This last speech of Othello is his way of expressing to viewers how he would have liked them to see the events of the play. However‚ his speech‚ albeit elegant and characteristic of Othello’s extravagant and Romantic use of language‚ is flawed‚ ironic and thus it is impossible to see the events of the play in the light that Othello would like us to. His account is merely how he would like the audience to view the play and not necessarily how the events of the play have indeed unfolded. Othello is
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categorized by the silver casket‚ which exhibits the idea that arrogance breeds foolishness. Within the silver casket is a picture of a fool‚ and discloses the truth about wisdom: “There be fools alive‚ iwis‚ / Silvered o’er—and so was this” (II.ix.74-5). The message says that although people can look wise and have an academic air about them‚ some of them are just simply fools. The academic air leads to an aura of arrogance‚ which can be seen especially in the Prince of Aragon. He is arrogant during the
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Shakespeare – Sonnet 116 Analysis and interpretation Sonnet 116 was written by William Shakespeare and published in 1609. William Shakespeare was an English writer and poet‚ and has written a lot of famous plays‚ amongst them Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare lived in the Elizabethan era. At that time‚ the literature and art was in bloom‚ and his works are clearly characterized by that era both as language and theme goes. A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines‚ three quatrains
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As this poem is a sonnet it has a rhythm as we read it. There are few words repeats in the line‚ “love is not love‚” and “remover to remove‚” they helps to makes the flow of the rhythm too. “Love’s not time’s fool‚” Shakespeare used personification which made an image of time being fool and that line means love is not trick of time. “Rosy lips and cheek‚” in that line he had described beauty of women. He also used onomatopoeia‚ “O no!” There is alliteration‚ “compass come.” This poetic and literary
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Twelfth Night to stay against the puritan cause. This was extremely clever. Malvolio links more and more into the story as it progresses; this is because he becomes similar to a 4th point in the love triangle. He is a pretentious‚ pompous‚ condescending fool in his actions and his thoughts. He thinks he is higher up the social ladder and house hierarchy when he is merely a steward who takes dislikes a little too far. Malvolio’s Punishment Malvolio may deserve his come-uppance‚ but there is an uncomfortable
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Ideals and relationships change throughout time; change itself is the evidence that time is moving forward. However‚ there are things that remain consistent and true‚ such as our relationship with God and the words of the wise. “The Wanderer” and the book of Ecclesiastes share parallel views within its discussions about mortality. Among many similarities between the two writings‚ “The Wanderer” states that “ all this earth rolls into emptiness” (105); while Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes: “I have
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FOOLS RUSH IN Two relative strangers try to turn a one night stand into a marriage in this romantic comedy. Alex Whitman (Matthew_Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type who‚ while enjoying a night on the town‚ meets Isabel Fuentes (Salma_Hayek)‚ a free-spirited Mexican-American photographer. Alex and Isabel are overtaken by lust at first sight and end
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damned villain!” “Keeps wassail” “drains his draughts of Rhenish down” “remorseless‚ treacherous‚ lecherous‚ kindless villain!” “what‚ frighted with false fire!” On Polonius: “these tedious old fools” “i’ll lug the guts into the neighbour room” “you are a fishmonger” “thou wretched rash‚ intruding fool‚ farewell.” On Gertrude/Ophelia/Women: “i shall in my best obey you madam” “Like Niobe‚ all tears” “incestuous sheets” “the funeral baked meats did coldly furnish the marriage tables” “Frailty
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comment about women does Lear make in his speech? 3. What is Kent’s opinion of the storm’s ferocity? 4. How does Lear’s remark “I am a man more sinn’d against than sinning” reflect his development as a human being within the play? 5. How does the Fool evaluate the state of Britain in his closing “prophecy”? Act III‚ Scene III 1. How do Regan‚ Goneril‚ and Cornwall react to Gloucester’s request to pity the King? 2. What information does Edmund share with the audience after his father tells him
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