Explore Shakespeare’s interest in deception based on your knowledge and understanding in the first two acts Shakespeare’s “King Lear” in a play filled with betrayal and various acts of deception. This becomes evident in the first few lines. The superficiality of Goneril and Regan empty words combined with their lack of love for their father foreshadows the events to come. We first see dishonesty in Act1 Scene1 with Lears “love test”. Goneril and Regans elegant yet false speeches oppose what they
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Audience : Are the people who are fans of George Orwell’s work‚ But also people who stand up for animal rights because the story is about “Shooting An Elephant ’’. Purpose : The purpose of “Shooting An Elephant ’’ is Orwell didn’t want to look like a fool. He wanted to be the indians hero. To rise above expectations. Subject : Orwell’s feeling towards the situation of “Shooting An Elephant ” Tone : One of the tones that are used in the narrative is Resentment . there is resentment towards the Burman
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shows how‚ as in Act 1 Scene 5‚ ‘foolery’ can have a serious satiric purpose. He equates fools and husbands (lines 31-4) and also makes a comment about Jove sending the clean-cut young Cesario ‘a beard’ (line 44)‚ a pointed observation sometimes taken to indicate that he knows the truth of the disguise. Feste sums up his role as ‘corrupter of words’ (lines 34-5); Viola observes that he ‘is enough to play the fool’ (line 58): perhaps Feste knows more about her than he is saying explicitly The treatment
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ANALYZING KING LEAR’S TRAGIC FLAWS King Lear is a play about a tragic hero‚ by the name of King Lear‚ whose flaws get the best of him. A tragic hero must possess three qualities. The first is they must have power‚ in other words‚ a leader. King Lear has the highest rank of any leader. He is a king. The next quality is they must have a tragic flaw‚ and King Lear has several of those. Finally‚ they must experience a downfall. Lear’s realization of his mistakes is more than a downfall
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time to transfer the obligation onto his three daughters and their husbands so he can relax. Shortly after giving up the land‚ Lear’s status deteriorates and he quickly goes from King to nobody. He ends up outside during a violent storm‚ with just his fool. Acknowledging his state and inability to escape the environment‚ Lear addresses nature: “You owe me no subscription. Then let fall Your horrible pleasure. Here I stand‚ your slave— A poor‚ infirm‚ weak‚ and despised old man.” (3.2.18-20) At this
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What I enjoy the most about King Lear is the rate at which the characters in the play develop. Through only the first act‚ most of the characters have changed dramatically since the start. Goneril and Regan were loving and kind to their father until he gave them rule over his kingdom. Now‚ they treat him as if he is a senile old man‚ a danger to himself and those around him. They show him little to no respect and begin taking things away from him such as his knights. Lear also matures throughout
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all his heart and lost” (13 – 14). Bummer for the man but I can’t feel too much empathy for him because man has been playing this game with women throughout many generations. It almost gives you a sense of vindication that they can finally feel the fool role that countless women have felt. That’s why the song resonates so hard in my head while reading this
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exhibit careful‚ logical planning? 13. Explain the various communal aspects of the Utopian plan of society. 14. How did the Utopians use gold and silver? What were their reasons for that practice? 15. How do the Utopians treat fools (fools in the sense of Shakespeare’s fools or clowns)? 16. Does the manner of dress among the Utopians appeal to you? What do you think caused More to propose such measures? Do you recall any precedents for that manner of dress? 17. What is the attitude of the Utopians
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Fairy tales have for generations been a way of passing down moral values and life lessons through use of the fantastic. Whether it be focused on honesty‚ bravery‚ or even altruism‚ these stories have been a useful parenting tool since their creation. More than just for parents‚ fairy tales have been used by teachers‚ siblings‚ and community members in order to help nudge children closer to fitting the societal model of a good citizen. That being said‚ it is completely understandable that such an
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“[putting] on a record (Donna Summer: Love to Love you” among other things yet after one small spat shall we say with her husband represses back to having the personality the audience believes she’s trying to hide. Some might also say that Leigh’s use of fools near the end of Act 1 is to create after a very tense moment. An example of this would be after Laurence makes quite a long speech which gives us an idea of his views about people as he says that people often “just drift through life‚ without any real
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