The play Romeo and Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ narrates the story of youth who are limited by their circumstances‚ but in the end find happiness. It shows how people will seek to shatter limits that are imposed upon them‚ and this ultimately leads to contentment. In my life‚ I’ve often been subjected to many expectations which lead me to have lower self esteem‚ but when I broke those boundaries I found peace and satisfaction. At the beginning of the play‚ we are introduced to two
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people get when they want to be with someone forever. Shakespeare was born in Stratford‚ England‚ his dream of becoming a play writer came true. That lead to Shakespeare establishing his acting company The King’s Men. Late in his career he creates a play about love called “A Midsummer Nights Dream” Shakespeare creates this play to show the impact that love has on people including the four lovers: Lysander‚ Demetrius‚ Helena and Hermia. Shakespeare uses the four lovers and their actions to his advantages
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The two most important people in Hamlet’s life was Ophelia and Gertrude‚ his love for them was unimaginable. Hamlet rejected Ophelia because he didn’t want to make her‚ like Gertrude‚ a "breeder of sinners." He tried to save Gertrude’s soul by urging her to separate herself from Claudius before he could drag her down to hell with him. He held a mirror to Gertrude so she could see her sins‚ repent‚ and be saved. Hamlet said‚ "I must be cruel to be kind." Hamlet condemns his mother’s decision by
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The play starts off with Richard‚ the play’s protagonist‚ talking about how unattractive he looks compared to other members of his royal family and everyone else. Richard talks about how he had been “Cheated of features by dissembling nature”‚ “Deformed”‚ “unfinished”‚ “scarce half made up”‚ he uses all these negative words to show how hideous he looks. Unlike him‚ Edward IV‚ the brother and Richard‚ currently the King of England has no sort of deformity and is the biggest enemy of Richard at this
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My personal growth is I have a change in my attitude and want to focus on my future a little bit more to make it a better point of view and make my way into college to set my goal of achieving my associates degree. I compare my personal growth to the story Macbeth because he wanted to be king and want to accomplish the future goals to set upon the three witches visions. The difference between me and Macbeth is that our lives change for a purpose not because we change it for ourselves we can’t force
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true love continues even when it is not shared‚ when it is no longer a "common factor." True love‚ that is‚ is both unconditional and eternal. The first line acts as an introduction for the poem and is followed by the main content of the sonnet. Shakespeare uses enjambment in the second line to create a sense of acceleration and move the reader away from the opening and into the depths of the poem. The persona goes on to say that true love will endure all obstacles‚ as is evident in the line‚ “or alters
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temptation when they inform Macbeth that he is destined to be king. By placing this thought in his mind‚ they effectively guide him on the path to his own destruction. This follows the pattern of temptation many believed the Devil used at the time of Shakespeare. First‚ they argued‚ a thought is put in a man’s mind‚ then the person may either indulge in the thought or reject it. Macbeth indulges in it‚ while Banquo
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Shakespeare strives to construct events and characters that have a high verisimilitude in order to convince and captivate his audience. For instance The Tempest play begins with a bit of practical navigation in the storm in which no expert can find any flaw (Doak‚ Soliciting Shakespeare‚ pg. 327). The nautical awareness that Shakespeare shows in manoeuvring the ship suggests that he may have conversed with an experienced
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Hamlet’s mother‚ Queen Gertrude‚ is torn apart by the two men she loves: her son Hamlet and her new husband‚ King Claudius. Hamlet loved his father and does not want to let go and move on from his death so quickly. He is not prepared nor is he willing to forget so quickly about the man and king his now dead father used to be. Claudius‚ however‚ usurped the throne of his brother‚ married his wife‚ and now wants everyone to forget about Hamlet Sr. entirely and move on with their lives. Gertrude is
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to do‚ or could do not do because she was a woman. In Elizabethan England‚ the only way for a woman to gain any power was through their husbands. Shakespeare very clearly proved this in his play Macbeth when Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband into murdering many people in order for her to gain power. You can start to see Lady Macbeth’s control over her husband‚ Macbeth‚ in the very beginning
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