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    Act 1 Journal Jabie H. (Scene 5) Journal of Lady Macbeth: After reading the letter Macbeth sent her. “Blue Jays play dumb and dumber‚ with and without Yunel Escobar: Perkins”

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    Avon” .The Tragedy of Macbeth (commonly called Macbeth) is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. Shakespeare’s source for the tragedy are the accounts of King Macbeth of Scotland‚ Macduff‚ and Duncan in Holinshed’s Chronicles (1587)‚ a history of England‚ Scotland and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. However‚ the story of Macbeth as told by Shakespeare

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    ACT I Questions 1 Macbeth

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    ACT I Questions 1.              As the play opens‚ you find the witches casting spells‚ chanting "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair./ Hover through the fog and filthy air."  This paradox will occur many times in the play.  How can something be fair and foul at the same time? Situationally‚ I think this makes more sense when you consider it in the sense of an outcome. War can be foul‚ but the outcome fair…depending what side you are on. 2.              The reader ’s first impression of Macbeth actually

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    This scene develops further the important issues of loyalty and courage found in the preceding scene‚ and it is structured in two halves: the first concerns the testing of Macduff’s loyalty by Malcolm; the second evokes the great passion of Macduff in the face of terrible grief and his sworn revenge on Macbeth. It is helpful to think of this scene as a job interview. Malcolm begins by suggesting that Macduff may be prepared to betray him as "a sacrifice" to his previous leader‚ Macbeth. Macduff

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    Romeo and Juliet play Act 2 Scene 2 Romeo and Juliet are clearly complex characters; they go through an intense journey. They learn about themselves as individuals‚ unit and in relation to the people around them. Their relationship is based on passionate attraction that transforms into something powerfully emotional‚ with real depth. Their relationship shows us the juxtaposition of the clear love and hate woven throughout the play. They fight to keep their relationship together‚ the reader is touched

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    play ’Macbeth’ in the 16th century and its set in the 11th century. The different themes explored in this play are Power‚ Fate‚ Destiny‚ Evil as well as the unnatural. The play is about Macbeth trying to gain power in ruthless ways because of the predictions the three witches made. Lady Macbeth plays an important role throughout the play too as a powerful elizabethan woman. In Act 2 Scene 2 Macbeth starts going insane due to the guilt and we see a change in his character right before this scene Macbeth’s

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    One of the longest and most memorable scenes is in scene eight. In this scene‚ Bobby is talking to the priest. The whole conversations about twenty-four minutes in length. The two men converse back and forth exchanging stories and jokes. After this goes on for a while‚ Bobby tells the priest he intends to begin a hunger strike. This time‚ however‚ he won’t repeat the mistakes of the last hunger strikers. He said the last strike was too emotional and this time he and the men will start consecutively

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    Macbeth Act 2 Discussion Questions Act 2scene 1 1. What does Banquo give to Macbeth to give to Lady Macbeth? Who is it from? How do you think this makes Macbeth feel? Lines 15-20 How is this ironic? He gives him a diamond. It’s from the king. It makes him feel good. 2. What does Macbeth lie to Banquo about and why do you think he lies? 25-27 Dreaming about the weird sisters because he doesn’t want to draw suspicion on himself. 3. What does Macbeth

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    Macbeth, the dagger scene

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    Commentary: MacbethAct II‚ Scene I “Is this a dagger which I see before me…” Macbeth is one of the most famous plays written by William Shakespeare. The play tells the story of Macbeth‚ Thane of Glamis whose dark ambition will lead him to murder the king and take his crown. This passage is Macbeth’s first soliloquy extracted from the Scene I of Act II‚ also known as the “dagger scene”. This is the scene that precedes Duncan’s murder. Many themes are recurring throughout the play and this

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    capable of deliberate‚ grave‚ premeditated evil (366). While Jean Valjean’s coping mechanism was not very healthy‚ it did offer Valjean stability‚ but all ballasts were thrown overboard when Valjean encountered the Bishop of D ––. In his opening scene‚ the audience becomes aware of all of Valjean’s needs; The Bishop of D –– meets those needs completely. Valjean goes to the house indicated to him by the kind lady. The Bishop invites him in. Valjean‚ in an attempt to destroy any false hopes which

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