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    were confused as to what the moral of the play was‚ and debated on whether Shakespeare was putting a point across about how injudicious behaviour can result in your downfall; or whether fate will choose the path to lead despite whatever you may do to stop it. This is left to the audience to interpret for themselves. During the previous act: Act 2 Scene 6‚ Romeo and Juliet are married in secret by Friar Lawrence. The atmosphere in the scenes are juxtaposed‚ as Act 3 Scene 1 is extremely tense and

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    Hamlet The Impossibility of Certainty Hamlet besides of being a novel‚ it is more of a tragedy. Hamlet is debating himself between what is going around him about what is really happening and his illusions. He is not certain that if what he sees‚ meaning his death father. Hamlet puts himself in a situation where he does not have the courage to accept he wants to kill his uncle. He is debating in whether what he sees in his father‚ all the anger because of his death is inside of him in reality. Hamlet

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    Macbeth’s first two soliloquies‚ at the end of Act 1 and the beginning of Act 2‚ are similar in some ways‚ and different in others. Macbeth tries to decide whether or not to kill Duncan in the first soliloquy‚ and in the second is responding to a vision of a dagger pointing to Duncan’s chamber. In his first soliloquy‚ Macbeth cannot decide whether to kill Duncan in the hope of taking his place as king. At first he thinks "If it were done when ’tis done..." hoping that after Duncan was killed‚ there

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    Name: TORI SCHARKLEY Exercise 1: Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability: Activity 1: Simulating Dialysis (Simple Diffusion) Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 75% by answering 3 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. The driving force for diffusion is You correctly answered: b. the kinetic energy of the molecules in motion. 2. In diffusion‚ molecules move You correctly answered: a. from high concentration to low concentration. 3. Which of the following dialysis membranes has the largest pore

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    As the scene opens‚ Claudius is horrified by Hamlet’s play and believes that it is not safe to let Hamlet’s craziness get out of hand. Claudius’s plan for Hamlet is to send him to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern showed loyalty for the King and Queen by doing what they were asked to. However‚ they showed disloyalty towards Hamlet by going against him just to follow through with the King and Queens demands. Claudius reveals that he had killed his older brother

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    COMMENTARY-MACBETH; ACT II‚ SCENE I Act II‚ scene 1 takes place in Macbeth’s castle- Castle of Inverness- when Banquo and Fleance encounter Macbeth on their way to bed‚ who is preparing himself for his grim task. The soliloquy in act II‚ scene 1 is extremely important because it is the last time we hear Macbeth’s thoughts on murdering King Duncan before he actually performs the act. Macbeth is just about to murder King Duncan and is hence about to create an upheaval in the hierarchical state of Scotland

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    Hamlet’s Relationships with Himself and Women: A Feminist Point of View Hamlet is one of the most complex characters and stories in western literature. Shakespeare has loaded this play to the brim with philosophy and ideas far beyond his years. Hamlet himself can be dissected and interpreted in thousands of different ways; but most notably he is dramatic. Dramatic in every sense of the word‚ he enjoys acting and plays and he is extremely animated in all of his interactions. The same drama that impassions

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    Catastrophe in Act 5 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet By: Noa Boon Due Date: 20th March 2014 Word Count: 689 (Excluding title and Quotations) # Act 5 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet represents the catastrophe and deaths of Romeo and Juliet due to internal and external conflicts. The catastrophe does not effect the characterization of Romeo‚ Juliet and Friar Lawrence since they act the same way throughout the whole play. Act 5 Scene 3 shows that love like Romeo and Juliet’s leads to death. # Act 5 Scene

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    ambitious‚ flawed character that is stronger than her husband and knows it. She has both feminine and masculine characteristics which allow her to literally get away with murder-she is manipulative‚ ruthless and cunning. It is very clear from the act if you have read it. Lady Macbeth is full of evil‚ and is well aware of that. She is evil and she wants to be evil. She wants to forget every connection to humanity and womanhood she shares. That’s why she wants the spirits to unsex her - "fill me from

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    add depth to the story and the characters that are in “Hamlet”. Shakespeare uses a monologue in Act 1Scene 2‚ lines 1-38‚ this passage is the speech King Claudius is giving to the court about the recent events that have occurred in the kingdom recently. This monologue allows the reader to get a deeper sense of King Claudius’s character and style of rule‚ and also raises more suspicion that King Claudius murdered his brother‚ Old King Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s father. The speech given by the Claudius

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