In Act 5 Scene 2 Lines 82-92‚ after the death scene of Antony‚ Cleopatra reminiscences about Antony and begins to describe his appearance and the powerful persona that he carried as a man‚ lover and soldier of Rome. Cleopatra’s description of Antony portrays an image to the readers of what Antony looked like and was viewed as being personality-wise. “His legs bestrid the ocean; his reared arm/ crested the world: his voice was propertied/ as all the tuned spheres‚ and that to friends;/ but when
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Hamlet; Act IV‚ Scene 6-7 Summary; Scene 6 Horatio receives a letter from hamlet. In the letter‚ he writes that the ship he was on bound for England was attacked by pirates. In the battle‚ Hamlet boarded the pirate ship‚ when the ships disengaged from battle Guildenstern and Rosencrantz continued on their way to England‚ while Hamlet was on his way back towards Denmark. To keep the pirates from keeping hamlet hostage‚ he promised them a good deed in future times. He tells Horatio to give these
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means by which he has obtained them. In this scene‚ however‚ we see a fatal collapse of his powers. In the banquet scene‚ after one feeble effort to play his part‚ he loses consciousness of the witnesses and speaks to the ghost as if they were alone together. Confronted by the spectre of his murdered victim he loses all self-control‚ and before the assembled nobility breaks out into speeches which must inevitably betray his guilt. This very important scene‚ filled with flashback‚ symbolism‚ imagery
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This busy scene begins with a moment of light comedy‚ which serves to heighten the suspense. The porter of Macbeth’s castle‚ drunk from the previous night’s revels‚ complains that his job is worse than that of the porter of hell. In a private game with the audience‚ he engages in a piece of stand-up comedy in which he imagines himself as that beleaguered servant‚ opening and closing the gate on the demand. The first two examples he uses (that of a farmer and an equivocator) have specific religious
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Macbeth ‘Macbeth’ is a well known Shakespeare play of a man who kills his way to win the throne. A key scene within this play that demonstrates Macbeth’s moral degradation is the banquet scene where he hallucinates the ghost of Banquo‚ the man he ordered to be murdered. The plot is about a man who believes witches prophecies that he will become king. He then kills his way to the throne after being convinced by his wife Lady Macbeth. In the key scene‚ Shakespeare uses the hallucination of the ghost
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in Act 5 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet By: Noa Boon Due Date: 20th March 2014 Word Count: 689 (Excluding title and Quotations) # Act 5 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet represents the catastrophe and deaths of Romeo and Juliet due to internal and external conflicts. The catastrophe does not effect the characterization of Romeo‚ Juliet and Friar Lawrence since they act the same way throughout the whole play. Act 5 Scene 3 shows that love like Romeo and Juliet’s leads to death. # Act 5 Scene
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Macbeth: Banquet Scene The Banquet scene in "Macbeth" is one of the most moving scenes and so far as the tragedy of Macbeth’ is concerned‚ it is tremendous in impact and intensity‚ dramatic in impact. The scene shows a perceptible degeneration of Macbeth’s mental powers which is the inevitable consequence of his murderous deeds. It is the crisis of the play where from the reversal of Macbeth’s fortune begins. The scene records Macbeth’s guilty conscience taking the most horrible form in the shape
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too early for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night’s reveals‚ and expire the term Of a despised life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death" (R+J Act 1 Scene4 Line 106-111). When he got to the party‚ he met Juliet and on seeing her‚ all thoughts of Rosaline flew from his mind. Finding that Juliet was a Capulet and therefore his sworn enemy did not stop him from wooing Juliet and
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As the pair approach the performance‚ Solonia begins to understand Allessandro’s awe of the puppet master Sergius‚ for unlike the family’s performance‚ what she sees now seems a spectacle‚ and the squeeze of people who are gamboling to get to the stage front before the show commences‚ verifies that his is a respected one. She takes note that the staging is more professional‚ and the area surrounding it resembling a small arena rather than the curbside wagon which allessandro and family works from
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Original Text | Modern Text | | Enter ANTONIO‚ SALARINO‚ and SOLANIO | ANTONIO‚ SALARINO‚ and SOLANIO enter. | 5 | ANTONIOIn sooth‚ I know not why I am so sad.It wearies me; you say it wearies you.But how I caught it‚ found it‚ or came by it‚What stuff ’tis made of‚ whereof it is born‚I am to learn.And such a want-wit sadness makes of me‚That I have much ado to know myself. | ANTONIOTo be honest‚ I don’t know why I’m so sad. I’m tired of it‚ and you say you’re tired of it too. But I have
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