emotions that they induce. Shakespeare did write

Plan

Section 1

Intro – Name all texts and authors explicitly. Describe the central themed emotion of the anthology and Titus Andronicus. Play being performed, both arise in strength through speech; the poem not usually being performed. Poetry sticking to that of a simplistic nature in choice of words whereas Shakespeare uses the full power of the English language. Give a brief summary of the essay with following plan.

– Language } } Part 1 -Story }

-Historical context} } Part 2 -Modern context}

-Conclusion } Part 3

Section 2 – part 1

Explain that characters in Shakespeare are assigned emotions that change due to conflict as does Wilfred Owen but to lines and words. DO NOT FORGET TO ADD ALTERNATE INTERPRETATIONS.  Further expanding onto the fact that emotions reside inside acts such as revenge, betrayal, loyalty, honor and pride.  Then explain how crucial pivoting points in the play induce those emotions, through those acts. ACT 1 SCENE 1. When quoting make sure to identify language features such as metaphor, alliteration  and repetition. Also make sure to include

Schadenfreude, Actual Concern, Empathy and performance management

Furthermore relate to the sonnet and blank verse iambic pentameter and elaborate on how they induce an effect on the audience. For example the meter in blank verse contains signs of degradation or Wilfred Owens sonnet contains emphasized lines breaking the 10 syllable policy.

Caesure and naunce, new meaning  and guidance. In both.

Section 3

History – Elizabethan era, beliefs, setting, globe, first performance, audience male dominant, rome and inspiration??? Concern. Link to the emotion such as concern Titus’ daughter, vile or allowed? Irony.

History – Wilfred Owen, acts of honour, propaganda, consequence, tension and truth. What was Wilfred trying to accomplish, emotions in acts. Pathos

Modern interpretation, comment on MOVIE.

Section 4

Insanity is no different from genius but is only measured by success. darker psyche. Alike, not alike, morbid, emotions.

If there is peace, there will be no change. If there is no change, there is no life. So is war really so bad? Utopias are out of the question because as long as society works in hierarchy there will never be equality. This relates to both Titus’ and Wilfred’s pathos.

How have extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WWI poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text on stage, on screen and in the classroom? Poems and Shakespeare are two sides of the same coin; both crafted to be performed vocally producing high amounts of emotion and conflict, in a multitude of ways. However the main aspect of both texts is that they can be interpreted differently due to that of the language used, as even with a definite ending the morals are relatively elusive. This factor impacts the audience in the way of giving a variety of emotion as every word line and syllable is interpreted differently by each person. This difference of emotional impact may be due to preferred style of thinking and knowledge of the language it is performed in however even to someone who cannot understand the language Shakespeare expresses emotion in the acting; this ultimately is the main difference between Shakespeare and poetry. There is no acting in poetry. Shakespeare is most well-known for his plays. The supposed literature genius wrote 37 plays; in this essay I am going to talk about his first. In Titus Andronicus the main theme is revenge. Revenge is an act not an emotion however emotions are portrayed inside it such as hate, sadness, grief, sorrow etc. Characters in Titus Andronicus are the embodiment of emotion as various emotions are assigned to each character. However these emotions change due to the occurrence of conflict that resides in the play a great example of this would be the character that experiences the most extreme emotional distress, this would be Titus himself. Having returned from the war with the Goths and the loss of his 21 sons, Titus returns from the war expressing, grief, sorrow and anger.

– “These are their brethren, whom you Goths beheld Alive and dead, and for their brethren slain Religiously they ask a sacrifice: To this your son is mark’d, and die he must,” – Titus Andronicus Act 1, Scene 1

He expresses these emotions in the act of revenge; killing the eldest prince of the Goths, but announces it in front the population of Rome, more importantly he announces it in the face of the prince’s pleading mother, Queen Tamora. Titus is angry that his sons have been killed so he announces in front of Rome showing he contains a passionate but is sad as the line “Alive and dead, and for their brethren slain” is a depressing line that holds the word brethren which was repeated from the first line signifying that it is the subject of the matter. This repetition builds tension to the climax where Titus announces that the prince is to be killed. “Religiously they ask a sacrifice” is the most interesting metaphor of the verse as it describes family honour to be a religion, meaning that vengeance of death is supposedly justified by the cult of brethren, a brother for a brother. Hence the word sacrifice is used as people who are condemned to die for a religion are called sacrifices. Religion is an excuse for revenge. Schadenfreude is the most apparent emotion at this instance in the play in the case of the audience. Shakespeare has written this scene to draw the audience’s interest into the world of the play through the death of Tamoras son Alarbus. Furthermore, Shakespeare causes this Schadenfreude to give the audience satisfaction as it is very arguable that everyone likes to take pleasure in others misfortune and if this gives the audience a positive emotion (enjoyment) Shakespeare produces a success in his works as plays were made to be enjoyed by others. Not to mention that whenever death is the subject of Schadenfreude the feeling is amplified as death is possibly one of the most extreme cases possible in life and for changes characters and sometimes the very nature of people.

