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    Hamlet is unique in its revenge genre as it has more than one revenge plots occurring within it. The Dominating one is of Hamlet and his desire to avenge his Father by killing his uncle. Throughout the play we see Hamlet in ideal situations to carry out his revenge‚ but choosing not to do so. In Act III Scene II we see Hamlet using the play that has been set up to try to test the innocence of his Uncle and king by gauging his reaction to a staging of the events of how he supposedly murdered Hamlets

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    Hamlet: Act III Scene II In this scene‚ taking place in a castle hall‚ Hamlet devises a plan to reinforce his beliefs of his uncle’s treachery by having a play acted out for him. This play tells the story of a nephew who murders his uncle‚ the king‚ and marries his widowed wife‚ mimicking Hamlet’s real life circumstance with Claudius and Gertrude. Hamlet tells Horatio that they should both keep watch over Claudius for any signs of guilt throughout the play. Claudius does‚ indeed‚ storm out of

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    Act 5 Scene 1 We open with grave diggers talking about Ophelia’s suicide. Hamlet and Horatio start talking about the gravedigger’s casual attitude to the skulls of the dead. Hamlet and the gravedigger banter a little. Hamlet asked the gravedigger about himself. The gravedigger digs up a skull of Yorick‚ the jester. Hamlet recalls Yorick from his childhood. Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ Laertes‚ along with a priest comes to bury Ophelia. Laertes asked the priest to do more rites. Hamlet jumps out and Laertes

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    MACBETH ACT 2 SCENE 1… Section A 1. The clues at the beginning of this scene to indicate that the castle is in darkness are that the servant carries a burning torch to light their way and Macbeth is also carrying a torch-bearer. 2. Banquo’s state of mind at the beginning of this scene is that he is scared to go to sleep because he doesn’t want to see nightmares. 3. We know that Banquo is nervous because he cannot sleep and is wide awake. He can hear noises very clearly like when Macbeth

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    In the scene 1 of Act 3‚ Claudius and Gertrude are worried about madness shown by the Hamlet. The King and queen uses Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to watch the activities of Hamlet and find out why he is showing such kind of madness. To figure out this Claudius‚ Polonius‚ Ophelia plot a plan and revel the truth about the Hamlet recent behaviors. Ophelia play a key role in this scene to figure out why Hamlet is doing this kind of behaviors by saying she wants that love which she used to get from Hamlet

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    Act 5: Scene 1 GRAVEDIGGER-She killed herself‚ are they really going to give her a Christian funeral? OTHER- Yes‚ so finish up that grave. The coroner examined her case and decided it should be a Christian funeral. GRAVEDIGGER- But how? Unless she drowned herself in defense OTHER- They think she did. GRAVEDIGGER-Psst yeah sounds like self-offense to me.. I think that if she knew she was drowning herself that’s an act. Acts have three sides to it: to do‚ to act‚ and to preform

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    6 Act 2 Scenes 1 And

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    #6. Act 2Scenes 1 and 2. Cite specific textual evidence to support your answers to each of the following: A) Romeo and Juliet fall in love and he want to talk with Juliet. So he climbs over the wall. Mercutio and Benvolio think his love is blind. Line 32 and line 33. B) It describes that Julie walk to the window. For example‚ her eyes are shinning like the stars. C) Because Juliet is the sun and she is out shining the moon. D) "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" that mean a name doesn’t

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    Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1

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    In this scene‚ King Duncan’s death is exposed to the characters in the play. Despite their new understanding‚ Shakespeare’s use of dramatic irony has disclosed this information to the audience before hand. The ability to reshape the characterization and staging of any scene in this play allows for a director to choose from limitless interpretations and execute them to his liking. I have fused my own interpretations of Act 2 Scene 1 with those of previous productions and

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    Iago in Act 1 Scenes 1&2

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    Comment on the significance of Iago in Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2. Iago is presented as a vicious villain‚ and through his representation of evil‚ results in the surfacing of key themes such as light and darkness‚ racism‚ and rank and power. Thus‚ by carrying out the role as a villain‚ he highlights the animalistic traits evident within people of the Venetian society. Although Iago is a white man who holds a fairly high status within Venetian society‚ he is crude and uncouth‚ often swearing and making

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    In act one‚ scene one‚ after World War II‚ Mr. Frank goes back to the attic in Amsterdam. Miep‚ the woman who works in the office below the attic‚ gives Mr. Frank some of Anne’s writings. Her diary reminds him of his family’s time in hiding. This makes Mr. Frank very sad and he wants to leave Amsterdam. Act one‚ scene two is a flashback to an earlier time in the attic. The Franks and Van Daans are forced to hide because they are Jewish. The two families live together in the attic of Mr. Frank’s

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