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    The Theme of Love and Hate William Shakespeare is a famous author of many popular plays. Shakespeare plays are still famous today‚ and studied in schools and drama clubs everywhere. The most famous play written by William Shakespeare is Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet‚ there are such extreme opposite opinions about love and hate. In scene 1‚ act 1‚ Romeo says “Being purged‚ a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vex’d a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears: What is it else? A madness

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    Chinese versions of William Shakespeares Hamlet. The frequent use of rhetorical devices is one of the writing norms during Renaissance; however‚ the reason why Shakespeares plays can stand out among his contemporary works and why he can become one of the worlds famous playwrights have much to do with his creative and skillful usage of rhetorical devices. Rhetorical devices are no longer the ornament to the language in his plays‚ but the means to his construction of the plays theme‚ atmosphere and characters

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    accepting new ways of thinking. This sort of attitude impacts Scout as it changes her and shapes her way of thinking. In the novel Atticus shows us that Appearance vs. Reality is a big part of Scout and her big brother Jems lives by helping them understand throughout the novel that there is much more to know than what is just being presented to them by appearance to dig a little deeper in knowing the full truth. Therefore‚ not everything is what it seems. In the novel‚ there is a character

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    others. In the story of Macbeth‚ a story written Shakespeare‚ is about a man who had been prophesied that he would be king by Witches‚ but soon things would change for Macbeth when his wife figured out what was going to happen. Lady Macbeth throughout the play showed that she had most power and influenced others action so they would do what she wanted. Lady Macbeth has always manipulated and convince others to do things they didn’t like or want to do. Lady Macbeth told Macbeth “We fail? But screw

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    Illusions can transform what we see‚ what we think‚ and what we love. MSND was the story of a love square turning around and around again‚ altered by real love and illusions of love. The recurring themes of this story were love‚ friendship‚ and reality vs. illusion. These themes made the characters stick together even in the toughest times‚ past all of the hinderings that were sought toward them. Love is what kept the characters together. It shined through potions and spells and still stayed strong

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    and Grave In the Elizabethan era Shakespeare‚ a well known playwright‚ wrote a play about the extents human greed and how guilt eats at the soul. In order to accomplish this feat‚ Shakespeare tells the story of Macbeth and his quest to become king of Scotland. Throughout The Tragedy of Macbeth Shakespeare illustrates the effects of greed and guilt on two people‚ Lady Macbeth and Macbeth‚ both of whom react differently to the choices placed before them. Lady Macbeth‚ once willing to do anything for

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    Running Head: Macbeth Critical Review of Macbeth by William Shakespeare [Aijaz Ahmed Shaikh] [Karachi University] Critical Review of Macbeth by William Shakespeare Introduction Not only is Macbeth by far the shortest of William Shakespeare’s great tragedies‚ but it is also anomalous in some structural respects. Like Othello (1604) and only a very few other Shakespearean plays‚ Macbeth is without the complications of a subplot. (Bradley‚ 1905) Consequently‚ the action moves forward in a

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    An important theme found in The Great Gatsby is having to face reality. The characters in the novel have a perfect fantasy in their minds. This theme is portrayed when Gatsby realizes he can’t have everything he wants‚ Nick realizes that the East Coast isn’t all that it’s made out to be‚ and when Daisy realizes she chose money over love. All three incidents represent the same major theme; facing reality. Gatsby has to face reality when he figures out he can’t have everything he wants‚ including

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    careful what they want. In the play "Macbeth" written by William Shakespeare‚ the main character Macbeth changes a great deal throughout the course of this play. In the beginning Macbeth is a coward and overrun by fear‚ but through his greed for power and his vaulting ambition‚ he becomes a fearless man that is driven by an overconfident ego. Through this dynamic Shakespeare teaches the reader that good people can turn the wrong way because of a strive for power. Macbeth shows his fears and weakness while

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    are plenty of examples of appearance versus reality in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The most significant one‚ it seems to me‚ is the fact that the pious minister‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ is actually an adulterer who had an illicit affair with a married woman. Throughout the novel‚ a war between his soul/spirit and his body rages. He is a sensitive man to begin with‚ and then the constant conflict between what he knows he should do (public confession and repentance) and what he does (private

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