in love even though they are from feuding families. This allows dramatic irony throughout the play. For example: A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.’ (Narrator‚ prologue‚ line 6) This means that they meet by chance and that they will die together. After they meet at the ball they do not know who oneanother is and after enquiring they find they are from the rival families. After Juliet finds out Romeo is a Montague she says to herself: My only love sprung from my only true hate!’(Juliet
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is revealed to be the ghost of the late King Hamlet in a full suit of armor. The guards had previously attempted to speak with the ghost‚ but the ghost never responded. Horatio decides that he should inform Prince Hamlet about the ghost and exits. Scene two begins in a large room in the castle where the new King‚ Claudius‚ is celebrating his marriage to Hamlet’s mother‚ Gertrude. The
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Narrator: The Merchant of Venice is set in 16th century Italy. Venice‚ a city of canals‚ at that time was a famous cultural and trading centre. Antonio is a leading merchant in the city. The scene opens on a street in Venice. (Enter Antonio‚ Salerio and Solanio from left side of stage. They walk up to the centre) Antonio: Truly‚ I don’t know why I’m feeling sad; It’s tiresome; you say you’re tired of it too. But I have no idea why I started feeling this way. And this sadness makes me lose
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How Does Priestley Present the Character of Mr Birling in Act 1? Mr Birling is presented as a successful businessman‚ who has been active in local politics and was Lord Mayor of Brumley (although it may become clear that he does not care about the local community). Mr Birling is also wife of Sybil Birling and the father of Sheila and Eric. From the first set of stage directions we know that the family is comfortable in their wealth and also found out that Arthur Birling’s wife is his social superior
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How does the writer explore the themes of tolerance and empathy in chapters 2 and 3? In chapter 2 Miss Caroline is introduced. She has come across as a very sweet and innocent lady. “She had bright auburn hair‚ pink cheeks and wore crimson finger- nail polish. She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop”. This quote highlights her innocence and exaggerates the difference between Miss Caroline‚ who is very clean-cut‚ to the rest of Maycomb‚ which is less educated and poor. Miss Caroline states that
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The play Romeo and Juliet has two themes that rely on each other to create an understanding of the dynamics of relationships - the power of love and hate. One could easily conceive that hatred is the stronger theme when looking at the tragic denouement that befalls the star - crossed lovers. The ongoing feud between the Capulets and Montagues‚ functioning as a mean of hatred results in the deaths of the youths. However‚ a more profound exploration widens our horizons. Romeo and Juliet has become
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Autumn Cook Mrs. Schaeffer/ Mrs. Lavie English 9 Period 1 11 November 2012 Summary of Act I of “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” In Scene I‚ Samson and Gregory are saying how much they hate the Montagues. When they see the Montagues-Abram and Balthasar‚ Sampson bites his thumb at them‚ and him and Abram begin to fight. Benvolio and Tybalt enter‚ and they fight. Later an Officer‚ Citizens‚ Capulet‚ Lady Capulet‚ Montague‚ Lady Montague‚ and following Prince Escalus enter. The Prince announces
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How does Priestley present Mr Birling in Act one? The play‚ by J.B Priestley‚ was set in 1912 because the author wanted to give an audience a better understanding of the contrast in social class and hierarchy‚ which was split into Upper‚ Middle and working class‚ compared to what they had in 1945‚ when the play was written. Additionally‚ by setting it during The Edwardian era‚ the assemblage is able to observe the domineering Capitalistic views which is the heart of Arthur Birling’s philosophy.
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Impressions of Hobson in act 1 In act one of Hobson’s choice we get a very negative impression on Hobson. When we first see Hobson he is hung-over over from the night before‚ as he had a masons meeting we see this from the conversation with Maggie and Vicky who are working while their father sleeps of his hangover they say “Has he had breakfast yet‚ Maggie? Breakfast! With a Masons’ meeting last night!” so straight away we see him a negative light and we see that this is a regular thing as the
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Shakespeare is a great playwright‚ and sonneteer‚ his work is admired by many people world wide and he proves to have been very good with his work on love in his writings. His sonnets are special‚ in that the overall perspective is not expected to be given in such a way; meaning that readers would expect that a male poet of his time would give more attention to the love of the female rather than writing 126 out of 154 sonnets for a young man more or less. For this paper I will be presenting the three
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