Act IV‚ Scene II Capulet‚ the Nurse‚ and some servants are preparing the wedding when Juliet returns and begs Capulet’s pardon. He forgives her immediately‚ and he is so happy about Juliet’s obedience that he changes the wedding day to Wednesday. Juliet: I have learnt me to repent the sin of disobedient opposition to you and your behests‚ and am enjoin’d by holy Lawrence to fall prostate here to beg your pardon –She kneels down- Pardon‚ I beseech you! Capulet: Send for the County‚ go tell him
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Act 5 Scene 1 We open with grave diggers talking about Ophelia’s suicide. Hamlet and Horatio start talking about the gravedigger’s casual attitude to the skulls of the dead. Hamlet and the gravedigger banter a little. Hamlet asked the gravedigger about himself. The gravedigger digs up a skull of Yorick‚ the jester. Hamlet recalls Yorick from his childhood. Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ Laertes‚ along with a priest comes to bury Ophelia. Laertes asked the priest to do more rites. Hamlet jumps out and Laertes
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2013 Hamlet’s First Soliloquy Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act 1‚ Scene 2 serves to summarize the first events of the play as well as give the audience insight on Hamlet’s distaste for them. Shakespeare uses extensive imagery to show hamlet’s anger‚ disgust‚ sadness and recurring self-pity. These arise partially from his father’s death but are due‚ for the most part to his mother and uncle’s quick and somewhat perverse and unnatural marriage. Throughout Hamlet’s first soliloquy his sadness and self-pity
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Romeo and Juliet Scene Study Act 2 Scene 2 1. What is the meaning of the passage you selected and what was happening in the scene at the time it was said? This passage‚ Romeo expresses his love for Juliet. Here‚ in the famous balcony scene‚ Romeo and Juliet reveal their love to each other‚ and at Juliet’s suggestion‚ they plan to marry. As Romeo stands in the shadows‚ he looks to the balcony and compares Juliet to the sun. “It is the east and Juliet is the sun”. Comparing her to the sun as Juliet
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Explore the ways that Shakespeare uses soliloquies to express the emotions of Romeo in the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Shakespeare uses many literary devices such as imagery‚ personification‚ antithesis‚ dramatic irony as well as rich vibrant adjectives and nouns‚ to make the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ emotive and powerful. All of these are employed in the prologue as well as in soliloquies of Act 2 Scene 2 and Act 5 Scene 3 to express the emotions of Romeo. In the prologue the context of the story is
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Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a romantic tragedy. We first learn this in the Prologue‚ as the audience is told: “Doth with their death…Their death marked love”. The Prologue tells the audience key events in the play and is a good source of dramatic irony‚ as the audience knows that the characters will die at the end‚ although the characters themselves don’t. The story of Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona‚ Italy‚ and tells of two star-crossed lovers‚ Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet‚ who
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The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare originally written in 1594 is one of the most well known and revered stories. This romantic tale follows the tragedy of two young lovers who sacrifice everything for love and meet an ill-timed fate. Romeo and Juliet share an intense love but their family ties prevent their love from prevailing. Love and death send the couple on an immense ride of emotions which Shakespeare portrays through the use of many techniques including monologues and soliloquies
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Act- III Scene- 2 Summary of Act III scene 2: Act III Scene 2 Analysis In Belmont‚ Portia begs Bassanio to delay before making his choice among the caskets. If he chooses incorrectly‚ she will lose the pleasure of his company. Though she refuses to break the terms of her father’s riddle of the caskets‚ she confesses that if it were up to her she would give herself to him entirely. Bassanio‚ though‚ is tortured by the uncertainty of waiting‚ and convinces her to let him try the riddle. Portia
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How does Shakespeare use language and dramatic effects to in Act 1‚ Scene 1 and Act 3‚ Scene 1 of Montague family. Later in Act One Scene Five he authenticates that all that is ever on his mind is war as when he sees Romeo at the Capulet party (Romeo being a Montague and therefore not wanted)‚ instead of letting it pass as a party in Elizabethan times and today is no place for fighting‚ he asks Capulet for permission to fight him there and then - "Uncle‚ this is a Montague‚ our foe; a villain‚ that
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In this short play we are taken into the world of 1920’s life of a black woman. The play is divided into 2 major parts. The first three scenes are set in the past‚ 1900 and the last scene is set in present day 1920s. In short manner it depicts a life of a black woman troubled by her extensive jealousy and deep hatred for her dark skin color. Scene 1 is when we are first introduced to the main character of the play‚ Emmaline. She is a dancer and she is headed‚ with the rest of the crew‚ to a cake
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