Macduff - The Hero in Macbeth Some people are just meant to be heroes. In this wonderful play by Shakespeare Macduff is a good choice and born to be a hero. Throughout Macbeth there are several examples of Macduffs heroism and bravery. Macduff is a loving‚ caring man of action‚ Thane of Fife and a Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth’s kingship. When he leaves his loving family to flee to England to join Malcolm‚ Macbeth has Macduff’s wife and children murdered. At the end of the play‚ Macduff (who
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In Act IV‚ Scene II‚ where Lady Macduff appears‚ it is clear that Shakespeare intended her as a foil for Lady Macbeth. First of all‚ Lady Macduff cares about her son and has maternal instinct. She says‚ “To leave his wife‚ to leave his babes from whence himself does fly? … For the poor wren‚ the most diminutive of birds‚ will fight‚ her young ones in her nest‚ against the owl” (4.2.6-11). She is protective of her son and is a traditional mother figure; she says that even the birds care about their
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In the play ’Macbeth’ we notice that the roles of Lady Macbeth and Macduff are very different. In the one scene that Lady Macduff is in we see that she is portrayed as a stereotypical woman of the Jacobean era. She was defined principally as a mother‚ was reliant on her husband and helpless when he is absent. At the beginning of the play we see these properties in Lady Macbeth. However she specifically called on the ’spirits’ to repress her femininity thus taking away these properties to make her
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Middle/High School Monologues Teaching Students to Read and Write Monologues Welcome to the World of Monologue A Sample Unit of Lessons for Middle and High School Teachers Jefferson County Public Schools Version 2.0 WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF MONOLOGUE By all reports from the field‚ this unit can be a lot of fun for you and your students: • there’s performance • there’s walking in others’ shoes and learning empathy 1 Middle/High School Monologues • there’s connecting to Farris Bueller‚ Bill Cosby
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Instructor’s Toolkit for Red Yoder’s Monologue Red’s introductory monologue can be used in a variety of ways. Here are a few to consider: large class discussion small group discussion during class or clinical reflective journaling assignment web-based assignment: listen to the audio or read the script‚ then discuss and summarize the group’s conclusions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What are Red’s strengths? What are your concerns for this patient? What is the cause of your concern? What information
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The indirect interior monologue we get next is essential. There is something seriously affecting Henry— his faith is being tested— and what he once found comforting is now not. He is worried and this worry is mentioned twice in one paragraph. Henry also admits his sadness. Now compare this segment to the exchange between him and his wife. He does not tell her of this sadness‚ his worry or his confusion. He clearly thinks about her own lack of faith‚ but does not ask her about that either. Instead
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MONOLOGUES MISUNDERSTOOD by Albert Jamae BASIL/ALISON They simply don’t understand. I know I make mistakes; doesn’t everyone? But I just can’t seem to get it through to them that I never mean to hurt anyone. I’m not trying to be your parents how you feel about stuff without it sounding bad. But I’m just trying to be honest; which is weird because that’s what they say they want from me‚ but when I give it‚ it’s not okay. Talk about contradiction. MISUNDERSTOOD rude on purpose‚ I just…sometimes
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Rosalind – As You Like It It is not the fashion … Within this monologue Rosalind is talking about how it’s not the fashion for woman to be ending a play it’s not usually seen in other play so it’s some what strange. This monologue has elements of comedy in it which was something that I was really interested in including and considering when I was choosing monologues. Throughout the monologue Rosalind is going on about how a good play doesn’t necessarily need an epilogue‚ however it can enhance
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The vagina monologue is an episodic play written and starred by Eve Ensler. The play is made up of several personal monologues that touched subjects such as sex‚ love‚ body image‚ birth‚ and orgasms and even hair. Ensler interviews a variety of women from different ages‚ ethnicities‚ races‚ social classes‚ and many other identities. Each story provided different perspectives and responses on vaginas. The play enhances the empowerment a vagina is to a female. The lightning of the stage and use of
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The Vagina Monologues is made up of a varying number of monologues read by a varying number of women initially‚ Eve Ensler (the author of the Vagina Monologues performed every monologue herself‚ with subsequent performances featuring three actresses‚ and more recent versions featuring a different actress for every role. Every monologue somehow relates to the vagina‚ be it through sex‚ love‚ rape‚ menstruation‚ mutilation‚ masturbation‚ birth‚ orgasm‚ the variety of names for the vagina‚ or simply
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