In this soliloquy from Henry VIII‚ Cardinal Wolsey reflects on his sudden court dismissal. Although he initially does not seem to care about his new lack of job‚ the speech evolves from one of defiance to one of despair as Wolsey realized the severity of the situation. Wolsey exhibits such an intense emotional reaction to his dismissal due to the internal conflicts he feels at this time. Wolsey is torn between being righteously angry and simply grieving his loss of position. The many shifts in tone
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the homophonic link of ‘P’s’ to ‘pees’ which is a synonym of urinates. By extending the joke further‚ Shakespeare makes the oblivious Sir Andrew spell it out yet again‚ “Her c’s‚ her u’s and her t’s: why that?”. Evidently‚ Malvolio is not the only victim of foolery but Sir Andrew is as well through is slow uptake of the
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monsters. This quote takes place after Grendel’s vengeful mother makes an appearance and murders some of the villagers. Despite these murders‚ Grendel’s mother is belittled because of her lady-like demeanor despite having a more of an impact on the king and proving to be harder to defeat than Grendel. Moreover‚ the threat that Grendel’s mother poses is diminished because of her femininity. This is evident through the phrase “Her onslaught was less only by as much as an amazon
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“What had he done to make him fly the land?" [repeats‚ louder with cracked voice] “What had he done to make him fly the land?" (page no.) And what did I do to make him flee this land? [shaking head‚ is emotional] Fearful of Scotland’s happening and future. Oh‚ Scotland. Your monarchy so heinous‚ so damned‚ so feared that your men are fleeting images of the past. Gone with the wind that was a torrent of darkness among the blustery trees. Gone without a thought of kinship; to family nor duty. I should
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that King Antiochus and his daughter have been burnt to death by fire from heaven. The gods saw what was going on‚ they had Pericles’ back. This is the first piece of evidence. Pericles also must go through tough times in order to receive gifts. For example‚ if he never would’ve solved the riddle‚ he wouldn’t have had to run away. If he didn’t run‚ his ship couldn’t have wrecked on the way back home. When the ship wrecked on the shore in Pentapolis‚ he found out from the people about King Simonides’
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caution with the phrase “Biblical family values.” King David was a polygamist with wives and concubines‚ and from these relations he fathered 19 sons and a daughter who are named in Scripture. The names of the children important for Sunday were Amnon‚ David’s eldest son; Absalom‚ his 3rd son; and‚ Tamar‚ his daughter. Absalom and Tamar were full brother and sister; Amnon was their half-brother‚ and most sibling relations in the family of King David were the half-brother and half-sister type.
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The passage excerpted from William Shakespeare’s King Richard III Act 1 Scene 4‚ Clarence had just woken from an odious nightmare‚ dazed and frightened‚ to describe his nightmare with the keeper. In his nightmare‚ he escaped the Tower with his brother Richard to Burgundy‚ but Clarence was pushed by his brother and fell into the sea. He drowns to the bottom of the sea‚ first suffering the physical pain on his body‚ then noticed the flamboyance wealth on the seafloor with dead man’s skeleton. Clarence
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In Homers The Odyssey there is a clear double standard in the roles of women and men. There is an obvious distinction between what women and men are allowed to do‚ the men can easily get away with actions that are deemed inappropriate and unsuitable for women. Penelope‚ calypso and Athena are examples of extremely intelligent women that are looked down upon based on their gender. The women cleverness is mistaken for being seductress and conniving because women are not supposed to be as tough and
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the princess is life is danger. When her father finds out about it her lover get put in a fair death sentence. This is a story of love not hate. This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as his most fluoric and fancies. And with a soul as reverent and impervious as his own. This means that she is just like the king but she is kinder and love and kindness overpowers anger and jealousy. And the fact she doesn’t want him to die because she loves him. And is the love of her life. And
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“shadow” (26) in the “sun”(26) of the manly and preferable King Edward. The “son of York” (2)‚ a beautiful pun on ‘sun‚’ whose rays cast a “shadow” of disgruntled and envious Gloucester build on the motif of separatism and isolation. It does not matter that they fought the war together‚ Gloucester will still be in the dark‚ hating the “idle pleasures” (31) that King Edward has restored. Ironically‚ while the idealized image of War - glorified King Edward and Clarence - clearly contrast “weak” (24) Gloucester
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