shakespeare allusions....?

Question

from movies or music...PLEASE....ASAP

Answer 1

"Brave New World" name of a dystopian novel written by Aldous Huxley. It refers to The Tempest and the quote goes, "Oh, Brave New World that has such people in't"

Akira Kurosawa a Japanese film director produced a movie called "Ran". The very colourful film transposed Shakespeare's tragedy, King Lear in to a Japanese setting. Highly allusive to Shakespeare's play, the Japanese film relates the story of 3 sons who fight over the kingdom that their father divides amongst them. Murder and treachery ensue it a similar manner to Shakespeare's King Lear. Lear actually decides to give his kingdom to the daughter who loves him most, a move which results in murder, treachery and Lear's insanity.

Kurosawa also drew on Shakespeare for another of his classic films, 'Throne of Blood'. Shot in 1957, this movie is a Japanese replica of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Both the film and the original play feature an ambitious man who is willing to murder anyone who gets in their way to the throne. In both, a rival is killed and comes back to haunt them. Both are vicious and bloody, spurred by 'unruly ambition'. Kurosawa's counter part to Macbeth is Washizu. He is tricked by his malevolent ghost where as Macbeth is deluded by the predictions of the 'three wicked sisters' or witches.

The entire film, Shakespeare in Love is based on Shakesperian allusion with of course, Romeo and Juliette featuring most prominently.

One episode of the Simpsons was called "Much Apu About Nothing" as opposed to Shakespeare's comedy, "Much Ado About Nothing".

If you need more info on Kurosawa you'll find plenty of info on wikipedia.

P.S. Tell your teacher that they are an idiot from me - to be able to find Shakespearian allusions in literature and film, you need to have a very solid understanding and appreciation for his works. Good Luck anyway.

Answer 2

In the movie [2003] "Sad Cypress," a Hercules Poirot murder mystery based on the story by Agatha Christie. The audience can only understand the significance of the main "clue" if they are familiar with Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The character says: "Come away, come away, death! And in Sad Cypress, let be lain." What the character doesn't say, and persons familiar with the verse would know is: "... I am slain by a fair cruel maid." Genius, really. Christie did things like this with Latin, so you had to know Latin to understand the clue. She also used the bible and some other Shakespearean quotes, like: "When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightening, or in rain?"

Answer 3

"Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow)"--Birthday Party"
"Romeo Had Juliette"--Lou Reed
"Romeo and Juliet" --Dire Straits
"Fire"--Pointer Sisters (Romeo and Juliet)
and every tv show that ever had a Romeo and Juliet parody (the Simpsons, for instance)