Who is Iago? Iago poisons people’s thoughts‚ creating ideas in their heads without implicating himself. His first victim is Roderigo. Roderigo remarks‚ "That thou‚ Iago‚ who hast had my purse as if the strings were thine." [Act I‚ Scene I‚ Line 2] Throughout the play‚ Iago leads Roderigo‚ professing that ". . . I do hate [the Moor] as I do Hell pains." [Act I‚ Scene I‚ Line 152] He tells Roderigo to "Put money in thy purse" [Act I‚ Scene III‚ Line 328] so that he can win Desdemona with gifts. Iago
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Reverend Parris’s House: This scene is done on the right side of the stage and is closed in by the walls to develop a cramped feeling to better convey that it is taking place in a tiny upstairs bedroom. The oversized bed and the dainty side table allows for intrigue detail to be taken but still reflecting the main point of the scene‚ the chest is small so that there is plenty of room available downstage for the action of the scene to take place. The lighting of the scene will also reflect this by being
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In the second scene‚ Solomon jumps out of the tub (naked)‚ as soon as the Germans begin attacking his home‚ disregarding his family. Solomon survival instincts kick in at the very beginning. Even when he had the opportunity to go back and look for family members‚ he remains in hiding. Solomon’s will to survive is ingrained into his very nature. In the third scene‚ Solomon and his family leave Germany for Poland after his sister was killed. Solomon was taught at home the importance of survival. Despite
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Father by killing his uncle. Throughout the play we see Hamlet in ideal situations to carry out his revenge‚ but choosing not to do so. In Act III Scene II we see Hamlet using the play that has been set up to try to test the innocence of his Uncle and king by gauging his reaction to a staging of the events of how he supposedly murdered Hamlets father. In this scene we see the so called ‘Mousetrap’ being played out as Hamlet witnesses Claudius reaction to the play and witnesses his reaction‚ from this
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filled with some kind of drama‚ tragedy‚ emotion and‚ of course‚ love. Some of the themes explored in Romeo and Juliet are: tragedy‚ love‚ fate and death. Act 3‚ Scene 1 is a very dramatic scene‚ and is the turning point of the story; the climactric. It is at this point that everything changes for the worse and starts going downhill. In the previous scene‚ Romeo and Juliet were married and that tells us that Romeo must be feeling on top of the world right now. But this all changes‚ faster than a flash
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using a variety of techniques‚ symbols‚ themes and a script that brings the theme to the audience. Love is a theme that will always be relevant. Act 1 scene 1 shows love’s difficulty as a theme well‚ using techniques and symbols to convey it. In this part of the play‚ Lysander states to Hermia: “The course of true love never did run smooth” (1.i. 134)‚ which emphasises that love is never easy and sacrifices must be made. Hermia’s father is against Hermia getting married to Lysander‚ furthermore
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How does Macbeth’s character change from Act 2 Scene 2 to Act 5 Scenes 3 and 5? The tragic masterpiece “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare‚ starts with the evil curse of three witches. Act 1 Scene 1 introduces the audience to the witches‚ showing them what malevolence they are capable of‚ and how then plan to deceive Macbeth‚ in fact the scene is the crafting of the trick they plot for him. Once the witches decide when they shall meet and when the act finishes with a chorused three lines‚ creating
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Act 5: Scene 1 GRAVEDIGGER-She killed herself‚ are they really going to give her a Christian funeral? OTHER- Yes‚ so finish up that grave. The coroner examined her case and decided it should be a Christian funeral. GRAVEDIGGER- But how? Unless she drowned herself in defense OTHER- They think she did. GRAVEDIGGER-Psst yeah sounds like self-offense to me.. I think that if she knew she was drowning herself that’s an act. Acts have three sides to it: to do‚ to act‚ and to preform
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proroguèd‚ wanting of thy love.” Juliet admits to be blushing “the mask of night is on my face‚ else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek” and asks‚ “Dost thou love me?” She goes on to express concern that she may have been too forward in her soliloquy asking him to forgive her for her foolishness “Therefore pardon me‚ and not impute this yielding to light love”. Romeo declares his love by “yonder blèssed moon” using celestial references. Juliet responds by refusing to allow Romeo to swear by
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ANTONIO I honestly don’t know why I’m so sad . I’m tired of it‚ and so are you. But I have no idea why I have gotten so depressed and I can’t figure out what is even making me feel this way. I must not understand myself very well. SALARINO You’re worried about your ships. Your mind is getting tossed around in the ocean with them‚ but they’re fine. They’re like huge parade floats on the sea. They’re so big they look down on the smaller ships‚ which all have to bow and then get out of the way.
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