Lindsey Aranda English‚ period 2 Hamlett June 6‚ 2011 Journal of Macbeth Act 1 I was very confused at the beginning of the play. I thought it was weird with the witches‚ and I was still getting used to the old English language. I thought it started to get interesting when the witches had told Macbeth that he would become the Thane of Cawdor and then he actually did! I think this is what starts Macbeth’s ambition towards the series of events that will happen in the play. I think that the
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and is willing to sacrifice herself for her husband for telling the spirits to get rid of her womanly nature to fill her of the most dreadful cruelty. After Macbeth kills Duncan‚ his wife aids him in hiding the evidence and demands‚ “Give me the daggers‚” (2.2.54). Then‚ Lady Macbeth tells her husband: “Get on [Macbeth’s] nightgown‚ lest occasion call [Lord and Lady Macbeth] / And show us to be watchers: be not lost / so poorly in your thoughts‚” (2.2.70-72). Lady Macbeth is committed to making
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emotional is very prevalent throughout the duration of the play‚ as well as fate and divine intervention. The play also questions madness and whether it can be feigned‚ as well as corruption and its moral implications. Also the ’To be or not to be’ soliloquy‚ where Hamlet not only questions life and death‚ but many of life’s other uncertainties as well. However‚ the most important theme in the development of Hamlet is revenge and question ’Does revenge pay?’ Revenge is a frighteningly bloodthirsty emotion
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Shakespeare shows in the play a connection between masculinity and violence‚ as well as ambition. Lady Macbeth goads Macbeth on to treason by saying‚ "when you durst do it‚ then you are a man" (1.7.48). Even more explicit is her early soliloquy: "Come‚ you spirits/That tend on mortal thoughts‚ unsex me here‚ / And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full / Of direst cruelty!" The "here" plainly refers to her genitals‚ although few modern actresses can bring themselves to make that obvious
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evil! Come‚ thick night‚ and cover the world in the darkest smoke of hell‚ so that my sharp knife can’t see the wound it cuts open‚ and so heaven can’t peep through the darkness and cry‚ ‘No! Stop!’ ...” (Macbeth‚ Act 1‚ Scene 5: Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy.) After she begins to plot evil‚ and perfects her plan to kill the king‚ she doesn’t feel any remorse with her entire self wanting the crown and the power that will come with it. At one point‚ Macbeth rethinks things‚ and decides he doesn’t want
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Prince Hamlet gave the one of most important soliloquy ever “To be‚ or not to be: that is the question:” this soliloquy is one of the best ever because of its location in the play and the devices and structures‚ Shakespeare used to amplify its meaning. The soliloquy is located in the Act 3‚ Scene 1‚ lines 64 to 98 and during the soliloquy‚ Hamlet is very troubled and in distressed about his future. Shakespeare magnified the placement of the soliloquy because first it is right after Prince Hamlet
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Comment on the significance of the first and the last soliloquys by Doctor Faustus .Examine and detail how these two soliloquys by Faustus provide the basic structural framework for Doctor Faustus. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus‚probably written and performed around 1588‚ was the first great tragedy in the English language‚ a powerful drama that ushered in 30 years of unparalleled dramatic creativity on the English stage. In his The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus‚ Marlowe used the structure
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without including their fellow characters. One character who is an example of this is Helena‚ many times she speaks in a soliloquy format. In Act I Scene I lines 232 - 257‚ Helena has a soliloquy where she furthers the plot of the play dramatically without any characters there to hear her. Some may say Helena’s speech is a monologue because it is a long speech‚ but it is a soliloquy due
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character. In the seven soliloquies of Hamlet we see his thoughts on the pointlessness of existence‚ his thoughts of committing suicide‚ and his thoughts on death‚ suffering‚ and action. All of the soliloquies in Hamlet show us how Hamlet’s character changes and develops over the course of the play and how Hamlet becomes a stronger character then he was at the beginning of the play. Act 1‚ Scene 2‚ lines 129 to 159 presents us with Hamlet’s first soliloquy. In this soliloquy Hamlet addresses the audience
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Hamlet’s soliloquies both influence are influenced by plot. It is through the soliloquies that the intrinsic theme of Hamlet’s procrastination is extended and realised by the audience. If he did not constantly remind us of his inaction through self-directed harangues‚ the audience would scarcely notice his procrastination nor realise the extent to which he agonises over his inexplicable delay. The first and second soliloquies function in bringing this to light. The former does this through Hamlet’s
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