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    Remind yourself of Act 1 scene 5 and its significance in the play. Starting with this scene‚ explore the ways in which the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is presented in Shakespeare’ play‚ and in one or more performed versions of the play. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ he explores the relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and how it changes. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are of complex personalities‚ that share the same ambition and desire which leads the couple into a course of deplorable

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    Lady Macbeth’s character is painted in the segment of her reading of the letter in Act 1‚ Scene 5. She is presented full of lust for power and manipulative‚ using her cunning to get what she wants.In the letter. Macbeth writes to Lady Macbeth of his promotion to thane of Glamis and Cawdor‚ the Weird sisters‚ and the witches prophecies of him being king. She knows he is too moral and ethical to act on his ambition and chance to be king. She vows he will get what is rightfully his and will go to any

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    Macbeth Banquet Scene

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    Act 3‚ Scene IV In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the banquet scene’s purpose is to show the chaos and inner turmoil within Macbeth as the guilt from his past crimes tears away at his conscience. In essence‚ the weight of carrying all the guilt and remorse takes a toll on his mental state. This banquet scene is dedicated in showing three themes that are constantly depicted throughout the play. These three themes consist of disorder‚ justice‚ and sleep; they all make evident the fact that Macbeth’s character

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    Macbeth, the dagger scene

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    Commentary: MacbethAct II‚ Scene I “Is this a dagger which I see before me…” Macbeth is one of the most famous plays written by William Shakespeare. The play tells the story of Macbeth‚ Thane of Glamis whose dark ambition will lead him to murder the king and take his crown. This passage is Macbeth’s first soliloquy extracted from the Scene I of Act II‚ also known as the “dagger scene”. This is the scene that precedes Duncan’s murder. Many themes are recurring throughout the play and this

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    Tartuffe Act 2 Essay

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    At the start of act II Orgon finds his daughter and they discuss how loyal she is to her father‚ after the discussion Orgon then proceeds to tell his daughter that she needs to say how she finds Tartuffe to be a very worthy man and that she would love to be his wife. As the reader I find this to be very problematic because we already know how deceitful Tartuffe is. Dorine the comical maid points out to Orgon that Tartuffe has no property and no social alliances‚ and that if his daughter is to marry

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    Hamlet Act 2 Assessment

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    he to Hecuba‚/ That he should weep for her? what would he do‚/ Had he the motive and the cue for passion/ That I have? He would drown in the stage with tears/ And cleave the general war with horrid speech" (II.ii.554-561). •He decides that adding scenes that depict his fathers death will make Claudius outwardly guilty looking instead of just acting on it and killing Claudius‚ which if Hamlet wasn’t mad‚ would be able to do. "With most miraculous organ‚ I’ll have these players/ Play something like

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    Aaliyah Act 2 Summary

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    Act 1 This is a tale about a beautiful young Arabic peasant girl by the name of Aaliyah and her complicated journey to marry her one true love. Aaliyah is in love with the handsome prince‚ who is unfortunately unaware of her existence. The first act opens up with Aaliyah alone working after hours in the antique shop located in the heart of the village’s main marketplace. She discovers a small gold lamp‚ which someone had abandoned and brought in to be re-sold. She was automatically fascinated by

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    It takes a lot to murder someone. It takes a lot of courage and nerve‚ and you can’t back down at the last moment or chicken out. However‚ it can also take some persuasion. These are wise words that Lady Macbeth not-so-kindly tells Macbeth. At the beginning of Act 1. Scene 7‚ Macbeth is contemplating whether murdering King Duncan is such a grand idea after all. “I dare do all that may become a man. Who dares do more is none” (47). He is extremely hesitant- he wants to become king but he is unsure

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    In Act 1‚ Scene 5‚ Lady Macbeth receives a letter from Macbeth‚ telling her of the witches’ prediction that he will be king. Lady Macbeth’s first reaction is to say "shalt be what thou art promis’d". She then says "yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full o’ the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way". By this she means that she fears that he is too kind to do what he needs to do to become king‚ by killing Duncan. Her use of the word milk is interesting as it is a very feminine word‚

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    1. Explain the references to suicide in ACT 3 scenes 2 and 3. The references to suicide in ACT 3 scenes 2 and 3 were; to me‚ when the nurse came in ACT 3 scene 2 and said the it was a piteous corpse‚ a bloody piteous corpse‚ pale‚ pales as ashes…all in gore-blood. And also another reference was when Juliet was talking about the devil tormenting her in some way because it was her cousin who died and her lover who killed him. Plus in ACT 3 scene 3 Romeo talks about more about his doom with the Prince

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