Songs nowadays talk about drugs and the effects‚ but in metaphors‚ just like in Shakespearian times. Everything’s a metaphor. It was noted that Friar L called the plants weed‚ and people in the 21st century still use that term today‚ as we’ve seen lots and lots of the phrases and tropes we use today were created by Shakespeare. Friar L says the flower he picks from his garden is poisonous‚ yet he is using it to dope up a little girl. This is an introductory into the “lightly” hinted fact that most
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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. A monologue‚ usually with only two people on the stage‚ is used to express motivation‚ intentions‚ relationships and results. A soliloquy‚ with only one actor on stage‚ gives the audience an idea of the characters state of mind and their inner
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ENGLISH COMMENTARY-MACBETH; ACT II‚ SCENE I Act II‚ scene 1 takes place in Macbeth’s castle- Castle of Inverness- when Banquo and Fleance encounter Macbeth on their way to bed‚ who is preparing himself for his grim task. The soliloquy in act II‚ scene 1 is extremely important because it is the last time we hear Macbeth’s thoughts on murdering King Duncan before he actually performs the act. Macbeth is just about to murder King Duncan and is hence about to create an upheaval in the hierarchical
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and man and nature to explore the mystery of life. Keywords: Man and woman‚ Psychology‚ Symbolism‚ Characters British literary critic F. R. Leavis in his great literary work D. H. Lawrence: Novelist tells that The Rainbow and Women in Love can prove D. H. Lawrence is one of the greatest literary artists‚ and Lawrence is a modern novelist and uses a lot of modern writing techniques to mode the characters. Women in Love is especially a book which “has artistic form more contrary to nature and meaningful
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the play has hurdled through seven scenes of mounting tension and now tithers on the threshold of regicide. At this point‚ Shakespeare freezes the action. In the tension of silence‚ both character and play develop on new levels. For Macbeth‚ this soliloquy‚ in A.C. Bradley’s words: "is where the powerful workings of his imagination rises to a new level of visible intensity as his conscience manifests itself as an air-drawn dagger." This is the first glimpse of a vigorous imagination from which stems
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is predominant‚ Full soon the canker death eats up that plant" (Act 2‚ Scene 3). My second point is that Friar Lawrence‚ on top of performing a marriage fated to end in tragedy‚ assisted Romeo in hiding and going to Juliet instead of immediately leaving Verona for Mantua. He caused another problem by not following his morals and Romeo visiting Juliet only made her love for him grow. The Friar used his position in the church for wrong once again‚ he didn’t even originally believe that Romeo and Juliet’s
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Viola’s Soliloquy Assignment Kelvin Park October 19‚ 2009 In William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” act II‚ ii 17-41‚ Viola makes her first soliloquy after realizing that Olivia has fallen in love with her. Shakespeare uses this literary tool - in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener – to create dramatic irony in the play. The audience here learns information about the said character that is unknown by the other characters
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was a German‚ later British conductor‚ organist‚ violinist and composer of the late Baroque era. Handel had been in many countries‚ which allowed him to absorbed aspects of German‚ Italian‚ French‚ and English styles. Italian opera had greatly influenced him and served as the central focus of his creative work. He spent most of his career in London and was known for his operas‚ oratorios‚ anthems‚ and instrumental compositions. He composed the most famous of all
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Romeo and Juliet Friar Lawrence serves many purposes in the play Romeo and Juliet‚ written by Shakespeare in the 1590’s. Although at first glance Friar Lawrence may be dismissed as a minor character in the story‚ he is essential to the development and the outcome of the play. The Friar has a very close bond with Romeo and has an interest in bringing the Capulet and Montague feud to an end. He keeps the action moving throughout the play by helping Romeo and Juliet resolve their problems and encouraging
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and Hamlet decided to stay for his mother. The‚ “O‚ that this too too solid flesh would melt…” soliloquy reveals the first thoughts of death that Hamlet has within the play. Not much has happened‚ but the King and Queen are married‚ and the ghost has been seen. As the first soliloquy‚ this is the first insight into Hamlet’s state of mind that the audience has. Hamlet has two moods within this soliloquy; depressed and enraged. He begins speaking about his wish to disappear‚ “O‚ that this too too solid
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