Macbeth Characterization Graphic Organizer Use this graphic organizer to collect your thoughts about characterization in Macbeth. As you read each scene‚ record what you learn about the character. Add the line from the play that supports your idea. Lady Macbeth Observations Text Support Looks Few descriptions are given but she is thought to be a beautiful woman‚ who is hard to read and very serious. “fair and noble hostess…” Actions She shows initiative and aims to accomplish the task‚ helping
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Summary In “Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete‚” Jessica Statsky‚ strongly opposes the fact that children should not be treated or expected to behave like adults. Some sports with adults’ rules and regulation‚ when played by children‚ turn out to be a lot more than just playing the game or enjoying. Winning and losing is a part of life‚ this factor should not be too much empowering that it overcomes all other aspects like enjoying the essence of sports and spending time with friends. Winning and
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The Name Controversy in The Shipbuilder There are many instances in Ken Mitchell’s play The Shipbuilder‚ where the main character Jaanus Karkulainen‚ insists on being called by his Finnish name Karkulainen. In the play‚ many characters call him Johnny Crook. This situation creates controversy about names and shows how important names are to some people. Jaanus and Jukka create most of this controversy. Jaanus and Jukka are brothers who are born in Finland. Jukka move’s out of
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Living with Strangers - Siri Hustvedt In all cities and cultures around the world are there unwritten rules‚ who people outside this place will not understand. That was what has inspired Siri Hustvedt about New York City. She moved from her little hometown Minnesota to New York‚ which was a big difference from the life she used to live. Especially the unwritten law: "PRETEND IT ISN’T HAPPENING-Law" fascinates her the most. That is how many in New York are thinking‚ even though most of them actually
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September 1933 Dear diary‚ Today was my first day back at school. I’ve been looking forward to the start of school for ages‚ really glad it’s finally started. It was my first day back‚ it wasn’t bad for a start but then it got worst. Well you see my new teacher Miss Caroline Fisher has just moved into our school; I don’t think she likes me. Today she asked the whole class ‘doesn’t everyone know how to read or write? ’I said to her that I didn’t really learn how to read or write I just read the
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made a point of criticizing society on why we feel the way that we do on this issue. Mainly‚ why we tend to care more about our health in regards to many other issues. The article Don’t let kids Play Football‚ by Bennet Omalu does a good job of providing evidence and reasons on why not to let children play football. My current belief on this issue though is that while these sports have many negative effects‚ they are too ingrained in our culture to ban
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The play‚ After the Ball by David Williamson‚ is primarily about the disappointments and realities that test a suburban Australian family in a time of mystifying social revolution. Much of the dramatic action within the play derives from misunderstandings between characters and their opposing beliefs about what it means to be Australian. These differing beliefs lead to tension of relationships between the characters Stephen‚ Judy and Ron. The conflicts and dilemmas within these relationships lead
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Throughout Shakespeare’s work‚ more famously in “Hamlet”‚ “Romeo and Juliet”‚ “Othello”‚ and “Merchant of Venice”‚ there are cleverly placed puns in the poems‚ plays‚ and some sonnets. A pun is a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. These puns are either overlooked‚ unrecognized‚ or not credited well enough. The puns that Shakespeare utilizes in each of his works can have either an erotic‚ humorous
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In the play “Rumours”written by the mastermind playwright Neil Simon‚ he has effectively brought out several themes throughout the play. Such themes include materialism‚ the importance of social identities‚ as well as how most affluent people are alike. I’m the cutest The theme of materialism is first brought out in the first Act and comments “It’s all over the room. I don’t know why people decorate in white…’Ken Bevans who is the protagonist of the play does not seem to take notice of the issue
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estate….”( I:3)- Sir Toby Belch to Sir Andrew convincing him his caste will be enough to marry Countess Olivia‚ in Shakespeare’s well known comedic play Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night revolves around a shipwrecked twin‚ who dresses to find work and falls in love with the guy she works for‚ well trying to convince someone else to love him. Within the comedic play the idea that society and class are aspects of life that can be constricting‚ but they are possible to change is prominent. This idea is explored
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