emotions in Act 2 Scene 2. At first‚ she sighs and says‚ "ay me" showing that she is wistful‚ dreamy and obviously thinking about Romeo. Juliet gets annoyed with the whole situation as she is thinking aloud to herself about how unfortunately she is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague. "Deny thy father‚ and refuse thy name; Or‚ if thou will not‚ be but sworn my love‚ And I’ll no longer be a Capulet." This shows her desperation and frustration with the circumstances. It means that she is in love with Romeo
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William Shakespeare uses many different techniques to show Juliet’s fears. The scene starts with Juliet telling the nurse and lady Capulet to leave her alone. Her statement‚ "God knows when we shall meet again‚" foreshadows disaster‚ implying that she may die. Juliet then starts questioning herself about taking the potion. Her speech takes us through her mixed and passionate emotions that make up her thoughts before drinking the potion. "I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins‚ That almost
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Act 2 Scene 2 is crucial to our understanding of the importance of power in the play I think that Act 2 Scene 2 has a variety of ways to portray power in the play. After the murder of Duncan‚ Macbeth constantly hears mysterious sounds that Lady Macbeth probably could not. This implies the presence of a supernatural power that could be controlling his mind. All throughout this scene‚ Macbeth faces illusions in his mind which seem to be forcing him to admit his guilt. However‚ Macbeth does not show
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Act 1- Scene 1 The first entrance of the ghost is made impressive because Marcellus and Bernardo only told Horatio about them seeing the ghost in the two nights before during their watch. Horatio did not believe them “Horatio says ‘tis but our fantasy and will not let belief take hold of him touching this sight twice seen of us;” (1.1.23-25) What makes the siting of the ghost so important is that the two guard believe it to be the ghost of the dead King Hamlet. When the ghost appears and Horatio
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In Macbeth‚ one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays‚ Macbeth is faced with very tough choices and encounters several moral dilemmas. In act one‚ it is revealed to him in a prophecy‚ proven to be accurate on two other occasions‚ that he is to become king. Although there’s already a healthy and great king‚ Duncan‚ Macbeth – now convinced it is his destiny – begins to have indecent thoughts about how to make the thrown his own. His mind quickly brings him to the idea of murdering Duncan. He tells
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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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Act 1 scene 3 The supernatural atmosphere of scene one is recreated by the witches’ description of their evil doings and by their charm. Their power is limited; they cannot kill the sailor but they can make his ship meet terrifying storms‚ and the poor man’s life a hell on earth. This foreshadows the outcome of the witches’ influence on Macbeth. He too will‚ for example‚ deprived of sleep. The limitation of their powers is an important fact to keep in mind. Macbeth’s first words echo those
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This scene takes place near the end of the end of the play. Ophelia has just died and her grave is being dug in the graveyard. Hamlet and Horatio come in and speak with the grave diggers. Later in the scene the funeral procession come through with Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ and Laertes. A major theme in this play is the conflict between action and inaction. Very few times in this play do the characters take action. It mainly a play of words and observation. So many scenes the characters stand‚ talk
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I do agree that the characters in this scene are portrayed in a very ambiguous manner. At this point in the play‚ many of the characters are masking their real feelings; this is usually quite apparent in their language and behaviour on stage. <br> <br>The structure of the scene is an important feature used to display the characters ’ ambiguity‚ especially with the characters of Hamlet and Claudius. Only Hamlet is alone on the stage at any one time‚ and is therefore the only character who can express
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Abdus Azad English 220 Dramatic Summary Dramatic Summary Act 3 Scene 2 of Tempest We begin the scene with Stephano‚ Trinculo‚ and Caliban. Stephano and Trinculo are drinking and Stephano orders Caliban to have a drink as well. All three of them drink‚ while Trinculo continues to make fun of Caliban insulting him by calling him things like half fish and half monster repeatedly‚ and Caliban gets upset of all the insults and also mocks Trinculo saying he is not courageous and will never serve him
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