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    Explore the ways writer present conflict in the text you have studied (ACT 3 SCENE 5) The tragedy of ’Romeo and Juliet’ is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. It was written in the late 16th century. The contemporary society is reflected throughout the text; one in which men rule and women are viewed as possessions. Romeo and Juliet is a play driven through by enmity and conflicts throught Act 3 scenes 5. The play emphasizes a struggle between two or more things. Although the play shows the

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    Why Live? The soliloquy “To be‚ or not to be: that is the question” appears in Act 3 Scene 1 in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet. In today’s life people live with a struggle. Suicide takes the lives of one million people a year and on the rise. The weight of one’s mortality and the complexities of life and death are introduced from the beginning of Hamlet. In the wake of his father’s death‚ Hamlet can’t stop pondering and considering the meaning of life and its eventual ending. Many questions

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    Irony In The Woods Irony

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    There is actually lots of irony in this story. The key piece is that the two characters in this story hate each other. They want each other dead and in the end‚ both of them end up dieing. Irony is the best thing to have in stories in my opinion. They make it interesting and funny so at the end you can say “ha sucks doesn’t it”. Ulrich and Georg have grown up hating each other and wouldn’t mind killing one another. They show this from a young age‚ “as boys they had thirsted for one another’s blood”

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    Crucible Act 2 Scene 8

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    In this scene‚ Tom leaves to the fire-escape and ponders on where he grew up. Amanda eventually joins Tom where they apologize and forgive each other. Tom then tells Amanda that a man named Jim O’connor is coming over for dinner tomorrow night. Amanda is absolutely ecstatic with this news‚ but she is also nervous that she will not have enough time to clean the place in time. Tom tells Amanda not to get too excited because Jim is not coming to exclusively meet Laura. Tom also says that Laura is crippled

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    Macbeth: Act 3 Scene 4 ‘They say‚ blood will have blood’ ‘Lesser than Macbeth but greater‚’ theses are the words which make Macbeth start to think about whether his bestfriend‚ Banqou‚ can be trusted. In one of the first scenes of the play the three witches tell him this after he killed King Duncan. The words start to drive him insane as he starts to believe that Banquo or his son‚ Fleance‚ may take the throne away from him. His sanity leads him to killing Banquo‚ making him so guilty that he breaks

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    In Lord of the flies the conversation at the end of chapter 5 is ironic because the boys speak about the parents in a way that seems like they are trying to show the parents as perfect. At the end of chapter 5 the ironic thing that should not be happening when the boys were giving up is wanting their family to be there. Piggy one of the characters‚ even says “I wish my auntie was here.” (94) This answers the prompt since it shows that the boys were just giving up and they were probably thinking that

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    Macbeth Analyse- 2.a How does Shakespeare make the extract below from Act 2 Scene 2 dramatic and interesting? “Quenched them‚ hath given me fire.” Shakespeare’s using opposites and oxymoronic use of language (paradox) therefore making a contrast of Lady Macbeth’s phrase. He has also showed a comparison of guilt between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth because Lady Macbeth obviously shows that she is not guilty for what she has done but Macbeth does. Again‚ Shakespeare uses oxymoronic use of language for

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    5 Random Acts of Kindness

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    5 Random Acts of Kindness 1. On a Friday afternoon‚ I helped my mom wash the laundry. While she was cooking food for dinner‚ I washed the clothe without her noticing. After an hour‚ every clothe was clean and folded. The look on her face said it all‚ she was surprised and happy. The way I felt that day was great and supportive. 2. The next morning‚ after everybody finish eating dinner I washed the dishes. It was around 6:30 A.M in the morning when everybody was sleeping. It was luck that

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    Dramatic Purpose

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    Dramatic purpose Act 3 Scene 1 is the main turning point of the play. It is during this scene that the play becomes a tragedy. The scene begins with Benvolio asking that they all go inside because he fears a brawl. Benvolio states‚ “I pray thee‚ good Mercutio‚ let’s retire: The day is hot‚ the Capulets abroad‚ and‚ if we meet‚ we shall not scape a brawl.” Mercutio ignores him and is entertaining everyone by taunting and provoking Tybalt. Soon the happily married Romeo enters. Tybalt calls

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    Act 2 Scene 9 Of Mauler

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    For the first time in scene 9 we are shown a part beginning with a placard that read as follows: “General strike in support of the locked-out stockyard workers!” As mentioned earlier this mentally prepares the audience of what is about to take place and hints them to focus on how it all takes place. As a result of Mauler’s blood sucking nature the laborers decide to call a strike. The sole purpose of the strike is to make sure that the workers are not fooled by false promises fed by those ruling

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