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    This busy scene begins with a moment of light comedy‚ which serves to heighten the suspense. The porter of Macbeth’s castle‚ drunk from the previous night’s revels‚ complains that his job is worse than that of the porter of hell. In a private game with the audience‚ he engages in a piece of stand-up comedy in which he imagines himself as that beleaguered servant‚ opening and closing the gate on the demand. The first two examples he uses (that of a farmer and an equivocator) have specific religious

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    Macbeth: Banquet Scene The Banquet scene in "Macbeth" is one of the most moving scenes and so far as the tragedy of ‘Macbeth’ is concerned‚ it is tremendous in impact and intensity‚ dramatic in impact. The scene shows a perceptible degeneration of Macbeth’s mental powers which is the inevitable consequence of his murderous deeds. It is the crisis of the play where from the reversal of Macbeth’s fortune begins. The scene records Macbeth’s guilty conscience taking the most horrible form in the shape

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    Act 5 Scene 1 We open with grave diggers talking about Ophelia’s suicide. Hamlet and Horatio start talking about the gravedigger’s casual attitude to the skulls of the dead. Hamlet and the gravedigger banter a little. Hamlet asked the gravedigger about himself. The gravedigger digs up a skull of Yorick‚ the jester. Hamlet recalls Yorick from his childhood. Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ Laertes‚ along with a priest comes to bury Ophelia. Laertes asked the priest to do more rites. Hamlet jumps out and Laertes

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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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    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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    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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    (Scene 6 )Ck’s room Ck’s mother holding an outfit of wedding for her & mother noticed that Ck’s upset her mother says your upset now because you don’t know how blissfull marriage can be her mother tries to Convinced her for wearing the outfit and her mother also warned ck and umang for not doing magic..umang tries to cheer up ck and made her smile and tell her to check her outfit after seing the outfit umang says my best friend is getting married and wearing this poor dress umang tried to make

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    thoughts of killing people in her husband’s way and eventually leads to her going mad. The only way Lady Macbeth can rise in status and gain power is through her husband; she is an ambitious woman in a time where only men profit from ambition. Therefore‚ she concentrates all her ambition on her husband. This ambition and loyalty is her driving force‚ but ultimately her downfall. Lady Macbeth is presented as a loyal‚ ambitious‚ flawed character that is stronger than her husband and knows it. She has

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    How Shakespeare creates tension and suspense in Act 2 Scene 1 Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most dramatic tragedies which made it necessary for Shakespeare to create tension and suspense throughout the play. The play was written during the reign of King James 1st‚ and because of this the themes of the play have a striking resemblance to the period. Common beliefs in the 1600s are upheld throughout‚ such as witchcraft; King James felt threatened by ‘witches’ and this resulted in unmerciful killing

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    Hamlet Act 3 Scene 2 Essay

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    many turns and the most important of these is in act 3 scene II. As a pivotal scene in William Shakespeare’s play‚ audiences gain an understanding of the characters and their actions leading up to this point. Many of the themes in the play come to light in this scene as the plot gathers pace and it is for all these reasons I chose this scene. Our understanding of a text is greatly affected by the context in which scenes take place. Act 3 Scene 2 transpires after a series of turbulent events and

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