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ArcadiaThe best way to approach chaos theory as a theme in this work is to consider the way that the play explores the concept of free will vs. determinism, and how chaos theory falls within this...
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ArcadiaAs Tom Stoppard’s play mixes up past and present, the playwright also shows how Romantic and Classical views clashed not only in the early 1800s but more than a century later. The Romantic view,...
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ArcadiaTom Stoppard's play Arcadia positions the conflicting viewpoints of classicism and Romanticism through the characters, presenting the differences between the intellectual and the emotional and...
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ArcadiaThis play by Tom Stoppard toggles between past and present, as two different sets of characters interact in two different plots, but all the action takes place in the same English country house:...
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ArcadiaAs you read the play, or see it performed the purpose of the juxtaposition is to compare the two time periods. Stoppard uses this style of writing so the reader will know things about the past...
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ArcadiaYou might like to think about how Hermione, a character who never appears on stage and is only refered to in terms of the affair that Bernard has with her, actually fits into a principal theme of...
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ArcadiaWhat is interesting about the presentation of home in this excellent play is the way that the Croom residents acts as an arena for two opposing schools of thought, symbolised in Lady Croom and the...
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ArcadiaIn England, titles often do not mean that you have to change your last name. The position of the Earl of Croom meant that you retained your name and were referred to as Lord and Lady Croom whilst...
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ArcadiaAlthough Thomasina evinces elements of both of these eras, primarily her scientific knowledge and her quest for scientific proof demonstrates that she is primarily a character demonstrating...
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ArcadiaOne of the lessons about life's realities that can be understood from this play concerns nature of knowledge and what it is to be a genius. Both time settings in this play possess one character who...
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ArcadiaA fascinating play that bears many similarities to Stoppard's Arcadia is David Auburn's Proof, which likewise looks at the topic of mathematical genius in a literary form and debates the nature of...
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ArcadiaAs with any major text of literary import, characterisation in this play is one key way in which Stoppard chooses to develop the central themes and messages that he wishes to convey to his...
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ArcadiaFrom Thomasina's opening question about carnal knowledge and Septimus's clever answer considering the question we are interested. Who is that young girl? Who is that handsome young man? Thomasina...
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ArcadiaScience is a definite theme in this excellent play, as Thomasina struggles to understand the world around her using the science and mathematical thought of her day and ends up finding that there...
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ArcadiaYou might use algebra as the focal point of your comparison. While things around algebra change, algebra remains the same and is relevant to the present day in the person of the grouse-counting...
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ArcadiaSeptimus is a romantic. He believes in the existence of genius and finds beauty in that belief. He sees life as an adventure to discover and experience all the secrets of the universe -- secrets...
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ArcadiaTom Stoppard's plays often focus on re-interpreting literary history and on using past literary characters or symbols in order to discover modern meanings. Of the two Byron poems cited, the first...
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ArcadiaYou may be on to something regarding the urge to dance coming from a female, and not the male tutor. Only MR. Stoppard could tell us for sure though. The truth is, however, that it is essential...