How is Prospero presented in Act 1 of The Tempest? In Act 1 of The Tempest Prospero is presented negatively. He is presented negatively by symbolising excessive power of England in the 17th century and people as a whole. Prospero’s power is represented by his control over Caliban‚ Ariel‚ Ferdinand and aspects of Miranda’s life‚ (her love life). Another negative presentation is that Prospero is resentful and angry. This can be seen from his brother’s betrayal. This makes Prospero’s character more
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Act I Scenes 1&2 1. What is the meaning of “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair”? Things that are normally considered good are undesirable to the witches‚ and actions and things considered evil they consider good. 2. What description does the Captain (Sergeant) give to Duncan about battle? He says that Macbeth fought bravely & defeated the enemy. 3. What characteristics of the King are evident? He rewards loyalty & values trust. 4. What punishment is pronounced upon the Thane of Cawdor? He will
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Major Themes in Hamlet The Mystery of Death In the aftermath of his father’s murder‚ Hamlet is obsessed with the idea of death‚ and over the course of the play he considers death from a great many perspectives. He ponders both the spiritual aftermath of death‚ embodied in the ghost‚ and the physical remainders of the dead‚ such as by Yorick’s skull and the decaying corpses in the cemetery. Throughout‚ the idea of death is closely tied to the themes of spirituality‚ truth‚ and uncertainty in that
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Analysis on Hamlet In one of the greatest plays‚ Hamlet‚ William Shakespeare introduces a tragic story of the royal family of Denmark‚ which contains elements of politics‚ loyalty‚ heroism‚ friendship‚ and love. Allan Massie‚ a writer for The spectator‚ argues that Prince Hamlet is “an indecisive and self-questioning Romantic intellectual (the Gielgud interpretation)‚ or as a mixed-up kid‚ immature‚ uncertain of himself‚ veering from self-love to self-loathing by way of self-pity.” However‚ Hamlet‚ the
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Act 1 Plot: When the play first opens we hear 3 strange witches standing in a field while it is thunder and lightening. They begin to chant spells and talk about their meeting with Macbeth as they vanish into thin air. Not to far from the field‚ there is a battle taking place‚ the King of Scotland is there with some of his followers. The king is much to old to fight for himself‚ so he sends to hear how his army is doing. A badly injured soldier then returns from battle to tell Duncan how dreadfully
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What is the function of ‘Act 1’ In ‘Journeys End?’ After reading ‘Act 1’‚ we instantly get given a slight insight on some of the horrendous conditions of war‚ which is something you do initially expect to entice before reading a war play. It plays a role of developing audiences feelings and expectations by aspects such as stage directions‚ the setting‚ sounds and lighting giving you a deeper depth of realisation of how men really lived in the trenches‚ how they really acted and how they
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the play Hamlet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the main character‚ Hamlet‚ goes through many changes as a character. In the seven soliloquies of Hamlet we see his thoughts on the pointlessness of existence‚ his thoughts of committing suicide‚ and his thoughts on death‚ suffering‚ and action. All of the soliloquies in Hamlet show us how Hamlet’s character changes and develops over the course of the play and how Hamlet becomes a stronger character then he was at the beginning of the play. Act 1‚ Scene 2
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Hamlet: Coward Many people proclaim Hamlet a hero‚ but I believe he stands as a coward who questions himself. Hamlet’s intellectual ability is superior to others‚ but there lies his weakness. His thinking in certain situations and personal needs characterize Hamlet as a coward of mind‚ not action. Hamlet is a coward because he is unable to make decisions. To begin with‚ Hamlet’s first instance of showing a cowardly mindset is when he questions himself in his “Oh what a peasant slave am I” soliloquy
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quotes/examples from the reading (20 points) 1. In Act 3‚ Scene 3‚ Hamlet has an opportunity to kill Claudius‚ but he does not act. One scene later‚ however‚ Hamlet does not hesitate at all when he kills Polonius in Gertrude’s chamber. Why is Hamlet able to act in Scene 4 but not in Scene 3? What does this tell readers and viewers about Hamlet’s character? Answer: Hamlet decided against killing Claudius in Scene 3 because Hamlet thought Claudius
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Enc. 1102.217 Literary Review Shakespeare “Othello” Act IV Scene 1: Summary Enter Iago and Othello with Iago almost forcing the Moor to imagine his wife and Cassio together intimately. Iago then begins to ask about the loss of the handkerchief‚ as if to add fuel to the fire‚ saying that if Desdemona could in fact give away the handkerchief so freely what else could she give away just as easily. Othello had completely forgotten all about the matter with the handkerchief
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