hardest impediment in Lady Capulet’s efforts to help her family is herself. More specifically her lack of authority and power; not being able to make herself heard. When she tells the nurse “enough of this. I pray the hold thy peace‚” (1.2 49) is the first time we see her lack of power. She is trying to get the Nurse to stop talking but is ignored by the Nurse as she goes on to tell her story. This shows that she does not even have authority over the help. As the play goes on‚ Lady Capulet’s lack of
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him or her. Lady Macbeth’s ambitions lead to her demise as well as to the people around her. For instance‚ her strong desire and ambition to be the queen makes her corrupt with evil that hinders her life. This is evident when she recognizes immediately that murdering Duncan is the only way of attaining her goal. Lady Macbeth calls on the evil spirits‚ saying‚ "Come‚ you spirits That tend
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RESPONSE The Lady & the Tiger When the story "The Lady or the Tiger" ended‚ I was left sitting‚ trying to figure out what happened‚ what came out of the door he opened‚ and what I would have done in that same situation. And then‚ when asked to write a response to this‚ I was forced to think even more‚ because now‚ not only did I have to figure it out‚ I had to put it in words and submit it to my English teacher. I think that the princess probably would have let her
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made many bad decisions but ultimately‚ his wife was the cause for his downfall. Lady Macbeth showed ambition and greed early on and infested it into Macbeth. Lady Macbeth puts a huge mental strain on Macbeth by killing herself. His wife pressured Macbeth into committing the first murder which started the chain of events that eventually lead to Macbeths downfall. When receiving the news about the prophecies‚ Lady Macbeth wasted no time developing a plan for Macbeths domination over the throne
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break? What made him want to kill his king or even his best friend? Lady Macbeth was ultimately the motivation that Macbeth needed to become disastrous. When Shakespeare created this play‚ he created the ultimate tragedy‚ someone with so much honor that become too selfish and lost everything. Macbeth’s downfall began in Act I when he sent the letter to Lady Macbeth that told her his plan to kill King Duncan‚ progressing to Lady Macbeth actually assisting Macbeth in the murder‚ and her providing support
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Notes The “Lady of Shalott" is a Victorian ballad by the English poet Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson (1809– 1892). Like his other early poems – "Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere" and "Galahad" – the poem recasts Arthurian subject matter loosely based on medieval sources. Tennyson wrote two versions of the poem‚ one published in 1833‚ of twenty stanzas‚ the other in 1842 of nineteen stanzas. Modern critics consider The Lady of Shalott to be representative of the dilemma that faces artists‚ writers‚ and musicians:
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but another is a beautiful lady. Which will you choose? In this kingdom their way of justice is to have people chose their own fate. They pick a door either to be devoured by a hungry tiger‚ or to be married to a beautiful lady. When the princess falls in love her father immediately sends her lover to court. In the short story “The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton the princess’s weakness is how she has a barbaric background and has a lot of power. In The Lady or the Tiger? The princess shows
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of Act 1of the Shakespearian tragedy of Macbeth‚ there are many characters that are worth observing. Of the bunch‚ Lady Macbeth stands out like gold in a bag of coal. Lady Macbeth is bold‚ ambitious‚ and sophisticated. A skill of hers that I observed is that she knows how to persuade people around her into doing devious acts just to satisfy her ambition. An observation about Lady Macbeth is that she is overly ambitious. Her desire to become Queen of Scotland is so all consuming to her that she
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Macbeth Characterization Graphic Organizer Use this graphic organizer to collect your thoughts about characterization in Macbeth. As you read each scene‚ record what you learn about the character. Add the line from the play that supports your idea. Lady Macbeth Observations Text Support Looks She appears to be a very independent woman. In the video‚ she walks around with her head up high and talks with great confidence. Actions Demanding And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than
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Although Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy from Act 1‚ Scene 5 depicts the celebration of Macbeth’s encounter with the witches‚ it creates a significant turning point in which William Shakespeare imposes the beginning of the character’s transformation-essential to Macbeth’s central theme of the detriment of power. The beginning of Lady Macbeth’s transformation is shown when she exclaims “Glamis thou art‚ and Cawdor‚ and shalt be/ What thou art promised” (1.5.15-16). Certifying the prophecy‚ Lady Macbeth
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