In the scene 1 of Act 3‚ Claudius and Gertrude are worried about madness shown by the Hamlet. The King and queen uses Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to watch the activities of Hamlet and find out why he is showing such kind of madness. To figure out this Claudius‚ Polonius‚ Ophelia plot a plan and revel the truth about the Hamlet recent behaviors. Ophelia play a key role in this scene to figure out why Hamlet is doing this kind of behaviors by saying she wants that love which she used to get from Hamlet
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violence can solve problems but only temporarily‚ the solution is never permanent. In many situations violence has sparked more violence‚ not just in Romeo and Juliet but in real life situations. William Shakespeare manages to take real-life themes and incorporates them into his plays. He brought the theme of violence creating more violence in Romeo and Juliet by making the two families‚ the Capulets and the Montagues‚ use violence as the solution to their problems concerning each other. But there are
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Compare your reading of Lord Capulet in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with the same character in Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation. Romeo and Juliet is generally believed to have been a poem based on a real Italian love story from the 3rd century‚ Shakespeare wrote his version of the poem as a play in 1594. Baz Luhrmann then created his version of Shakespeare’s play as a movie in 1996‚ this adaptation of Shakespeare’s play was a commercial success‚ proving particularly popular with teenage film viewers
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OTHELLO ACT 1‚ SCENE 2 Shakespeare’s Othello is a play about love‚ jealousy and racism. Othello is a Moor‚ who is kidnapped as a child and brought to Venice‚ where he grows up‚ becomes a mercenary and through his bravery rises to the rank of General of the Venetian army. Othello is in love with the beautiful Desdemona‚ daughter of a senator and is secretly married to her. Iago‚ his junior‚ jealous of his success attempts to destroy Othello and Desdemona and through his machinations obliterates
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dramatic devices in Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet in order to make it such an interesting‚ exciting and important scene? Romeo and Juliet is world renown as one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. At the beginning of the play you are introduced to two families in Verona; these families being the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. The two families have been involved in a feud for years. However at one of Lord Capulet’s balls Juliet‚ his only daughter falls in love with Romeo the son of Lord Montague
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Act 5: Scene 1 GRAVEDIGGER-She killed herself‚ are they really going to give her a Christian funeral? OTHER- Yes‚ so finish up that grave. The coroner examined her case and decided it should be a Christian funeral. GRAVEDIGGER- But how? Unless she drowned herself in defense OTHER- They think she did. GRAVEDIGGER-Psst yeah sounds like self-offense to me.. I think that if she knew she was drowning herself that’s an act. Acts have three sides to it: to do‚ to act‚ and to preform
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unquenchable thirst for power that leads him to his downfall. The audience is privy to Macbeth’s mental evolution as they witness his transition into a tyrant. The seventh scene of the first act is the first example of active rhetoric‚ on behalf of Lady Macbeth‚ to sway Macbeth towards killing his cousin‚ Duncan. In this scene Macbeth and Lady Macbeth make use of rhetorical devices as they attempt to persuade one another towards their constitution. Macbeth uses an uncertain tone during his discussion
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Shakespeare Create Atmosphere in Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet? William Shakespeare creates atmosphere in this scene by using a number of effective techniques‚ in this essay I will be discussing how these techniques create such a tense and suspenseful atmosphere that truly captures and engages the Elizabethan audience. Firstly‚ Shakespeare uses dramatic irony in this scene by the entrance of Romeo‚ the audience are aware that he has just came from marrying Juliet‚ however the characters on stage
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Family Loyalty in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy‚ by William Shakespeare about two star-crossed lovers whose deaths are caused by a long feud between two households. The Capulet and Montague conflict has disrupted the streets of Verona. It has also caused the two lovers to remain secretly in love‚ which is thought to be forbidden and betrayal. Family loyalty plays an important role throughout the novel and in Romeo and Juliet it explains different types of loyalty whether
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ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - Romeo and Juliet Act I 1. Why do Sampson and Gregory fight with Montague’s men? Sampson and Gregory are servants of the Capulet family‚ which has been feuding with the Montague family for quite some time. The feud has reached proportions involving all members and servants of both households. 2. Benvolio and Tybalt come upon the servants fighting. Contrast their reactions to the fight. Benvolio tries to break up the fight‚ but Tybalt wants to join in and
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