ACT I Questions 1. As the play opens‚ you find the witches casting spells‚ chanting "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair./ Hover through the fog and filthy air." This paradox will occur many times in the play. How can something be fair and foul at the same time? Situationally‚ I think this makes more sense when you consider it in the sense of an outcome. War can be foul‚ but the outcome fair…depending what side you are on. 2. The reader ’s first impression of Macbeth actually
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The opening scene usually serves the purpose of an exposition and truly‚ what Coleridge pointed out‚ strikes a spiritual key-note. Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is a tragedy of the triumph of evil: we are in a world of moral anarchy‚ symbolized by the withered beings‚ to whom " foul is fair ". In a drama‚ first impressions are lasting‚ and Shakespeare contrives to put the spectator in the right mood at once. The first scene‚ other than being expositional‚ establishes a mood or an atmosphere for the action
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I am going to be examining Act III Scene I and Act III Scene II to show how these two scenes create dramatic effectiveness for the audience. Act III Scene 1 (A Room in the castle) involves Claudius contemplating whether or not to send Hamlet away to London in order to deal with his troubles. This is also the scene of Hamlet’s famous soliloquy ‘To be or not to be”‚ whereby he is considering his life and what has been going on since his fathers death. Act III Scene II is where Hamlet has a play in
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The Conflicts in Macbeth In literature‚ a struggle between two opposing forces is called a conflict. Conflicts in literature move the plot along and keep the audience interested. Conflict is used by Shakespeare in almost all of his plays. He uses multiple conflicts leading to the major conflict in his plays. Conflict is introduced in the rising action‚ faced head on in the climax‚ starts to work itself out in the falling action and then is resolved in the resolution. In William Shakespeare ’s play
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The Presentation of Lady Macbeth in Act 1 We gain our first insight into the character of Lady Macbeth in act 1 scene 5‚ where she is reading a letter from Macbeth (her patner in greatness)‚ he speaks of his meeting with the "weird sisters" and what they have prophecised. Lady Macbeth upon reading this is excited by this great news and overcome with the belief that he will become the king - so her the queen - as is shown in the phrase "Glamis thou art‚ and Cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promised:"
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Rewrite of Act 1 Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet There are two rival families‚ Capulets and Montagues‚ who live in Verona in the early 1600s. If they ever were to encounter with each other they would start a fight and try to kill each other. The baddest of them all was Tybalt Capulet. In the Capulet’s side we have Juliet who is a beautiful young girl‚ who doesn’t have any siblings‚ but is extremely close with her cousin Rosaline. Being the only child‚ Juliet is used to everything going her way and getting
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Comment on the significance of Iago in Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2. Iago is presented as a vicious villain‚ and through his representation of evil‚ results in the surfacing of key themes such as light and darkness‚ racism‚ and rank and power. Thus‚ by carrying out the role as a villain‚ he highlights the animalistic traits evident within people of the Venetian society. Although Iago is a white man who holds a fairly high status within Venetian society‚ he is crude and uncouth‚ often swearing and making
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thoughts” (2.1.8). Macbeth enters‚ and Banquo is surprised to see him still up. Banquo says that the king is asleep and mentions that he had a dream about the “three weird sisters.” When Banquo suggests that the witches have revealed “some truth” to Macbeth‚ Macbeth claims that he has not thought of them at all since their encounter in the woods. He and Banquo agree to discuss the witches’ prophecies at a later time. Banquo and Fleance leave‚ and suddenly‚ in the darkened hall‚ Macbeth has a vision of
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Romeo and Juliet act in 5 scene 3 Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare around 1594. The play Romeo and Juliet is about two start crossed lovers who were born into a world with an ‘ancient grudge’. This automatically leads to Romeo and Juliet’s death. This sorrowful play was performed in Globe Theatre as there was large number of people who entirely wanted to watch this interesting play immediately. According to the play it contains a strong violent‚ and conflict‚ however Shakespeare
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In act one‚ scene one‚ after World War II‚ Mr. Frank goes back to the attic in Amsterdam. Miep‚ the woman who works in the office below the attic‚ gives Mr. Frank some of Anne’s writings. Her diary reminds him of his family’s time in hiding. This makes Mr. Frank very sad and he wants to leave Amsterdam. Act one‚ scene two is a flashback to an earlier time in the attic. The Franks and Van Daans are forced to hide because they are Jewish. The two families live together in the attic of Mr. Frank’s
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