“All’s cheerless, dark and deadly” in William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear, his intention to critique humanity’s deadliest flaws is revealed through the journey of his tragic hero. As by Aristotle’s account, “the poet is guided in what he writes by the wishes of his audience” the tragedy appeals to the subconscious; therefore affecting them more […]

**nihilism, injustice

Exposition/Protasis: a comprehensive description or explanation of an idea Inciting Incident: a moment or plot point that incites the audience, hooks them in and makes them interested to continue paying attention. This is the trigger point for the other events of the piece. Rising Action/Epistasis: the events that occur before the climax of the piece, […]

Light is rolling off the city in a gentle spring wave. A tide retreating after flooding the paths and streets, walls and faces. Winter’s breath is still threaded through the fume filled air. Audible is the grumble of a hundred tired engines, followed by the too-long beeps of somebody’s impatience. Deceptive evening colors cast shadows […]

1. Give a brief plot overview ‘Crash’ is a slice of life film that, for 36 hours, follows the lives of around 13 characters living in L.A in the years after 9/11. These characters are of a variety of backgrounds, ethnicities, religions and social classes, the contrast in the way they live and react to […]

August 28th, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr delivered the speech that turned thousands of heads, challenged thousands of years and ignited thousands of hearts. “The unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” were what he battled, spoke and stood his ground for. The immense inequality that stared the world in the face, […]