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    Shakespeare uses minor characters to represent significant themes throughout Hamlet. Minor characters often contribute to the plot and illuminate key themes just as much as major characters do. Seemingly meaningless conversations where minor characters are present can actually contain important underlying information. Minor characters often reflect the same problems that major characters have and contribute to major themes in the work. In Hamlet‚ Shakespeare uses the minor character Guildenstern

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    Shakespeare had a very diverse vocabulary which made him talented writer. Many of the phrases that he wrote within his works are still being used today. However‚ the phrases that he created during his time now have a new meaning behind it. As civilizations continue to advance and change with time‚ the language also changes as well which is why the phrases and expressions used back then have some different meanings in present day. For example‚ the phrase‚ "Good riddance‚" can be interpreted as an

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    point of the play‚ the readers can now see the similarities between King Lear and Edmund in how they are both being portrayed as a low person in society who has received no respect. Both King Lear and Edmund main desire are to be accepted and loved‚ but due to the unjust and uncontrollable treatment they received‚ they turn to nature and its laws of equality. As these similarities continue to unite‚ it shows that King Lear’s mind is now transitioning from Goneril and Regan’s vice of greed to Edmund’s

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    the play MacbethShakespeare utilizes children to demonstrate the wickedness and fruitlessness of Macbeth’s reign as king. Macduff’s murdered children illustrate the miniscule value that Macbeth places on human life – even a child. The child‚ Fleance symbolizes that the innocent will ultimately reign after Macbeth’s untimely demise. The apparition of a bloody child symbolizes Macbeth’s killer‚ Macduff‚ who “from his mother’s womb/ [was] Untimely ripp’d (5.8.15-16).” The children in Macbeth exemplify

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    How does Shakespeare present the theme of deception in the first two acts of Twelfth night? Shakespeare’s Twelfth night‚ focuses mainly on the theme of deception in both main plot and the sub-plot. Not only do the characters deceive each other‚ but many of them are also self-deceived and we‚ as the audience‚ begin to realise ourselves that we are sometimes deceived. This creates great opportunities for Shakespeare to create humour and dramatic irony‚ which a Shakespearian audience would understand

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    That is not exactly how the song goes‚ but Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare explores this very current concept. Shakespeare’s early plays were written in the conventional style of the day‚ with elaborate metaphors and rhetorical phrases that did not always align naturally with the story’s plot or characters. However‚ William Shakespeare was very innovative‚ adapting this traditional style to his own purposes‚ capturing a complete range of human emotion and conflict. Shakespeare primarily used a

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    Within the play Romeo and Juliet‚ the theme of conflict is underlying the passion and endearment felt by the love – struck teenagers. Shakespeare illustrates that love is developing in the midst of violent conflict‚ at the centre of the feud. This gives the impression that the contrast of love and hate is the cause for the ‘ancient grudge’ to resurface‚ and to break ‘new munity.’ The theme of Conflict is explored throughout the play‚ by illustrating the Tension and hatred between two conflicting

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    The Relationship of Macbeth and his wife in Act 1 Scene 5 and 7 From the beginning of the play‚ the relationship between Macbeth and his wife seem to be the expected partnership in romance‚ however‚ as the play progresses‚ our expectations seems to change for the worst. We are informed that Macbeth desires to be King of Scotland and initially‚ his wife appears to be supportive of him as a wife should be but her response to this changes quite drastically as we read further on. We are first introduced

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    How does George Orwell convey his thoughts and feelings to the reader? George Orwell conveys his thoughts and feelings to the reader in many numbers of ways. One way in which he does this‚ is with his use of language in the third paragraph. Although the third paragraph is very short‚ it is clear to see what George Orwell’s feelings are about the Elephant. ‘It seemed to me that it would be murder to shoot him’ shows the reader that Orwell did not want to shoot the Elephant as he would feel like

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    The Impact of Shakespeare Shakespeare is known for his astonishing plays and mysterious ways of thinking. Teaching Shakespeare at school‚ though is a whole another matter. Teaching Shakespeare to students can help increase their development‚ brain wise‚ and teach youngsters about life lessons they have learned from reading his work. His work has a big impact in society‚ whether it’s prisoners lives turning around or showing the perspectives of young people making the reader/audience learn something

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