Othello is regarded as a noble and kind general‚ through Shakespeare’s effective characterisation. Othello’s military skill and respect is established as the Duke greets him by saying ’ Valiant Othello‚ we must straight employ you/Against the general enemy Ottoman.’ The repeated references to him as ’valiant’ highlights his position and status within the army as a brave man‚ as well as how much the powerful Duke respects him. It gives us an insight into what a good a leader Othello is and makes
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MACBETH..Act !‚ Scene 1 and 2. About the Play: In 1606‚ William Shakespeare wrote a play‚ Macbeth‚ which has gone down in history as one of the best tragedies ever written. It is known to be the shortest and bloodiest tragedies of Shakespeare. The simplest way of explaining the plot would be to say that it is a story of a man urged by his wife‚ and foretold by prophesy‚ to commit murder in order to gain power….a plan which fails‚ with tragic consequences. But more specifically‚ it is a classic
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make the transition from life to death; instead to rage against it‚ and struggle with what vitality they have left. The poem begins with the speaker stating his argument – to fight against death‚ even unto old age. Subsequently‚ he describes the valiant and praiseworthy behavior of various exemplary men‚ one for each stanza: “wise men” who know death is inevitable; “good men” who are gratified by the honorable deeds they have done; “wild men” who were reckless and learned of death too late; and “grave
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In this essay I am going to compare two extracts of writing‚ about World War 1. I am going to look at the use of language the writers use to express their views on war. For the first extract I’ve chosen a very famous piece ‘A Soldiers declaration’ by Siegfried Sassoon written in July 1917‚ I am comparing this against a letter written home by a junior officer from Flanders in 1916. Extract 1‚ A Soldiers Declaration is a very formal piece of writing‚ the writer starts of by informing the readers
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Macbeth as an honorable war hero and courageous fighter. Through the use of dialogue‚ such as “For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name)”‚ Shakespeare portrays Macbeth as a ruthless warrior who will stop at nothing to defend his country. In “O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!”‚ the playwright uses punctuation to exaggerate the idea of Macbeth’s honorable
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Are the Weird Sisters instigators of Macbeth’s actions or did the Macbeths plot Duncan’s murder? In the play ‘Macbeth’ written by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth experiences an inevitable downfall from a brave valiant warrior‚ into a spiral of actions with tragic repercussions. A key event which instigated this downward spiral is the alluring prophecy from the Weird Sisters‚ fomenting ambition in Macbeth and thus creating a lust for him to become King. Macbeths initial taste of power after learning
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In this article‚ Foner states in his thesis that “since the early 1960s‚ a profound alteration of the place of blacks within American society‚ newly uncovered evidence‚ and changing definitions of history itself‚ have combined to transform our understanding of race relations‚ politics‚ and economic change during Reconstruction.” The article essentially encompasses the meaning of three different views of reconstruction: traditional‚ revisionist‚ and post-revisionist. After Foner defines these and
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extremely idealized and superficial‚ with the vassal or servant-like suitor‚ who is often a valiant knight‚ devoting himself completely to an ideal woman who is often the daughter of a powerful man (Kittredge 528-529). When this definition is applied to the relationship between Hero and Claudio in MAAN‚ one is able to recognize a perfect match. For example‚ Claudio‚ a young lord of Florence‚ is a valiant soldier as is shown in the first scene of the play with the comments made by the Messenger:
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Brabantio‚ who is the Venetian senator‚ uses their class in society to show that they are more powerful and strong. Therefore‚ this essay will explore the ideas of masculinity and the undermining of masculinity. Othello‚ a brave‚ honourable‚ “valiant” and respected man‚ is an impressive army commander‚ whose masculinity and persona is brought to a destructive end. Iago‚ his so called “honourable” ensign‚ undermines Othello’s masculinity by poisoning and manipulating his mind into believing his
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began to do the same. Cinna immediately"As Caesar loved me‚ I weep for him. As he was fortunate‚ I rejoice at it. As he was valiant‚ I honor him. But as he was ambitious‚ I slew him" starts crying out‚ "Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead!" The commoners greived Caesar’s death and I explained‚ "As Caesar loved me‚ I weep for him. As he was fortunate‚ I rejoice at it. As he was valiant‚ I honor him. But as he was ambitious‚ I slew him."Shortly after I rember Antony saying a fantastic speech about me showing
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