Hamlet’s Soliloquy: Tis now the very witching time of night (3.2.380-391) Annotations Tis now the very witching time of night‚ (380) When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world: now could I drink hot blood‚ And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. Soft! now to my mother. O heart‚ lose not thy nature; let not ever (385) The soul of Nero enter this firm bosom: Let me be cruel‚ not unnatural: I will speak daggers to her‚ but use none;
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Iago repeatedly betrays other characters while keeping up his reputation as being an honest and noble man. His true thoughts are only revealed through his soliloquies. Iagos soliloquies shows he is searching for motives that he can’t find and only does the terrible things he does to benefit himself‚ which is inherently evil. Iagos first soliloquy shows he has no real motives for using Roderigo and seeking revenge on other characters. When Iago says‚ “thus do I ever make my fool my purse;”(1.3.185)
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The two main characters in Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ are Macbeth himself and his wife Lady Macbeth. Their marriage seems to be mainly one of convenience for Lady Macbeth‚ but for Macbeth it is clearly more than that. He loves his wife‚ and she takes advantage of that for her own gain. She is continuously making him feel guilty‚ for being weak‚ and for not being able to give her a child‚ as is suggested by her words‚ "I have given suck and know how tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me". She
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love before. Then he begins his soliloquy announcing how beautiful Juliet is. He uses his eloquent speech to highlight his feelings for Juliet and show that his love for Rosaline has faded. Romeo is seen on multiple occasions using his poetic language‚ and this time is no different. He says that her beauty outshines the moon‚ and that her eyes are so bright they could replace the stars. If the stars were in her head‚ her bright cheeks
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Ultimately‚ this soliloquy serves two major functions in the play. First and foremost‚ it calls the audience to the star-crossed nature of the lovers’ relationship. In Romeo’s famous soliloquy outside Juliet’s balcony‚ he refers to Juliet as the rising Sun‚ coming to abolish his perpetual night. The audience sees that Juliet‚ represented by the Sun‚ will always miss Romeo‚ represented by the night. This contrast is essential to creating dramatic irony in the play. The second way that this soliloquy functions
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synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa (Dictionary). This line also creates suspense for the audience because they want to know what Iago is going to do to Cassio and Othello. Throughout the soliloquy‚ Iago expresses his hate for Othello and he claims that he will abuse his ear meaning that he will lie to him and try to frame Cassio. He is going to tell Othello that Cassio has a relationship with Desdemona. The etymology of this term “abuse” tells
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home to find that his father has died and that his mother has married his uncle. Although his situation may seem severe and far removed from the average life‚ there are emotions in Hamlet that everyone can relate to: grief‚ misery‚ and anger. This soliloquy portrays Hamlet pondering whether it is better “to be‚ or not to be”(Shakespeare 3.1.57). The uncertainty and possible instability of life after death is of great concern to Hamlet‚ as a result he focuses
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Journal Entry 1 – A Marine’s Troubled Life Anthony says this soliloquy that reveals a lot about what will happen later on‚ “I remember about myself a loneliness and poverty of spirit; mental collapse; brief jovial moments after weeks of exhaustion; discomfiting bodily pain; constant ringing in my ears; sleeplessness and drunkenness and desperation; fits of rage and despondency; mutiny of the self; lovers to whom I lied; lovers who lied to me. I remember going in one end and coming out the other
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Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s first soliloquy exemplifies his feeling after he goes through a series of traumatic events including his father’s premature death‚ his mother’s hasty marriage and his loss of the throne to his uncle Claudius and new step father. Shakespeare uses this soliloquy to help shape Hamlet’s character as overly emotional but proving to be very intelligent when establishing the theme of the play through the conflict of a man’s emotions and reason. Hamlet begins the soliloquy by portraying clearly
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Throughout the soliloquy‚ Hamlet talks about death; in fact‚ his first words are‚ “To be or not to be-‚” meaning to be alive or dead that is his question (III i 64). The idea of‚ ‘is life worth living’ continues not only throughout the speech‚ but also throughout the play
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