SUMMARY Scene I A doctor and gentlewoman are at the castle watching Lady MacBeth because she has been sleeping walking. When Lady MacBeth enters the scene she washes her hands saying there is blood on them and refers to the murders: Duncan‚ Banquo‚ and Lady MacDuff. Once she leaves the doctor looks stunned at such behavior. Scene II A group of Scottish lords gather together to discuss the military situation. It is decided that the Scottish army will meet the English army led by Malcolm
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Directing Malvolio in Act 2 Scene 3 In the set scenes we see Malvolio acting in a very arrogant and self-important way towards Feste‚ Maria‚ Sir Toby and Sir Andrew. This makes them decide to play a trick on him to teach him a lesson. When Malvolio arrives‚ Sir Toby‚ Sir Andrew and Feste are up late at night singing‚ dancing and drinking. Maria comes to tell them to be quiet‚ but does not seem very angry. Malvolio’s attitude is completely different. He asks if they are "mad" and says: "Have ye
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The scene starts with Friar Laurence‚ Romeo’s friends. He is collecting herbs and flowers to medicate and poison. Stating the 2 elements in everything- good and evil. Romeo arrives. Friar blesses him and tells him not to worry because he is too young to think about things and he should get to bed early and get plenty of sleep. When Friar asks Romeo that he is being with Rosaline or not. Romeo answers with a no‚ telling that everything is over between Rosaline and Romeo. Romeo tells him that he is
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We will speak further‚ says Macbeth. If mine own face is a book of strange matters‚ then his reads uncertainty and doubt. But with the guidance of his doting wife‚ we can quash these fleeting qualms. For is it not a wifes duty to grease the wheel of ambition so that her husband can be successful? Behind every great man‚ is there not a guiding woman? If dear Macbeth could only place his trust into my hands I could nurture his desire to the point where the whole of Scotland salutes him as not only
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One of the longest and most memorable scenes is in scene eight. In this scene‚ Bobby is talking to the priest. The whole conversations about twenty-four minutes in length. The two men converse back and forth exchanging stories and jokes. After this goes on for a while‚ Bobby tells the priest he intends to begin a hunger strike. This time‚ however‚ he won’t repeat the mistakes of the last hunger strikers. He said the last strike was too emotional and this time he and the men will start consecutively
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displays many strong yet justified emotions. For instance‚ the "To be or Not To Be" soliloquy‚ perhaps one of the most well known quotes in the English language‚ Hamlet actually debates suicide. His despair‚ sorrow‚ anger‚ and inner peace are all justifiable emotions for this troubled character. Hamlet’s feeling of despair towards his life and to the world develops as the play moves on. In Hamlet’s first soliloquy he reveals that his despair has driven him to thoughts of suicide; "How weary (horrible)
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capable of deliberate‚ grave‚ premeditated evil (366). While Jean Valjean’s coping mechanism was not very healthy‚ it did offer Valjean stability‚ but all ballasts were thrown overboard when Valjean encountered the Bishop of D ––. In his opening scene‚ the audience becomes aware of all of Valjean’s needs; The Bishop of D –– meets those needs completely. Valjean goes to the house indicated to him by the kind lady. The Bishop invites him in. Valjean‚ in an attempt to destroy any false hopes which
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Nicholas French Monday November 5th 2012 Ms. Waddell Othello Essay: Is There Textual Proof of Iago Being a Psychopath The character of Iago in Shakespeare’s “Othello” is fascinating; Shakespeare’s genius has created in Iago a truly evil and in the end despicable man. He has the dubious honour for being a main character‚ an antagonist too‚ in one of Shakespeare’s blood soaked tragedies and actually surviving the experience. A genius villain whose machinations and trickery brought about
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Iago’s True Character Exposed in Othello Of all the characters in Shakespeare’s Othello‚ none is more complex and unknown to the audience than Iago. He is portrayed by every character as an honest and trustworthy person. Yet‚ as the audience is well informed by the end of the first act‚ he appears to be quite the opposite. He’s a duplicitous character‚ honest and kind on the outside‚ but truly a pure‚ evil and malignant person on the inside. Throughout the entire play he turns
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AP English IV 15 March 2013 Iago Shakespeare successful used the power of language in his plays‚ especially Othello. In that tragedy‚ Iago plays an important and major role and is described by Shakespeare as a villain‚ liar‚ and masculine; he shows his felling to the audience by the use of speech. These monologues of Iago are used to create mystery and lead the downfall of the protagonists in the play. By the end of the play‚ the audiences can see through the irony in Iago’s last words. A fundamental
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