friendship. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merchant of Venice‚ Shakespeare highlights the relationship between a father and his daughter. Both of these plays show examples of how common father and daughter relationships are. Also‚ it is not unusual for a comedy to have a father demanding that his daughter marry a certain person. The law of the father plays an important role in the stories of both A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merchant of Venice. In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ we are
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in The Merchant of Venice and Stories from Rwanda William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Phillip Gourevitch’s We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda are very similar in the fact that both address the value of human life. In The Merchant of Venice‚ one of the main characters is intent on murdering a man for money. In Stories from Rwanda‚ people are killed mainly because of their appearances. Throughout both works‚ The Merchant of Venice
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Macbeth Act 1 SCENE 1 1. What atmosphere is established in this scene? Scary and bad and dark and rainy 2. What purpose does this scene serve? Something bad is going to happen in the future 3. Explain the concluding heroic couplet? Fair and foul are important throughout the story. it shows that somehow Macbeth and the witches are connected. Something good and bad could be happening at the same time SCENE 2 1. Why is King Duncan so pleased with Macbeth? Because he has won victory after victory
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Act 2‚ Scene 3 Romeo travels to the cell of Friar Laurence‚ who has been out in the fields all morning gathering herbs.. Cheerful and excited‚ Romeo greets the Friar and tells him of his new love and plans for marriage. Friar Laurence‚ who has been Romeo’s friend and confessor for some time‚ is confused and concerned about Romeo’s sudden change of heart. He exclaims "Holy Saint Francis‚ what a change is here!/Is Rosaline‚ that thou didst love so dear/So soon forsaken?" (II.iii.65-8). But Romeo
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paper will be exploring the important events of one of the scenes from the play. Act 3 scene 2 explores the relationship between king Henry IV and the Prince. Based off the two sides‚ the Prince side‚ which we explored in previous scenes as a fun willed‚ rebelling side‚ vs king Henry side who is more disappoint and discouraged more then anything about the behaviour that his son is showing‚ towards his duties. the importance of this scene will allow readers to explore a bit of Shakespearian writing
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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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Much Ado About Nothing - Act II Study Guide Scene i 1. What do Leonato and Antonio say to Beatrice to tease her? 2. In what ways are Beatrice and Benedick alike? 3. What does Beatrice have against marriage? 4. As the people enter the ballroom‚ how do they pair off? 5. How does Beatrice insult Benedick? A little latter‚ how does the reader know that Benedick is upset? 6. Don John sees his brother speaking of love to Hero. Then he sees one man still wearing a mask‚ and he learns from Borachio
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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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shakespear during the Elizabethan age‚belongs to the literary tradition known as Pastoral which typically involves exites from urban or court life to the world of nature. In the opening scene of this play‚we are firstly exposed to the main hero‚Orlando who is describing his plight to the servant‚Adam. This whole scene deals with the theme of primogeniture that corrupts the brotherly love. Hence‚this particular part of the play is important for us as readers to understand to what extent who is loyal
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Scene III Derek Poore-Abad: Corin‚ new name: Romo Joe Lauren Armitage: Ganymede and ‚ new name: Daniel/Danielle Matthew Cirbo: Orlando‚ new name: Brad Tanner and Celia new name: Jessica Swanston Michael Yang: Narrator and Touchstone‚ new name: Johnbob and Tyson 5 volunteers: 1 and 2 (Jake and real Tyson) are random talkers‚ and 3‚4‚ and 5 (Hailey‚ Annabelle‚ and Jac) are girls studying Characters: Tyson‚ Brad‚ Daniel/Danielle‚ Jessica‚ and Romo Setting: hallway in a middle school with lockers Criticism:
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