How does Shakespeare use linguistic and dramatic devices to introduce the character of Hamlet in Act 1? Hamlet is first introduced in Act 1Scene 2 by Claudius; “But now my cousin Hamlet‚ and my son - ” There is the use of a dramatic hyphen which emphasises the significance of the entrance of Hamlet‚ as well as the use of a paraprosdokian sentence which surprises the audience and potentially causes them to try and reinterpret what has been said. Claudius’ sentence could also be interpreted as a
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To be able to access the true essence of the introductory scene and figure out its significance‚ its imperative to have proper understanding of what meaning the exposition in its description has in its holds. An exposition in a play is the means used by the playwright as a tool to provide certain background details concerning the characters’ histories‚ setting and theme‚ which serves the purpose of aiding the reader towards having a proper comprehension of the play by placing before him the summarized
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How does Arthur Miller create drama and tension in Act 1 of ‘The Crucible’? The Crucible is a play‚ which explores the witch- hunting hysteria that happened in Salem 1692. Miller uses this “organized mass-hysteria”[1] to comment on his own similar experience during the 1950s. Through “The Crucible”‚ Miller is able to draw an analogy between the hysteria of the Salem witch-trails and its modern parallel of the anti communist ‘witch-hunts’ which occurred due to the HUAC-House of un-American Committee
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Hamlet Questions Act I‚ Sc i: Midnight on the Ramparts 1) At the beginning of the play‚ the atmosphere is dark‚ cold and foggy‚ which helps establish a strange‚ full of fear and mystical setting. 2) Francesco says: “For this relief much thanks‚ ‘tis bitter cold and now I am sick at heart” (Act 1 Sc i L.7-8) Horatio says: “What‚ has the thing appeare’d again to-night?”(Act 1 Sc i L.21) 3) From this scene‚ we learn about the background information such as how Hamlet Sr. was killed before the beginning
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Act 1 - Scene 4 Mercutio and Benvolio try to persuade Romeo to continue on with crashing the party at the Capulet’s with an optimistic mindset. This is because Romeo was in a nervous state caused by a dream he had depicting a life’s end. Had Romeo listened to his dream‚ many others‚ including himself‚ would have lived passed the next few days. Act 2 - Scene 3 Romeo meets up with Friar Lawrence to request him to marry Juliet to him. Friar Lawrence agrees to wed the two but not after questioning
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ACT I Questions 1. As the play opens‚ you find the witches casting spells‚ chanting "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair./ Hover through the fog and filthy air." This paradox will occur many times in the play. How can something be fair and foul at the same time? Situationally‚ I think this makes more sense when you consider it in the sense of an outcome. War can be foul‚ but the outcome fair…depending what side you are on. 2. The reader ’s first impression of Macbeth actually
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QUESTIONS FOR ACT ONE OF THE CRUCIBLE 1. Where and when is the opening scene of the play set? Salem‚ 1962‚ in the upstairs bedroom of Samuel Parris’ house 2. Why has Parris sent for Reverend Hale from Beverly? To discover if there is witchcraft in Salem‚ Massachusetts 3. What do we learn about the events in the forest and Abigail Williams’ connections with the Proctor family? We learn that the events in the forest are evil and that the devil does his work in the forest and that evil
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How all occasions do inform against me‚/ And spur my dull revenge! What is a man/ If his chief good and market of his time/ Be but to sleep and feed? A beast‚ no more./ Sure‚ he that made us with such large discourse‚/ Looking before and after‚ gave us not/ That capability and godlike reason/ To fust in us unused. Now‚ whether it be/ Bestial oblivion‚ or some craven scruple / Of thinking too precisely on th’ event—/ A thought which‚ quartered‚ hath but one part wisdom/ And ever three parts coward—I
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How does Shakespeare present strong feelings about love in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ In Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice There are many examples of strong love. The two most prominent examples of strong love are romantic love and unrequited love. In Romeo and Juliet‚ there appears to be more examples of unrequited love than that of romantic love‚ despite the main theme of the play being the romantic love between Romeo and Juliet. The unrequited love between Romeo
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“The Tempest” is a tragic comedy and was written by William Shakespeare in 1611. The title “Tempest” means a violent windy storm and gives us an idea that the play is about a storm. Shakespeare’s presents the theme of power and control throughout Act 1 in the play. In Act 1 Scene 1 the King of Naples and his men are heading back from his daughter’s wedding on a ship when they are swept up in a huge storm. When this storm takes place the boatswain is in control of the ship and has the power to tell
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