Ran is a 1985 movie by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa; it is a free adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Lear play. It reworks the mythological pre-Roman England setting of the play into Sengoku Era Japan (1467-1573 A.D.), the kingdom of England is replaced by the lands of the Ichimonji clan, Lear and his…
Category: Drama
‘Doctor Faustus’ and the question of Salvation
A main point of concern when reading Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe is if there was ever any hope of salvation for the main character, Dr Faustus. For many generations has such a question been considered. Several answers have been given. Which, by and large, diverge from each other, some in subtle and others in…
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