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    The Use of Soliloquies in Romeo and Juliet Talking to yourself is never a good idea in society‚ unless of course you are a character in a work by William Shakespeare. Many of his famous works are riddled with people talking to themselves‚ rambling on and on in Shakespeare’s unique poetic fashion of iambic pentameter. These outbursts of thought that come from the minds of the characters are generally called soliloquies. One of the most famous scenarios of a soliloquy happens to come from the play

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    Discuss The Dramatic Effectiveness of The Soliloquies in Romeo and Juliet.       Romeo and Juliet is probably Shakespeare’s most well known play. It is the story of two star-crossed lovers fighting to find acceptance of their love.  Throughout the play there is a consistent‚ ongoing fight between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s‚ Romeo being a Montague and Juliet being a Capulet. It all ends in tragedy but “through bad comes good” and the Capulet’s and Montague’s start to build bridges

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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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    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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    In the famous love story‚ “Romeo and Juliet”‚ Shakespeare uses a soliloquy to reveal Juliet’s affection in order to establish that people can get lost in feelings than reality. Romeo and Juliet are two unique individuals that come from different households that don’t get along well together. One ordinary day‚ Romeo was unexpectedly invited to Juliet’s house party and goes to the party in hope to meet Rosaline‚ his first love. At the party‚ Romeo goes to find Rosaline and suddenly he sees a girl named

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    The Soliloquy

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    The dagger speech (32-65) is‚ deservedly‚ one of the most celebrated in Shakespeare. Like "If it were done" (Act I‚ Scene 7)‚ this soliloquy is a fascinating piece of stage psychology. The structure of the lines precisely echoes the swings from lucidity to mental disturbance that characterize Macbeth throughout the play. There are three false alarms: "I see thee still . . . I see thee yet . . . I see thee still!" Between each of these alarms comes a moment of respite in which Macbeth appeals to the

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    Mercutio is a close friend of Romeo and Benvolio. He is also a relative to Prince Escalus and Count Paris. Thus‚ he is neither a Montague nor a Capulet. He has the freedom from the conflict between the two houses. When he is at Capulet’s party‚ Mercutio states that he has a brother named Valentine. He is described as a fun-loving and witty. However‚ his sense of humour sometimes makes others annoyed. Along with this‚ he is moody and loses his temper easily. Mercutio is Romeo’s friends. Mercutio

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    Soliloquies in Macbeth

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    These soliloquies show a clear development in the character of Macbeth. They are used throughout the play‚ and are very important in the understanding of the play. The first two soliloquies show Macbeth’s through process and opinions on what course of action to take before he kills Duncan. The following two soliloquies show his thought process after he is committed to killing Duncan‚ and much of his hesitation in doing so. These soliloquies are key to the story‚ and if we didn’t have they the play

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    Hamlet Soliloquy

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    displays many strong yet justified emotions. For instance‚ the "To be or Not To Be" soliloquy‚ perhaps one of the most well known quotes in the English language‚ Hamlet actually debates suicide. His despair‚ sorrow‚ anger‚ and inner peace are all justifiable emotions for this troubled character. Hamlet’s feeling of despair towards his life and to the world develops as the play moves on. In Hamlet’s first soliloquy he reveals that his despair has driven him to thoughts of suicide; "How weary (horrible)

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    Soliloquies in Hamlet

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    Introduction Shakespeare ’s Hamlet‚ simply stated‚ is a story in which the main character‚ young Hamlet‚ is on a mission to avenge the death of his father‚ which he realizes was caused by the hand of his uncle. The majority of the play is centered around Hamlet’s vengeance and the pain and suffering caused by it. From the moment Hamlet learns of his father’s untimely demise he puts on an air of insanity as a clever device used to secretly execute his revenge. This plan works great in the story

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