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    Violence in Macbeth Violence in Macbeth is brought from the witches‚” fair is foul and foul is fair”. The behavior involving physical force intended to kill someone which is the most obvious level of physical tragedy throughout the scenes of Macbeth. There was a lot of violence starting with the prophecies that were given which caused Lady Macbeth to plan the violent murder of Duncan. Killing Macbeth was a great idea but there was a lot of murdering involved. She did a well job of leaving

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    Analysing Act 2 scene 2 Controlling Idea – In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet he has used language features and textual features to construct the character of Romeo to be naive about love and willing to do anything to be with his love‚ Juliet. This is expressed by how quickly his love for Rosaline is replaced by his love for Juliet‚ showing he doesn’t know the true meaning of love but - is in love with the idea of love. Introduction – William Shakespeare is using both language and

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    Hamlet Act 2 Assessment

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    he to Hecuba‚/ That he should weep for her? what would he do‚/ Had he the motive and the cue for passion/ That I have? He would drown in the stage with tears/ And cleave the general war with horrid speech" (II.ii.554-561). •He decides that adding scenes that depict his fathers death will make Claudius outwardly guilty looking instead of just acting on it and killing Claudius‚ which if Hamlet wasn’t mad‚ would be able to do. "With most miraculous organ‚ I’ll have these players/ Play something like

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    Christianity‚ Elizabeth finally settled what her siblings could not. Shakespeare‚ as a respected playwright‚ had a duty to affirm both protestant and catholic belief in the present monarch to prevent a civil war (which unfortunately broke out just 40 years later). In this essay I will analyse three speeches from the play and deduce how they present Henry V as a bold and noble gentleman‚ worthy of ruling England. Siege of Harfleur Act 3 Scene 1 The first speech I am going to analyse‚ takes place half-way

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    Aaliyah Act 2 Summary

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    Act 1 This is a tale about a beautiful young Arabic peasant girl by the name of Aaliyah and her complicated journey to marry her one true love. Aaliyah is in love with the handsome prince‚ who is unfortunately unaware of her existence. The first act opens up with Aaliyah alone working after hours in the antique shop located in the heart of the village’s main marketplace. She discovers a small gold lamp‚ which someone had abandoned and brought in to be re-sold. She was automatically fascinated by

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    ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragic love story‚ written by William Shakespeare. ’Romeo and Juliet’ is thought to have been written in 1595 or 1596. Romeo meets a beautiful girl named Juliet who he falls in love with. She is a member of a family that Romeo’s family is at conflict with. There love is forbidden‚ but they go against it and pledge themselves to each other. Juliet‚ in order to be with Romeo‚ pretends to kill herself‚ but he does not know. Romeo finds Juliet in her pretend death believes it

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    significant imagery to show the isolation and importance of the situation. There is a certain tension in the air when the two old friends reconnect after their falling out. They are alone in the middle of nowhere: “Victor looked around the desert‚ sniffed the air‚ felt the emptiness and loneliness” (159). Alexie uses imagery to encapsulate the situation that the two young men are in. To help the reader feel the tension of the isolated experience‚ imagery is used to describe the spacious and lonely desert

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    In this essay‚ I am going to analyse scenes from Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ – a tragedy written early in Shakespeare’s career‚ between 1591 and 1595 – and explore how Shakespeare develops Romeo and Juliet’s relationship in 2 scenes: Act I‚ Scene V and Act II‚ Scene II. In the beginning of Act I‚ Scene V‚ there is a contrast of light and dark where Romeo sees Juliet for the first time – “O‚ she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night. Like a rich

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    Macbeth Act 2 Summary

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    Summary Macbeth meets Banquo in the courtyard of his castle. Banquo is restless because he cannot decide how he feels about the witches and their prophecies. Macbeth pretends indifference‚ but casually agrees to talk about it if Banquo would like. They agree‚ and Banquo leaves. Macbeth again takes time to examine the pros and cons of going through with the plot‚ and begins to see illusions‚ starting with a dagger floating in the air in front of him. He seems to go back and forth‚ but eventually

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    1. Explain the references to suicide in ACT 3 scenes 2 and 3. The references to suicide in ACT 3 scenes 2 and 3 were; to me‚ when the nurse came in ACT 3 scene 2 and said the it was a piteous corpse‚ a bloody piteous corpse‚ pale‚ pales as ashes…all in gore-blood. And also another reference was when Juliet was talking about the devil tormenting her in some way because it was her cousin who died and her lover who killed him. Plus in ACT 3 scene 3 Romeo talks about more about his doom with the Prince

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