How all occasions do inform against me‚/ And spur my dull revenge! What is a man/ If his chief good and market of his time/ Be but to sleep and feed? A beast‚ no more./ Sure‚ he that made us with such large discourse‚/ Looking before and after‚ gave us not/ That capability and godlike reason/ To fust in us unused. Now‚ whether it be/ Bestial oblivion‚ or some craven scruple / Of thinking too precisely on th’ event—/ A thought which‚ quartered‚ hath but one part wisdom/ And ever three parts coward—I
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Scene 1: Jonas lives in a dystopia Jonas is the main character in The Giver by Lois Lowry. In Jonas’s community it’s natural to be doing everything the loudspeaker says‚ it is the way to surrvive. Only Jonas and the Giver can see in color. Everyone in Jonas’s community thinks it is natrual that the leaders can listen to every conversation. All adults have to apply for a spouse and children. Which means you get assigned to a family unit. Not very many people are even aware there is much life
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situated in Act 1 Scene 5 of the play. In this scene‚ Lady Macbeth reads to herself a letter she has received from Macbeth. She resolves to convince her husband to do what is required to seize the crown. A messenger informs Lady Macbeth about the king’s forthcoming arrival and Macbeth’s too. As she awaits their arrival‚ she delivers a soliloquy after which she resolves to put her natural femininity aside and do the soiled deeds to seize that crown she eagerly wants. Towards the end of the scene‚ Macbeth
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start. “What shall you ask of me that I’ll deny? / That honor saved may upon asking give?” (3.4.188-189). Those lines‚ particularly the second one‚ are difficult to get through because the words are not arranged the way English is spoken now‚ so they do not naturally flow. After practicing them often‚ the words felt less clunky over time. Something else I realized the longer I looked over the scene my group used‚ is how cruel the trick on Malvolio really is. It was easy
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How does Shakespeare portray Lady Macbeth’s state of mind in her first speech (“The raven was hoarse…”) and how does the speech relate to the plays concerns with ambition? Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy (Act I scene 5 lines 37-52) provides a vivid insight into her twisted state of mind as she creates initial plans to murder Duncan in order to fulfill the prophecy the witches made and have Macbeth become the King. The first lines of the speech reveal her first dark thoughts on killing Duncan. “The
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In act two scene two of the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare contains many mini-scenes within it. One of these miniature scenes‚ between lines 445 and 575‚ is an interaction between Hamlet‚ the First Player‚ and Polonius. This act is directed by Hamlet who wants the actors to put on a performance similar to his father’s death to see if what the ghost said was true and his uncle did kill his father. The First Player is the actor within the play and follows Hamlet’s directions because Hamlet is the
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For the first time in scene 9 we are shown a part beginning with a placard that read as follows: “General strike in support of the locked-out stockyard workers!” As mentioned earlier this mentally prepares the audience of what is about to take place and hints them to focus on how it all takes place. As a result of Mauler’s blood sucking nature the laborers decide to call a strike. The sole purpose of the strike is to make sure that the workers are not fooled by false promises fed by those ruling
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In Act 2‚ Scene 6 of Mandragola by Machiavelli‚ Ligurio‚ Nicai‚ and Calimaco are discussing how convince Luzeria to ingest the Mandragola and sleep with another man. They decide that the Luzeria’s confessor‚ Frate Timoteo‚ would be the best way to persuade Luzeria. Further‚ when Calimaco ask “Who’ll dispose the confessor?” Ligurio replies “you‚ I‚ money‚ our wickedness‚ theirs” implying that all men good‚ whether perceived or in actuality‚ and bad can be motivated by something‚ especially money.
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Hamlet Assignment: Act One Due 12/17/12 In the beginning of the play‚ the reader is introduced to the disorder in Denmark‚ a prevalent motif. The mysterious death of the king spurred the disorder‚ and the prospect of revenge was magnified by the supposed appearance of the late King Hamlet’s ghost. The ghost’s appearance and subsequent speech intensify the disorder by validating the reader’s suspicion of Claudius as a murderer and an incestuous‚ adulterous serpent. Hamlet is torn by this
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Introduction In act 1 scene II we are introduced to the group of actors (Bottom‚ Quince‚ Flute‚ Snout‚ Snug and Starveling) who have joined together at Peter Quince’s house to discuss the parts they will play for the Duke and Duchess. The story is set in ancient Greece‚ Athens where two lovers (Hermia and Lysander) are forbidden to marry each other. Instead‚ Hermia must marry Demetrius. However‚ Demetrius’s lover (Helena‚ Hermia’s best friend) is heart-broken to hear the news. Lysander and Hermia
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