In my major performance of the Othello unit‚ I acted out act three‚ scene four of Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ as Othello. In the scene‚ Othello finds Desdemona‚ and questions her about the handkerchief he gave her when they fell in love. He becomes angry when he discovers she has lost it‚ and he storms out. I characterized Othello in my portrayal as a desperate‚ jealous man angry at his wife for possible cheating on him. To portray Othello to the audience‚ I wore a white dress shirt and dark
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seem (Macbeth 4.2) The play Macbeth written by Shakespeare is a very famous play‚ that many people recognize when they start reading or saying lines out of parts of the story. Macbeth has a lot of scenes in the play five to be exact. In the whole play‚ it starts off with good friendships‚ but then turns evil and bad things start happening. Macbeth ends up getting what he wants‚ but also ends up losing everything that he had. The only scene that we will be talking about is scene four act two
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Macbeth Act 4 Scene 1 1) FW: Three times the flea-ridden cat has meowed. SW: Three times the swine flu infected pig has whined. TW: “It’s time‚ it’s time‚” the owl cries. FW: Around the cauldron we go‚ throwing animal intestines inside. We boil the fungus toad in our cauldron and let it’s venom seep through. Boil first in our charmed pot. ALL: Double‚ double‚ toil and trouble‚ fire burn and cauldron bubble. SW: Throw in the fillet of a parasite-ridden fish‚ let it boil and bake
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ACT IV SCENE 2 This scene plays a very important piece of the play. This is when we see how cold hearted and evil Macbeth is‚ and also how this action that Macbeth performs will change the outcome of his life later on in this play. For this scene Macduff swears revenge on Macbeth and as we know this is why Macbeth dies in the play. In this scene Lady Macduff and Macduff’s son are arguing on why Lady Macduff believes that her husband is a traitor and deserves the worse punishment. She
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attitudes towards Kingship in Act 3‚ Scene 4? In Jacobean society‚ there was a very rigid idea of what a King should represent and how he should act. Ideas such as Divine Right‚ order‚ stability and health‚ and contemporary beliefs such as Heaven and Hell meant the concept of Kingship was of great interest to the Jacobean people. However‚ important events taking place around the time that the play was written somewhat unsettled these contemporary ideas‚ just as Macbeth itself does. The throne had
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and Macbeth. In the scene from Richard II‚ Act 3 Scene 2‚ Richard is informed of the deaths of Bushy‚ Green and the Earl of Wiltshire‚ whereupon he begins a monologue discussing death. In the scene from Macbeth‚ Act 5 Scene 5‚ Macbeth is informed by a messenger about the movement of the army from the Birnam Woods‚ which he responds to with anger towards the messenger‚ before having an internal battle about what to do‚ and what to believe. One of the ways the two kings‚ Richard II and Macbeth‚ differ
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The porter scene in ‘Macbeth’ follows the treacherous murder of King Duncan and is striking‚ as it is where Shakespeare clearly weaves comedy in amongst the tragedy of the rest of the play. There are plenty of speculations concerning the purpose of the scene; however‚ there is no doubt that it holds great significance nevertheless. Elizabethan theatres were very different to the theatres we know today. There was no special lighting available nor curtains‚ and scene switchovers could have been
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Clip 1‚ “Task 2 Engaging Class Discussion‚” illustrates a time during my lesson that I engaged students to construct meaning from two film adaptations of the same scene‚ Act 3 Scene 4‚ from Hamlet. I engaged the class by asking questions to draw inquiry‚ and it initiated a class discussion‚ where students were drawing on their initial reactions and interpretations that they had from just reading the text and comparing them to their interpretation now after watching both clips. I wanted the students
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Act 3‚ Scene 2 1. Comment on the changing relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. In the beginning we see Lady Macbeth playing the more superior‚ more dominating role of the two. She lays all the plans and all Macbeth has to do is obey her commands. She comes across as a woman‚ who is persuasive and manipulative. Macbeth on the other hand is fickle-minded and unsure. We discover that the man‚ who is praised so highly by the King and the general public‚ is actually weak and submissive man
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Shakespeare make this scene both a significant and dramatic moment in the play? In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth there are a lot of dramatic‚ exciting and tragic occurrences in many of the scenes. Although in the beginning‚ Shakespeare foreshadowed the tragedies that were to come nothing could have prepared the audience for what took place in Act 2 scene 3. This is the scene in which King Duncan is found murdered causing shock and panic in all the characters on stage. He dramatizes the scene by portraying
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