furious. I’m really dis- / appointed in womankind. All our husbands think we’re such / clever villians ---” (10-12). These lines‚ spoken by Lysistrata is to her friend Calonice who responds “Well‚ aren’t we?” (13) at the beginning of the play‚ set the scene for the action that trails. Women‚ as represented by Calonice‚ have cunning debauchee-type personalities in need of firm leadership and course. Lysistrata; however‚ has a large sense of individual and social accountability and this is shown when she
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Abdus Azad English 220 Dramatic Summary Dramatic Summary Act 3 Scene 2 of Tempest We begin the scene with Stephano‚ Trinculo‚ and Caliban. Stephano and Trinculo are drinking and Stephano orders Caliban to have a drink as well. All three of them drink‚ while Trinculo continues to make fun of Caliban insulting him by calling him things like half fish and half monster repeatedly‚ and Caliban gets upset of all the insults and also mocks Trinculo saying he is not courageous and will never serve him
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ESSAY ROMEO & JULIET The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is essentially about teenagers refusing to listen their parents‚ how ever the out come may have been the same if they had listened to their parents because they would have been so unhappy and miserable that they weren’t together. “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play about two young people who fall in love but whose families are enemies and will never agree to them being together. Romeo and Juliet refuse to listen to their parents
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in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Of Mice and Men. Human beings are often driven by their emotions or passions. Sometimes their actions defy sound reason or judgment. However‚ due to the emotions that the individuals might be experiencing at that time‚ their initial response is usually impulsive. I agree Duff Brenna in her assessment of how characters in literature are motivated by their raging emotions and not by reason‚ common sense or wisdom. One cannot merely act upon how they feel
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Romeo and Juliet In life‚ people make choices that not only are unbeneficial to them‚ but are also unbeneficial to others too. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet’s tragic death occurs. Although it may seem like it was their fault‚ three minor characters also contributed to the star-crossed lovers’ tragic deaths. Mercutio‚ the Nurse and Friar Laurence were also to blame (Infinitive). One of the characters‚ who may not have seemed a significant figure in the
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Act 1- Scene 1 The first entrance of the ghost is made impressive because Marcellus and Bernardo only told Horatio about them seeing the ghost in the two nights before during their watch. Horatio did not believe them “Horatio says ‘tis but our fantasy and will not let belief take hold of him touching this sight twice seen of us;” (1.1.23-25) What makes the siting of the ghost so important is that the two guard believe it to be the ghost of the dead King Hamlet. When the ghost appears and Horatio
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Romeo and Juliet Essay: The 3 main people who caused Romeo and Juliet’s Death “Romeo‚ Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?” is one of Shakespeare’s famous quotes in the romantic tragic play “Romeo and Juliet”. (II‚ii‚36). The biggest tragedy of the play is that the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet could have been prevented. Nearly every person has contributed to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet‚ but the people who are the most to blame is Romeo‚ Juliet and Friar Lawrence. Romeo is responsible because
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Act 3 scene 5 is a key scene in Romeo and Juliet as it is the scene in which the audience feel most involved. Her emotions have an effect on the audience. The audience is an important part in this scene because they know about the secret of their marriage and there parents don’t‚ Lord and Lady Capulet & Lord and Lady Montague. In act three scene five Juliet’s emotions change dramatically from ecstatically happy to expressively sad. At the start of the scene Juliet’s emotions are confused
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Act one scene two started off with a speech by Claudius. Most of his speech was discussed in class where the speech was divided up by thought. I thought it was interesting how most of Claudius’s speech was separated to bring out pity and fear into the audience. Like his first thought was about his brother’s death (pity)‚ another thought was about his succession to the throne‚ and his last thought was about Fortinbras‚ the common enemy they all share and how they must be careful around their enemy
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Your Guilty‚ Romeo! If it weren’t for Romeo’s actions‚ both he and Juliet would have never fallen in love‚ and never ended up taking their own lives. Romeo is most at fault for his death and the death of Juliet because Romeo should have listened to Friar Lawrence. He should not have fallen in love with Juliet so easily‚ and he should have respected the feud between the two families and stayed away from the Capulets. Throughout the whole story‚ Friar Lawrence holds some responsibility for the tragedy
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