The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Key Quotations Act One Scene One 1) Antonio- In sooth‚ I know not why I am so sad. 2) Salerio- Your mind is tossing on the ocean 3) Antonio- I hold the world but as the world‚ Grationo; a stage where every man must play his part and mine a sad one. 4) Bassanio- Grationo speaks an infinite deal of nothing. 5) Antonio- My purse‚ my person‚ my extremist means‚ lie all unlocked to your occasions. Scene Two 1) Portia- The brain may devise laws for
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Love is an everlasting theme throughout literature. In the play “Twelfth Night”‚ Shakespeare explores and illustrates 3 different types of love--true‚ self‚ and friendship. For each type of love‚ Shakespeare created its own characters to represent it‚ and these characters and their love played a major role in the play. True Love: There are three romantic love stories in the play. In the opening‚ Duke Orsino expressed his deep love for Countess Olivia. Later‚ in the following scene‚ Viola disguised
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To what extent is Hamlet a domestic or a commentary of power politics at play? In the early 1600s‚ the time that “Hamlet” was written‚ the themes of power politics related to the domestic would have been far more relevant to the audience as at this time‚ these two themes intertwined particularly within the monarchy which is hereditary meaning that the power comes from family. Again this link is demonstrated by James I’s 1603 speech to Parliament where he stated that he was “the Husband and the
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The writer of Macbeth‚ Shakespeare‚ creates a theme in the story that revolves Around deception. Deception can apply to many different things; for example‚ deceiving yourself by lying to yourself or disguising yourself physically to trick others. Its most common use in Macbeth is lying to others to make them think you are something you’re not. Shakespeare presents deception in this extract by having Macbeth be nervous about the night and feel guilt towards his action. The theme of deception then
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= even 1. Second person pronouns: thou‚ thy‚ thine‚ ye 2. Verb inflection: second person thou + a-t‚ -st‚ or -est = thou art‚ thou seemest; may be contracted: thou seem’st third person he‚ she‚ it + add -eth = he knoweth 3. Words common to Shakespeare‚ but not to us: some examples such as anon = soon beshrew= curse bootless = without result cousin= any relative or close friend; monarchs often refer to each other as cousin‚ whether related or not and whether friends or not cuckold= a man
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In the play Macbeth we see that Shakespeare captures many elements of his society and reflects them in the play. Shakespeare highlights the good and evil traits that reside in people‚ the overthrow of natural order and subsequent guilt. The supernatural‚ the divine right of kings and the great chain of being are some of the major beliefs of Shakespeare’s society‚ of which he deeply explores in the play. These key issues and elements within the play Macbeth clearly reflect what society during the
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Running Head: Macbeth Critical Review of Macbeth by William Shakespeare [Aijaz Ahmed Shaikh] [Karachi University] Critical Review of Macbeth by William Shakespeare Introduction Not only is Macbeth by far the shortest of William Shakespeare’s great tragedies‚ but it is also anomalous in some structural respects. Like Othello (1604) and only a very few other Shakespearean plays‚ Macbeth is without the complications of a subplot. (Bradley‚ 1905) Consequently‚ the action moves forward in a
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madness‚ yet there is method in’t.” -William Shakespeare‚ Hamlet (act II‚ scene II). William Shakespeare is known perhaps as the world’s most renowned playwright‚ over 400 years subsequent his death. The playwright lived and wrote during the Elizabethan Reign over England. It was during this period that Shakespeare produced his most performed‚ and likely most famously know drama; The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark‚ more commonly known simply as Hamlet ("Hamlet." Gale Student Resources). The reign
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amongst the characters. This is more apparent in Act 5 Scene 1; however Shakespeare contributes to this comedy through disguise to develop a sense of dramatic irony in a homoerotic subtext where Olivia falls in love with a woman‚ Viola falls in love with Orsino while confined as a male and Orsino shows attraction towards Cesario. Disguise is also presented at more minor sections of the play through Feste and Malvolio. Shakespeare presents to the audience the heart ache that Viola suffers over the Duke
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Throughout Twelfth Night‚ William Shakespeare portrayed a story of unreciprocated love‚ misunderstanding‚ and a happy ending that ties all the loose ends together. However‚ he also offered a detailed depiction of many relationships‚ particularly those involving Orsino‚ Olivia‚ Viola‚ Cesario‚ and Sebastian. By examining the dynamics between these characters as well as a few others through the lens offered throughout this play‚ it becomes quite clear that certain relationships are consistently stronger
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