Act 1 1. "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair‚" is stated in line 10 by the witches in the opening of the play. The significance of this paradox is that it sets us up for the doubleness of the play. It means what is fair to the witches is foul to man. 2. "Though his bark cannot be lost‚ / Yet it shall be tempest-tossed‚" is stated in lines 24 and 25 by the first witch while she and the other witches are discussing a recent experience of hers with a sailor. The significance is that it gives us insight
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Midsummer Night’s Dream: To what extent does ACT5 Scene1 present a harmonious “New World”? Act 5 Scene 1 is considered to be a harmonious “New World”‚ not forgetting that we have just left the “Green world” with all the mischief and fairies all around. This would make us question is the green world really gone? And is the new world really all that “Harmonious”? Act 5 Scene1 is the resolution of the entire play. At the start of It is obvious that the harmonious “New world” is present‚ with all
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I have chosen to close read Act V‚ Scene iii as I believe it is the most significant scene in the play. The language forms‚ thematical inclusions and possibilities for staging all add to its importance. Titus Andronicus is often called “Shakespeare’s bloodiest spectacle” and this is one of the most gruesome conclusions written. The scene in question is the moment when everyone is together at Titus’s Roman
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The scene four is one of the shortest scenes of the play and it is a rehearsal of ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore in which Annie and Billy interpret the characters of this play‚ Giovanni and Annabella‚ and at the end of the scene they kiss and Annie returns the kiss in earnest. In the scene five‚ the characters that appear are Annie and Henry‚ and it is like the beginning of the first and third scene of the act one. Henry is alone in the living-room/study and Annie appears. Henry had registered the bedroom
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Macbeth Questions – Act III Osato Agbaire 1. “The Mysterious Killer” 2. Macbeth didn’t kill Banquo mostly because he didn’t want to have to go through that guilt that and pressure that he went through when his wife was forcing him to kill Duncan. In the first act‚ he was having second thoughts and wasn’t really with Lady Macbeth on killing King Duncan. However‚ after killing Duncan and becoming king‚ all this power‚ nobility and evil started to get in his head especially now that he’s
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of Act 2 Scene 2 of “Macbeth” Considering The Significance of The Scene In The Play As A Whole. In the scene before Act 2 Scene 2‚ Lady Macbeth and Macbeth decide to make a huge decision‚ and kill King Duncan. Killing the king was a very sacrilegious thing to do‚ as the king was known to be appointed by God. Lady Macbeth pushed “loyal” Macbeth into killing The king‚ she patronizes Macbeth with her cunning ways‚ offending his manhood‚ his courage and his loyalty to his word to her. Macbeth‚ seduced
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In scene G‚ the nurse teases Juliet because she got the answer that Juliet waited all day to hear. It all started after the marriage proposal of Romeo and Juliet. The day after Juliet proposes‚ she sent the nurse to find out about the marriage. The nurse left at nine in the morning‚ but never returned until twelve after. However‚ Juliet waited and waited impatiently in the orchard. When the nurse and Peter entered the gate‚ Juliet rushed to them and asked questions about Romeo (Peter exit). Furthermore
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In William Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ “Romeo and Juliet”‚ the opening scene starts with two Capulet men walking through the market when the see some Montague’s in the market with them and because of the feud between the two households a fight is started. The fight is stopped for a second when Benvolio (of the Montague household) comes in and pleads for them to stop fighting but the fight resumes when Tybalt (of the Capulet household) comes in and mocks Benvolio. The fight intensifies after that involving
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Act Three: Scene 1 Narrator. This scene opens where Benvolio‚ Mercutio‚ and later Romeo meet Tybalt on a street. Romeo had just gotten hitched and is feeling great and calm. Mercutio on the other hand wants to race Tybalt‚ but it turns bad and needs a little explaining done. [Exit Narrator and enter Benvolio and Mercutio] Benvolio. (tired) Come on Daddy-O‚ let’s cut out. It’s steaming like a hot pot and the Capulets ride‚ if we eyeball them‚ then we will have to rumble. Mercutio. (relaxed and
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This extract has taken place in Act III‚ Scene I and occurs in a public place of the town. Benvolio‚ Mercutio‚ Tybalt and Romeo are having an argument‚ which turns in to a sword fight‚ Tybalt kills Mercutio and for that Romeo kills Tybalt. At the point in time where Romeo kills Tybalt they are actually cousins by marriage although Romeo and the audience the only ones aware of this‚ creating dramatic irony. Mercutio’s death is the climax and turning point for the play and is the beginning of the tragic
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