Act 2 1. Three Questions What is Iago telling Rodrigo to do? And Why is Rodrigo doing everything he is told? Iago is using Rodrigo as part of his plan to ruin Othello‚ he is told to anger Cassio and persuade a fight with him so Othello could see how unfit he is for his position. The reason Rodrigo is doing all this so he could get more time and a better chance to get Desdemona. (II‚ i) Why did Iago so forcefully encourage Cassio to drink more wine? It was all part of Iago’s plan‚ he would
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presented in Tennyson’s “Ulysses” and Brent MacLaine’s “Elpinor’s Soliloquy” Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses” and Brent MacLaine’s “Elpinor’s Soliloquy” in Athena Becomes a Swallow are two poems that convey visions of heroism in entirely different ways. Both stories give different perspectives on the difference between average life and heroic life. Tennyson’s “Ulysses” focuses on the heroic life whereas MacLaine’s “Elpinor’s Soliloquy” focuses more on the average life. However‚ is there a difference
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In this piece of his soliloquy‚ Iago is talking about how he plans to use Desdemona to take down both Othello and Cassio. Iago is going to convince Othello that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. Iago knows his plan will work as Desdemona will feel sorry for Cassio and try to convince Othello to make him lieutenant again. This plan will definitely work to Iago’s advantage here as Othello will probably be too heartbroken to think straight‚ and will end up ruining his relationship with Desdemona
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The soliloquy Definition & analysis of soliloquy: “to be or not to be” The soliloquy: is the act of talking to oneself silently or allowed. In drama it’s a convention by which a character alone on stage utters his thoughts allowed; the playwright uses this device as a convenient way to convey directly to the audience information about a character’s motives‚ intentions and state of mind‚ as well as or purposes of general exposition. The soliloquies punctuate hat play at significant points‚
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In Hamlet‚ Shakespeare reveals dynamics and statics in character traits mainly through soliloquies. In Soliloquy #2‚ Hamlet takes an adventure of self-awareness with a static‚ violent and depressing tone. The player is the direct drive for Hamlet to undergo this morphing reflection. The player acts with “[t]ears in his eyes‚ distraction in’s aspect/[a] broken voice‚ and his whole function suiting” (II‚ ii‚ 550-551). He immerses himself into the play so deeply that after witnessing the player’s
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Soliloquy Analysis Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is a comedy of love and betrayal. This play was written in verse which adds a metrical pattern which consists of lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter (blank verse). At the start of the trumpets Duke Orsino enters wanting to be loved by Countess Olivia. However‚ she refuses to be seen for seven years because she misses her father and brother. Meanwhile‚ after a shipwreck‚ Viola is found a survivor. Viola disguises herself as a man with the name
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Angela So Mr. Pan ENG2D0 September 26‚ 2013 Lady Macbeth’s Unsex Me Soliloquy Analysis In 1.5. 36-53 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth delivers a sullen soliloquy which expresses her ambitious yet murderous thoughts‚ invoking dark spirits to‚ first‚ change and destroy her feminine nature‚ second‚ to let her feel no fear or guilt upon doing wicked acts such as murder‚ and then‚ third‚ to cover all of her vile and vicious crimes. By doing so‚ Lady Macbeth vividly reveals to the audience her
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existence. Without justification‚ life becomes meaningless and one becomes numb to the world that surrounds. This numbness is what depresses humans of essential emotions and commonly leads to suicide. In Act V.‚ Scene V.‚ lines 20-31‚ Macbeth ’s final soliloquy is a tragic concession to the insignificance of his own existence. However‚ he surrenders only after a rigorous pursuit for happiness and stability. This powerful passage has a very important structural and stylistic aspect that‚ in a sense‚ concludes
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He further explains the plan to outwit his uncle in this soliloquy‚ saying he will watch closely to the way his uncle reacts to a play that is very comparable in the plot line to the actions Claudius has taken to become King. Hamlet reveals that he feels he has taken a cowardly approach to making sure that the ghost
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his own life. He also considers seeking revenge for his father’s death. Evidence of his uncertainty and over thinking is not only shown in this speech‚ but it also can be referenced in other important parts of the play. The topic of Hamlet’s soliloquy is his consideration of committing suicide. Throughout the speech‚ it is obvious that Hamlet is over thinking and wavering between two different extremes: life and death. "Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous
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