Good Morning/Afternoon students and teachers‚ my speech that I will be presenting today is on King Tutankhamun’s Golden Throne and The Kings Dagger’s. The throne is carved from wood is gold plaited and there is some silver overlay as well‚ its inlaid with multi coloured glass paste‚ glazed terracotta and semi precious stones. The seat is made from cane and is supported by animal feet. The Golden Throne is by far the most spectacular of the six chairs found by Howard Carter in the tomb of
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Hamlet This module requires students to explore and evaluate a specific text and its reception in a range of contexts. It develops students’ understanding of questions of textual integrity. Each elective in this module requires close study of a single text to be chosen from a list of prescribed texts. Students explore the ideas expressed in the text through analysing its construction‚ content and language. They examine how particular features of the text contribute to textual integrity. They research
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Commentary on Soliloquy 1 – Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”‚ the first soliloquy spoken by the protagonist reflects the feelings of unrest plaguing this character and successfully sets up the religious framework for the remainder of the play. A soliloquy is spoken by a character that is alone on stage‚ and reveals the speaker’s thoughts and feelings towards particular events. The effect of the soliloquy is that the audience is given insight into these thoughts‚ which in turn aid
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Dramatic Irony is the result of information being shared with the audience but withheld from one or more of the characters. Example: In Act 1 Scene 4‚ line 50 ‚ the witches hail Macbeth‚ “thane of Cawdor!” Dramatic irony: At this point‚ Macbeth is unaware that the king has conferred this honor upon him because of his valor in battle‚ so he attributes his fortune to the witches’ prophecy. However‚ the audience knows Duncan made the pronouncement in Act 1‚ Scene 3. Purpose: This dramatic irony is
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In Henry IV Part II William Shakespeare uses diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery to convey King Henry’s state of mind. The King starts his soliloquy questioning why he cannot sleep when the peasants can. He continues by addressing sleep though apostrophe. King Henry questions as to “...how have I frighted thee” (3). Shakespeare uses diction to emphasize how desperate the King is to sleep‚ and how respectful he is to sleep. Henry politely calls sleep “gentle” (2) and “Nature’s soft nurse” (3). Even though
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oneself and his or her value and role in society. Shakespeare’s play‚ Hamlet‚ portrays the struggle of Hamlet to search for his true identity. Exemplified mainly through his seven soliloquies‚ Hamlet struggles to re-establish his place in society and regain his identity after the loss of his father. The seven soliloquies allow readers to connect and understand the inner turmoil of Hamlet throughout the play and‚ without them; the play would not be the complex masterpiece that it is. Hamlet’s identity
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Shakespeare’s employment of dramatic struggle and disillusionment through his character Hamlet‚ contributes to the continued engagement of modern audiences. The employment of the soliloquy demonstrates Shakespeare’s approach to the dramatic treatment of these emotions. The soliloquy brings a compensating intimacy‚ and becomes the means by which Shakespeare brings the audience not only to a knowledge of secret thoughts of characters‚ but into the closest emotional touch with them too. Through this
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How does the first soliloquy‚ which Iago says‚ represent his character? Soliloquy means talking to your self. During the Elizabethan times soliloquy was regarded as an ordinary but a very good way of telling information to the audience or of the development of play. The real function of soliloquy is self-analysis or self-revelation i.e. to bring out the inner spring of any character particularly the hero of the play. Shakespeare presents Iago as a collection of unsolved puzzles. Everything Iago
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Romeo and Iuliet a play with such a title as this could hardly be expected to contain any great deal of light-hearted comedy‚ but comic elements can still be seen throughout the course of the story. Characters joke and jest in between romantic soliloquies; bright imagery are embedded between passages of trouble‚ darkness‚ and death. These elements are so subtly included in the tragedy that one barely notices their poignancy as the story folds out. Upon reflection‚ however‚ readers can see that this
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Macbeth Project Part I- The Tragic Hero Both Aristotle and Shakespeare included the presence of a rigid code of conduct in their definitions of “hero”‚ but they didn’t need them to be morally upright. The inventory of people who could be heroes included sinners; the requirement to be nice is never even suggested by either‚ and “fitness of character” is more about determination and discipline than anything else. Aristotle preferred that the hero be “good or fine” in The Poetics‚ but he also implied
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