The quote above is said by the character‚ Claudius‚ in Shakespeare’s play‚ Hamlet. These lines introduce Claudius as a character and through the specific phraseology used‚ his personality is also shown. Claudius’ conniving nature is revealed in the line‚ “with an auspicious and a dropping eye” which means that he looks with two “eyes” or sides towards the events that has taken place. He is optimistic about his marriage but he claims to be mourning as well. It is awfully suspicious that he is feeling
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HAMLET On Claudius: “A little more than kin‚ a little less than kind” “Smiling‚ damned villain!” “Keeps wassail” “drains his draughts of Rhenish down” “remorseless‚ treacherous‚ lecherous‚ kindless villain!” “what‚ frighted with false fire!” On Polonius: “these tedious old fools” “i’ll lug the guts into the neighbour room” “you are a fishmonger” “thou wretched rash‚ intruding fool‚ farewell.” On Gertrude/Ophelia/Women: “i shall in my best obey you madam” “Like Niobe‚ all tears” “incestuous
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The Tragedy of Othello - Focus on Act III Scene iii Shakespearian tragedy explores the notion that humans are “inevitably doomed through their own failures or errors”. In the Tragedy of Othello‚ the central motif of jealousy and mistrust are the weaknesses that cause the inevitable destruction of the hero. Othello’s feelings of worthlessness as a “Moor” despite his rank and Desdemona’s love are heightened and masterfully exploited by Iago. Ironically‚ jealously over misplaced trust ignites Iago’s
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decay through Claudius’ actions and behaviour. His thirst for power and possession leads to the destruction of other characters as well as his own tragic downfall. The political corruption of Claudius is evident as he kills his own brother to become king and marries Gertrude in an incestuous relationship. Claudius says‚ “This cannot be‚ since I am still possessed of those effects for which I did the murder‚ my crown‚ mine own ambition‚ and my queen.” (III‚ iii‚ 56-58) In this quote Claudius admits his
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I will discuss the tragedy‚ Hamlet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ Act 3‚ Scene 1. We start off with the King‚ the Queen‚ Rosencrantz‚ Guildenstern‚ Polonius‚ and Ophelia. We have Cladius asking Rosencrantz and Guildenstern why Hamlet is acting so strangely. Rosencrantz answers that the price admits he is confused‚ but he wont say why. After their conversation‚ Cladius orders Gertrude to leave so that he and polonium can spy on hamlet. As Ophelia enters‚ the queen tells her that hopefully the problems
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pines for something‚ anything that will keep his son interested. He realizes that his son will eventually grow up and lose the cheerful admiration with which he looks at his father now. Through the use of literary techniques‚ Lee builds up the internal conflict of the father and his desperation to be his son’s hero while the position is still available. The point of view switches intermittently throughout the poem between an omniscient narrator‚ the father‚ and his son. The narrator provides
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For this assignment I chose the speech of Claudius the ghost‚ Hamlet’s late father. I think that this speech is more important than any other in the story. Had Hamlet not have met his father’s ghost‚ he would not have known that his father was murdered by his uncle. This speech was given to introduce the conflict into the story. The first version of this speech I decided to use was created for a program known as “This is Hamlet” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpDgB-GJPY The reason I chose this
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Re-read act 3 from page 75 (I think that…) to the end. How effective might an audience find this extract as an ending to the play? Towards the end of the play we see that roles have reversed between Carol and John. In act 1‚ at the beginning of the play Carol goes to John for help as she find it’s difficult to understand John’s book and she is failing the course. However‚ implications are caused in act 3 when Carol explains to John that she wants to ban his book. ‘’We want it removed from inclusion
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Salesman depicts the life of a struggling salesman‚ Willy Loman‚ who had high hopes and aspirations that fogged his own reality. In the drama‚ Arthur Miller devises an internal and external conflict through Willie to demonstrate how one must adapt to the changes of society in order to survive. Arthur Miller establishes an internal conflict in Willy that obscure him of the harsh realities of his career. Willy had been a salesman since he was a young man. He accounts of what was once a successful career
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In Arthur Miller’s Act 3 of The Crucible‚ both Giles’s and Mary’s deposition is meant to help but is then used against them and cause more problems and as the story goes on‚ Hale starts to show regret towards the court. At the start of act 3‚ the readers see Rev. Paris saying that the people who oppose the church is an attack. Hale starts to show his irritation when the evidence given to prove that the girl’s are pretense is seen as an attack against the church; He expresses his frustration by saying
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