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    William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ was targeted to impress Elizabethan Era viewers and have them relate to social‚ economical and religious views throughout the play. Act IV‚ scene IV in Hamlets soliloquy touched upon occurring events‚ intriguing viewers. The words spoken by hamlet could be related and interpreted by the audience. Focussing on the Elizabethan era‚ the soliloquy in act IV‚ scene IV‚ targets the audiences of this time era as is mentions themes of social class and revenge‚ to stimulate the

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    Samantha Supsky Noren English IV AP 20 December 2012 Hamlet Explication In Act 1 Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the audience is formally introduced to the thoughts and feelings of main character: Hamlet‚ through a soliloquy describing the current situation in Denmark. This includes the usage of mythical allusions‚ metaphors and tone to portray Hamlets feelings. The time between Hamlet’s fathers death and his mothers second marriage is demonstrated in the sentence‚ “But two months dead: nay

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    This scene takes place near the end of the end of the play. Ophelia has just died and her grave is being dug in the graveyard. Hamlet and Horatio come in and speak with the grave diggers. Later in the scene the funeral procession come through with Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ and Laertes. A major theme in this play is the conflict between action and inaction. Very few times in this play do the characters take action. It mainly a play of words and observation. So many scenes the characters stand‚ talk

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    Summary: Act V‚ Scene i‚ opens up two gravediggers shoveling up a grave for Ophelia. While digging the hole the two grave men argue whether or not Ophelia should have a Christian burial since her passing seemed like a suicide‚ which was outlawed during that time. After the first gravedigger asks the second gravedigger a riddle‚ Hamlet and Horatio enter the scene watching the men dig up a grave. When looking at the men dig up the old grave for a new grave Hamlet deeply wonders what kind of career

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    Individual Analysis Hamlet; Act 4‚ Scene 7 Steven Roach Friday‚ November 16‚ 2012 A Freudian angle of (4.7 135 – 145) and (4.7 9 – 21) Throughout the scene Claudius depicts a personality that evaluates situations and makes choices out of desire without much concern for consequence. Although Claudius does show a little bit of concern for consequence‚ he generally acts from an “inner-child” psyche. In the scene‚ Claudius plots with Laertes and acts quickly out of a sense of DESIRE and makes a

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    An analysis of the global significance of the 2012 London Summer Olympics opening ceremony The 2012 London Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony (Hereafter LSOOC) was watched by 62‚000 spectators in the stadium and an estimated audience of one billion across all five continents‚ it was for a few hours the focal-point of the world. This essay will conclude that the live broadcast of this major-sporting media event has become economically significant; primarily as a result of the increasing

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    dignitaries‚ parents and students from various schools to grace the very first (Maiden Edition) of her annual inter-house sports competition held at the U. J. Esuene sports stadium on the 12th of march 2010. The event started at about 11.00am with an opening prayer by Pst. Richard Ojong. This maiden event was graced by very important personalities including Mrs. Jennifer Bassey-Duke (Principal/CEO‚ AMMHS)‚ Dr. Inemesit Akpan (P.T.A Chairman‚ AMMHS)‚ Prof. Offiong E. Offiong (Hon. Comm. for Education was

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    from the reading (20 points) 1. In Act 3‚ Scene 3‚ Hamlet has an opportunity to kill Claudius‚ but he does not act. One scene later‚ however‚ Hamlet does not hesitate at all when he kills Polonius in Gertrude’s chamber. Why is Hamlet able to act in Scene 4 but not in Scene 3? What does this tell readers and viewers about Hamlet’s character? Answer: Hamlet decided against killing Claudius in Scene 3 because Hamlet thought Claudius

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    Macduff (Macbeth) 1 Macduff (Macbeth) Macduff (Macbeth) Dan O ’Herlihy as Macduff in Orson Welles ’ controversial film adaptation Macbeth (1948) Creator William Shakespeare Play Date Source Family Macbeth c.1603-1607 Holinshed ’s Chronicles (1587) Lady Macduff‚ wife Son‚ (name unknown) Antagonist to Macbeth; kills him in the final act. Despair thy charm / And let the angel whom thou has served / Tell thee Macduff was from his mother’s womb / Untimely ripped (5.10.14-16) Role Quote Macduff

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    INTRODUCTION BASIC ELEMENTS EFFECTIVE OPENING TECHNIQUES CONCLUSION 1 2 HOW TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE OPENING FOR A PRESENTATION EAP Presentation Team What included? 3 Basic elements: 1.Greeting 2.Title‚ subject 3. Purpose 4. Outline 5.Length 6.Inviting questions Attention getters 4 Problem technique Amazing fact technique Story/ anecdote technique Famous quote technique Thought – provoking questions technique Video analysis 5  Watch the video  Analyze the techniques used to draw

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