In the poem “Dulce et decorum est” by Wilfred Owen similar styles of writing to that of Shakespeare are apparent, such as the syllable scheme which is in the form of a sonnet, ten syllables per line. This differs from Shakespeare’s Iambic pentameter in the way that the iambic pentameter has 5 stressed beats which is a stressed beat followed by an unstressed beat. The reason for this scheme of wording is due to the vocal performance of both pieces; helpful to those who perform them as the scheme causes clarity of voice and a quite predictable way of speaking as the wording comes in a predictable pattern.

– “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; But someone still was yelling out and stumbling, And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime… Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.” – “Dulce Decorum est”- By Wilfred Owen

This sonnet is of “Dulce Decorum est”, which means Sweet is the graceful however the last line elaborates more clearly that the title is only the hindered by an old lie “Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.” which when translated poses It is sweet and glorious to die for the fatherland. The sonnet follows a 10 syllable line scheme in exception of the lines 4, 9, 11 and 14 which all have 11 syllables and more importantly line 5 has 9 syllables. This irregular syllable count evidently flaws the sonnet’s 10 syllable policy but is used to emphasise the occurring events that reside within the poem. An example of this emphasis would line 5 which could be considered as the greater anomaly. This line has 1 less syllable than that of the sonnets requirements, this is due to the emphasis of the line, “Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots”. The lost syllable is referring to the lost boot and possibly the forgetfulness or lack of attention of the sleeping soldier. This poses a somewhat drowsy emotion from the text and when vocally performed a break in the voice almost as if the next line might hold some larger importance to the poem.

The extra syllable occurrence on lines signifies terror especially in the second paragraph where all lines that describe the impact of gas on either himself or the man have an extra syllable; this when performed will stress these lines dramatizing the line. On the other hand in line 4 “And towards our distant rest began to trudge” is emphasising the longevity of their journey this extra syllable is due to this cause. In the case of Shakespeare, the iambic pentameter is used by important characters, especially those who are of aristocracy at critical points in the play. Similarly to the emphasis of points syllable anomalies from Wilfred Owen’s sonnet, Shakespeare shows the change of character with the degradation of the meter.

If there were reason for these miseries, Then into limits could I bind my woes: When heaven doth weep, doth not the earth o’erflow? If the winds rage, doth not the sea wax mad, Threatening the welkin with his big-swoln face? And wilt thou have a reason for this coil? I am the sea; hark, how her sighs do blow! She is the weeping welkin, I the earth: Then must my sea be moved with her sighs; Then must my earth with her continual tears Become a deluge, overflow’d and drown’d; For why my bowels cannot hide her woes, But like a drunkard must I vomit them. Then give me leave, for losers will have leave To ease their stomachs with their bitter tongues. – Act 3 scene 1 Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare

The first two lines start off following the iambic pentameter however the third does not. At this moment in time Titus has lost everything, his sons have been killed, his daughter, raped and mutilated, everything he fought for in the war brought no significance to his wellbeing; fighting for an empire that doesn’t care about him or his kin. Overwhelmed by grief and anger he speaks his soliloquy and as the words are spoken, the iambic pentameter starts to degrade, representing Titus’ fall in sanity and nobility. For example “Then must my sea be moved with her sighs;” this line has 9 syllables therefore breaking the meter and becoming notable to the audience as a pause. The pause is generated through the actor ending the line with a stressed beat, causing a slight pause due to the actor keeping the rhythm of the performance by substituting the pause into the place of the 10th syllable. Shakespeare has designed this specifically to produce this effect of degradation, a process that grief causes and resides in. This emotion because apparent to the audience particularly this vocal scheme as well as the acting.

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