What happens in Act 3 Scene 1? It is a crucial scene‚ a turning point and it determines the rest of the action. It is a tense and exciting scene for the audience and tragic at the same time. In this scene‚ soon after Romeo and Juliet secret marriage‚ Tybalt kills Mercutio and then Romeo kills Mercutio to take revenge. Then‚ Romeo is banished from Verona. Paragraph1: Why were tension and excitement created? Mercutio is not in a good mood but he is in argumentative mood‚ he seems angry
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The Tempest Act 1:2 The first of the play’s sub-plots continues the theme of usurpation introduced in Act I scene 2. There is a clear parallel between Antonio’s coup against his brother Prospero‚ Sebastian’s pledge to murder his brother‚ and the plot devised by Caliban‚ Stephano and Trinculo against Prospero. On the island‚ natural order seems to have descended into chaos‚ and man’s natural instinct for power and liberty inspires a series of murderous plans. The reference to the marriage
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Clip 1‚ “Task 2 Engaging Class Discussion‚” illustrates a time during my lesson that I engaged students to construct meaning from two film adaptations of the same scene‚ Act 3 Scene 4‚ from Hamlet. I engaged the class by asking questions to draw inquiry‚ and it initiated a class discussion‚ where students were drawing on their initial reactions and interpretations that they had from just reading the text and comparing them to their interpretation now after watching both clips. I wanted the students
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For my IOC commentary I have been given the extract from Act 1 scene 5 from the play Romeo and Juliet. This is one of the most famous and important scenes in this play as this is the first time Romeo and Juliet‚ the two main characters meet. Prior to this scene the audience are made aware that Romeo has no interest in going to the Capulet’s party but he only agrees to show to mercutio that there is no one as beautiful as Rosaline‚ the girl whom Romeo was in love with before he met Juliet. The main
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grave-digging and murder in many of his works‚ which were the acute reflection of Victorian society’s foremost fears. One of the main assets of his work‚ however‚ was his ability to build intense suspense. By using a variety of techniques‚ Poe was able to create tension and mystery in his short stories. In this essay I will aim to describe his myriad methods. Poe employs excessively detailed descriptions and repetition to delay the reader’s arrival at the final climax; he did this because he wanted to give time
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Macbeth: Act 3 Scene 4 ‘They say‚ blood will have blood’ ‘Lesser than Macbeth but greater‚’ theses are the words which make Macbeth start to think about whether his bestfriend‚ Banqou‚ can be trusted. In one of the first scenes of the play the three witches tell him this after he killed King Duncan. The words start to drive him insane as he starts to believe that Banquo or his son‚ Fleance‚ may take the throne away from him. His sanity leads him to killing Banquo‚ making him so guilty that he breaks
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The setting of this scene is in Manhattan‚ New York City. More specifically‚ it takes place in the office building of a prominent real estate company. Thomas Rael’s meeting room corresponds to King Lear’s round table‚ and it is here where Rael announces that he is dividing up the shares of his company. The season is winter‚ to represent the conflict that arrises between Rael and his children‚ and it is set in modern day. This allows for the integration of modern technology such as phones and cars
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Montague‚ son of the great Lord Montague. Mercutio‚ kin to Prince Escalus‚ was the other casualty. He was allegedly slain by Tybalt‚ using Romeo as a shield when trying to break them up. Benvolio‚ of the Montagues‚ was an eye-witness to the terrible scene and was interviewed for hid full report on what happened. According to him‚ Tybalt wanted to fight Romeo‚ but Romeo declined and tried to mediate the situation also making alleged suggestions that they were related. And Mercutio‚ who had some violent
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lasts for the novel’s entirety. We are shown similarities between Dickens’ early childhood memories and the protagonist’s inability to defend himself against the injustices he discovers throughout the early years of life. Dickens successfully creates a sympathetic mood through a range of techniques‚ including an exquisite use of emotive dialogue‚ sophisticated imagery and symbolism. He explores and brings originality to timeless themes such as fear‚ loneliness‚ luck‚ classism‚ social justice
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Act 1 of ’Othello’ is all based around one evening’s events in Venice. It is very fast paced‚ where many things happen in a short time span. The opening of the Act is an argument with Iago and Roderigo‚ in which the audience first see Iago’s character emerging. In the opening scene‚ Iago displays his crude characteristics and language. Perhaps his most revealing declaration at this point is his proud boast `I am not what I am’. Though Roderigo is evidently meant to take this as reassurance that
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