beginning of the scene‚ Macbeth ’s uncertainty about the murder is clear. Macbeth debates with his inner self in a soliloquy. Shakespeare often uses soliloquies to show Macbeth ’s inner thoughts‚ for example in Act 2 Scene 1 and Act 3 Scene 1. Soliloquies allow the audience to understand a character ’s motives better. The character is not putting on a show for anyone else but being their true self. We see directly into their thought process. In the first few lines of this soliloquy‚ Macbeth considers
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Macbeth: She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow‚ and tomorrow‚ and tomorrow Creeps in the petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out‚ out brief candle‚ Life’s but a walking shadow‚ a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale
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ENGLISH COMMENTARY-MACBETH; ACT II‚ SCENE I Act II‚ scene 1 takes place in Macbeth’s castle- Castle of Inverness- when Banquo and Fleance encounter Macbeth on their way to bed‚ who is preparing himself for his grim task. The soliloquy in act II‚ scene 1 is extremely important because it is the last time we hear Macbeth’s thoughts on murdering King Duncan before he actually performs the act. Macbeth is just about to murder King Duncan and is hence about to create an upheaval in the hierarchical
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Compare and contrast the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the first three Acts of Macbeth. Macbeth‚ the tragedy‚ is a penetrating‚ concentrated‚ and harrowing study of ambition. The play itself tells the story of a man‚ urged by his wife and foretold by prophecy‚ who commits regicide in order to gain power. His ostentatious appetite for domination only leads to his triumphal downfall deeming he and his wife naught but the‚ "dead butcher and his fiend like queen." However
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of each response. Please note that this resource is provided for advice and guidance only and does not in any way constitute an indication of grade boundaries or endorsed answers. F663 Exemplars June 2010 1 of 30 Script 1 OTHELLO/RAPE OF THE LOCK/SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL SCRIPT 3 (b) ‘Othello is a play about the desperate need for certainty.’ By considering the action and effects of the play‚ evaluate this view. Well developed and consistently detailed discussion of effects; remarkably
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Critical commentary on Act 3‚ Scene 3‚ lines 262-293 This passage is primarily a monologue of Othello’s realisation that he cannot forgive Desdemona for being unfaithful‚ however much it hurts him. The destruction of Othello’s mind‚ due to Iago’s manipulation‚ is clearly evident in this passage as well because we see the unreasonable motives‚ driven by persuasion‚ behind everything he says and how he reacts to everything Desdemona says. Othello’s monologue begins with a repeat of the ironic
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Juliet expresses feelings of anguish‚ frustration and relief in her small speech in Act 3 Scene 2. Shakespeare portrays Juliet’s feeling in a number of different ways‚ through her language‚ different techniques and structure allowing u to infer quite a few things about Juliet without a reference to other parts of the play. Juliet expresses the feeling of anguish‚ which is portrayed in numerous different ways. A quotation that supports this is‚ ‘villain cousin would have kill’d my husband’. ‘Villain’
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ROMEO AND JULIET ACTS 1-3 sumary In acts one‚ two and three in “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare the story begins to take some twists and turns. To begin‚ in act one‚ on the streets of Verona the Capulet’s servants pick a fight with some Montague’s servants and Benvolio attempts to stop the fight. Benvolio draws his sword and yells “Part fools!/Put up your swords; you know not what you do”(1.1.56-7). Tybalt then walks in and sees Benvolio with is sword out‚ so he too pulls
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Act I‚ Chapters 1-2 Prologue and Act One‚ Scenes 1-2: Summary: Prologue. The Chorus announces that the story will not be wars‚ love affairs in royal courts‚ or great deeds‚ but the tale of Faustus. Faustus was born of ordinary parents‚ in Rhodes‚ Germany. When he came of age he went to Wittenberg to live with relatives and study at the university. Due to his great talent‚ he quickly completed his studies and became a doctor of divinity‚ known for his brilliance in theological matters. But alluding
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it. Whiles I threat‚ he lives; ...Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. How this scene contributes to our understanding of character and play: So far‚ the play has hurdled through seven scenes of mounting tension and now tithers on the threshold of regicide. At this point‚ Shakespeare freezes the action. In the tension of silence‚ both character and play develop on new levels. For Macbeth‚ this soliloquy‚ in A.C. Bradley’s words: "is where the powerful workings of his imagination rises
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