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    Enter Sampson and Gregory: Sampson and Gregory‚ servants of the house of Capulet‚ go out looking for trouble. Enter Abraham and Balthasar: Sampson and Gregory almost pick a fight with Abraham and Balthasar‚ servants of the house of Montague. Enter Benvolio:Seeing a Capulet kinsman‚ Sampson and Gregory start to fight with Abraham and Balthasar. Benvolio tries to stop the fight‚ but Tybalt enters and attacks Benvolio. The citizens of Verona attack both the Capulets and Montagues. Capulet and Montague

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    Ghost in Hamlet

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    The Role of the Ghost in Hamlet by William Shakespeare  The role of the ghost in Hamlet is twofold: firstly it is to create  interest; secondly it is to further the narrative of the play.  Shakespeare recognized that he needed to create interest in the  audience from the very first scene of the play.  The play opens with a conversation between Officers of the Watch who  patrol the Battlements of Elsinore castle. Their talk is of a ghost  who has appeared before twice previously: 

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    Hamlet Assignment: Act One Due 12/17/12 In the beginning of the play‚ the reader is introduced to the disorder in Denmark‚ a prevalent motif. The mysterious death of the king spurred the disorder‚ and the prospect of revenge was magnified by the supposed appearance of the late King Hamlet’s ghost. The ghost’s appearance and subsequent speech intensify the disorder by validating the reader’s suspicion of Claudius as a murderer and an incestuous‚ adulterous serpent. Hamlet is torn by this

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    King Lear Act 1 Scene 1

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    The setting of this scene is in Manhattan‚ New York City. More specifically‚ it takes place in the office building of a prominent real estate company. Thomas Rael’s meeting room corresponds to King Lear’s round table‚ and it is here where Rael announces that he is dividing up the shares of his company. The season is winter‚ to represent the conflict that arrises between Rael and his children‚ and it is set in modern day. This allows for the integration of modern technology such as phones and cars

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    Hamlet the Ghost

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    Role Of The Ghost Of The Hamlet The ghost in the play Hamlet has great dramatic significance . The play opens and Hamlet ‚ the prince of Denmark is shown in mourning. He is wearing black clothes and the sad look on his face bears an evidence of grief he is feeling at the death of his father. His uncle Cladius succeeded his father. Soon after‚ Hamlet’s mother (Queen Gertrude) married Claudius. Hamlet hated Claudius because he (Claudius)

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    As the pair approach the performance‚ Solonia begins to understand Allessandro’s awe of the puppet master Sergius‚ for unlike the family’s performance‚ what she sees now seems a spectacle‚ and the squeeze of people who are gamboling to get to the stage front before the show commences‚ verifies that his is a respected one. She takes note that the staging is more professional‚ and the area surrounding it resembling a small arena rather than the curbside wagon which allessandro and family works from

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    The Role of the Ghost in Hamlet 1 The ghost of Hamlet’s late-father is a character from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet‚ also known as The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark. In the stage directions he is referred to as "Ghost." King Hamlet appears as a Ghost four times in the play: in Act I Scenes i‚ iv‚ and v‚ and Act III Scene iv. The ghost arrives at 1.00 a.m. in at least two of the scenes‚ and in the other scene all that is known is that it is night. The Ghost appears first to a duo

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    Hamlet - Ghost

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    Hamlet - Ghost The presence of the apparition in the opening scene of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet sets a macabre and eerie tone while emitting and foreshadowing a theme of death. In addition to the death theme the presence of the ghost illuminates on the mystery surrounding the death of Hamlet’s father‚ the King of Denmark. Often in literature the presence of a ghost indicates something left unresolved. In this case‚ the death of Hamlets father is the unresolved event

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    Original Text | Modern Text | | Enter ANTONIO‚ SALARINO‚ and SOLANIO | ANTONIO‚ SALARINO‚ and SOLANIO enter. | 5 | ANTONIOIn sooth‚ I know not why I am so sad.It wearies me; you say it wearies you.But how I caught it‚ found it‚ or came by it‚What stuff ’tis made of‚ whereof it is born‚I am to learn.And such a want-wit sadness makes of me‚That I have much ado to know myself. | ANTONIOTo be honest‚ I don’t know why I’m so sad. I’m tired of it‚ and you say you’re tired of it too. But I have

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    she is hiding in somewhere around Coral Forest. However‚ in the middle of the trip‚ he gets caught by unknown primitive people. When he wakes up‚ Scene: Deep forest‚ Inside of voodoo hut‚ Can see the dark forest through windows. Time: Night Conditions: Foggy. Visible interior. Characters: James Player Character‚ an adventurer‚ Male. Early 30’s Ghosts Male and Female Level_A Locked Room Intro situation‚ escape from the room. The Camera is in James’ perspective view. Fade up from black. The lightning

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