what is said is the opposite of what is meant. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that a character does not know. There are many stories that use irony to make them more interesting such as "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote‚ "The Lady‚ or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton‚ "Thank You‚ M’am" by Langston Hughes and "The
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They did not go to work‚ they stayed at home and cooked‚ cleaned and looked after their children. The main female protagonist in this play is the antithesis of a typical mid eleventh century woman. Lady Macbeth is a strong manipulative female who seems to be more dominant than her husband Macbeth. Lady Macbeth also does not seem at all maternal‚ there is evidence in the text to suggest that she has given birth before but due to lack of medical knowledge her
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The Style and Genre of Lady Audley’s Secret Lady Audley’s Secret‚ by Mary Elizabeth Braddon‚ is a novel of many elements. It has been placed in many different style or genre categories since its publication. I feel that it best fits under the melodrama or sensational genre‚ and under the subgenre of mystery. It contains significant elements of both types of writing‚ so I feel it is best to recognize both‚ keeping in mind that melodrama is its main device and mystery is a type
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Lady Macbeth is evil In my opinion‚ Lady Macbeth is portrayed by Shakespeare as an evil character‚ as she shows great ambition‚ she values power and wealth over human life‚ and she demonstrates cruelty throughout the play. Firstly‚ Lady Macbeth’s evil character is demonstrated by the reckless ambition she shows. ‘That no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purpose‚ nor keep peace between the effect and it!’ she states. This shows that Lady Macbeth is willing to do anything to accomplish
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force him to keep wanted to want more and to become king. The sirens lure people and control their minds. During Lady Macbeth’s monologue‚ while she is reading the letter from Macbeth‚ the Concerto is played because it gives the notion that something is about to happen soon. It acts as the calm before the storm‚ that being the idea of killing Duncan along with actual doing. Like said by Lady Macbeth‚ “Glamis thou art‚ and Cawdor; and shalt be [w]hat thou art promised”. Now he is Thane of Cawdor‚ but
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Juliet: Jenna Lady capulet: Arshdeep Mary/ serventServant(mary): Saphia Servent MARRY (offstage) Hey‚! Are you awake? JULIET Who is calling my name? Is it Marry marry? Why is she coming here at this time? LADY CAPULET and the marry enters. Servent MARRY What’s going on‚ Juliet? JULIET I am not well LADY CAPULET Will you cry about your cousin being dead forever? He is gone. Are you trying to wash him out of his grave with your tears? You can’t bring him back to life. So stop crying. A little
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Imagine yourself in front of two identical doors; each door with something totally different inside‚ that will decide your fate. In the story‚ “The Lady or the Tiger”‚ by Frank Stockton‚ a young man is judged because of his love for the King’s daughter. The man is put in prison and sent to the arena to be judged. While being judged he looks to the princess for guidance. The princess’s selfish heart‚ her hatred toward the woman‚ and her belief that she can see her love again in paradise causes her
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Impossible To Find Shakespeare’s Dark Lady William Shakespeare’s supposed mistress may be the reason behind his remarkable‚ yet dark last twenty seven sonnets. She “has come to be known as the Dark Lady‚ a name that reflects her morals as well as her complexion” (Andrews “Love…” 64). Along with being Shakespeare’s mistress‚ the Dark Lady was married and musically inclined (Love). She challenged not only her bed vows‚ but Shakespeare’s also. The Dark Lady influenced a significant deal of
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1606‚ among the characters that perform‚ there is Lady Macbeth. She plays a major role until we see her decline in the Act 5 dictated by her own guilt. Throughout the play she has a strong influence on her husband and is a primary cause for increasing Macbeth’s ambition. In the earlier acts of the play we can see that Lady Macbeth’s words mean a lot to him‚ giving the impression that she is definitely the dominant figure in the relationship. Lady Macbeth has a strong influence on her husband and
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that if their love affair was discovered it would lead to this?this trial in the king?s arena. She knew that behind the young man stood two doors‚ one concealed a beautiful blushing lady. Radiant with sapphire eyes and skin as white as the seasons first snow. If the man choose this door he would be married to the lady‚ on the spot no questions asked. But if the young man chose the other door then his doom was sealed‚ for a ferocious‚ merciless creature waited behind this door. With its dark cold eyes
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