In ’Romeo and Juliet’‚ Shakespeare portrays different aspects and types of love in many ways. The obvious love is the fateful love between Romeo and Juliet although the play also displays platonic love‚ maternal love and aspects of adolescent love. The first kind of love shown in the play is teenage love through Romeo. Montague tells us that "Many a morning hath he (Romeo) been seen... adding to the clouds more clouds with his deep sighs." Romeo is often seen sighing showing that he is either depressed
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare‚ the author uses light or the absence of light to enhance and/or contribute to the mood of a particular scene. As viewers watch Romeo and Juliet fall in love‚ the obstacles that complicate their unfair love become very obvious. Shakespeare uses light and dark images to add to the mood of his play. Usually in text and stories from the beginning of time‚ to modern-day‚ light would correspond with good‚ and dark with evil. Shakespeare on the other hand would often
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Goneril and Regans elegant yet false speeches oppose what they really feel. Goneril speaks first and says “I love you more than words can wield the matter”‚ the reason why there are no words to express this love‚ is because she feels none for him‚ it does not exist. Regan emphasizes the value of her love; she
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Hamlet lectures the players on how to act as his part. Horation enters the hall and Hamlet praises him. Hamlet asks him to watch Claudius carefully during the play. The King and The Queen enter the hall and Hamlet begin to act strangely in front of them. The play begins‚ which a man
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The play Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ tells the story of an honored general and thane of the King of Scotland. At the beginning even though Macbeth is well honored‚ after being told by three witches that he is to become king‚ he becomes obsessed with gaining more power and becoming king anyway he can. Macbeth’s decision to kill Duncan and Banquo‚ and to also kill the whole Macduff family‚ shows that Macbeth was addicted to power and would do anything to gain power no matter who he killed to get
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There are many different symbols used in Macbeth‚ such as nature‚ weather‚ witches‚ and sleep. The symbol that is mentioned throughout the play is blood‚ and it has a very deep and heavy meaning. Throughout the entire play‚ blood is mentioned multiple times due to all the murders committed. Macbeth shows many different meanings for blood‚ but the one that is displayed the strongest is guilt. The mood‚ the repetition‚ and In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the blood that is shed in the murders symbolizes
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forbid: Weary se’n nights nine times nine Shall he dwindle‚ peak and pine: Though his bark cannot be lost Yet it shall be tempest-tost.” Much more than the other elements‚ the Witches introduce an element of supernatural mystery and fear into Macbeth. As Coleridge says‚ “as true a creation of Shakespeare’s as his Ariel and Caliban” and “wholly different from the representation of witches in the contemporary writers‚ and yet presented a sufficient external resemblance to the creatures of vulgar
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Explore how Steinbeck presents and develops the character of George In the well known novel “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck‚ the first character you meet is George‚ he is immediately seen as the leader of the pair‚ George and Lennie. He is “small and quick‚ dark of face” and is identified as a worker‚ because of the clothes he wears and possessions he carries‚ for example‚ his “tight blanket roll” and his hard wearing “denim” clothes. George is normally seen as being angry most of
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How does Shakespeare introduce the theme of madness in the first two acts of Hamlet? It is debatable whether Hamlet’s apparent madness is natural‚ due to the series of previous events‚ or whether he feigns his madness. The first line of the play- ‘who’s there?’ immediately creates a sense of the unknown‚ and this is supported by the fear of a potential invasion from Norway on Denmark at the time the play is set. The first sign of Hamlet’s madness is evident when the Ghost departs after speaking
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How does Shakespeare create sympathy for Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare creates sympathy for the two protagonists in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ skilfully using emotive language‚ sonnet form‚ alliteration and metaphor. Before the play begins‚ the audience are told that it will end in a disaster. This creates an emotive reaction in the audience throughout the play as they are reminded of the fate of the two young lovers. This is emphasised by the fact that the protagonists foreshadow their own
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