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Scene 3 Scene 2
1,412 wordsTartuffe, an odious hypocrite posing as a member of the clergy has ingratiated himself with the credulous Orgon and his mother Mme. Pernelle. He is taken into Orgon's home. Both Orgon and his mother believe that Tartuffe's pious example will be good for the other members of the family. But everyone else in the family, including even the outspoken servant Dorine, is perceptive enough to see through the impostor. Despite the protestations of his sensible brother-in-law Cleante and his son Damis, O...
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A Midsummer Nights Dream
821 wordsA Midsummer Nights Dream is a classic fairy tale of lovers and betrayers. This play has been called Shakespeare's happiest comedy and it most definitely is. It is filled with humor and non-stop action. There are many different qualities in a happy play that are clearly noticeable. For example, love that is for the best makes all plays happy and humor causes the audience to laugh and enjoy. Of course, every happy play needs to have some kind of happiness in it. A Midsummer Nights Dream is Shakesp...
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Act 5 Scene Act 2 Scene
498 wordsTo be betrayed by ones own kin is unforgivable and one must get revenge. (Based) In William Shakespeare's, Hamlet, and the theme of betrayals is most apparent. One betrayal causes an entire family to fall. Betrayal, in hamlet is as thick as the fog on the coast of Denmark, but it eventually clears up; three characters portray forms of betrayal, Ophelia, Gertrude, and Hamlet himself shows the means of betrayal. The men in Ophelia's life betray her, which leads to her death. Polonius: I have a dau...
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Kind Hearted Scene 1
432 wordsTheseus, a very noble man of high power had many different qualities about him. Though his qualities were not specifically stated in " A Midsummer's Night's Dream, " it was obvious what kind of person he was. In Act 1, Scene 1, when Theseus is talking to his Hyppolyta, it appears that he is very deeply in love. He is very excited about the wedding and asks for preparations. He specifically states this when he says, .".. Stir up the Athenian youth to merriment's, awake the pert and nimble spirit ...
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Macbeth Evil And Darkness
654 wordsThe play "Macbeth" by Shakespeare is jam-packed with malfeasance and darkness. All actions taken by Macbeth, his wife, Lady Macbeth, the witches and Hecate have immoral intentions and / or evil outcomes. An example of such is Lady Macbeth's dark intentions to quicken Macbeth's crowning, fuelled Macbeth's "vaulting ambition[s]" (Act 1 scene 7 line 27) to murder anyone or anything that stood in his path of a long reign. Shakespeare often uses darkness and will frequently set the scene as a dark an...
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Contrasting Macbeth Two Meetings With The Witches
1,203 wordsIn Shakespeare's Macbeth there are two instances in which Macbeth comes into contact with the three witches. These two instances are located in Act 1 Scene 3 and in Act 4 Scene 1. In both scenes Macbeth is informed about his future. However, these two scenes are greatly different from each other in many ways. When Macbeth first meets the witches in Act 1 Scene 3 he doubts that the witches are of this earth and doubts that they are capable of basic abilities such as speech, evidenced by the quest...
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Audiences Attention King Hamlet
1,265 wordsHamlet is launched extremely well because there is no long drawn out introduction to the plot. The story begins almost immediately with a brief yet concise 5 -scene Act entailing the state of affairs within the Court of Denmark. Each scene contributes to the overall exposition significantly and Act 1 effectively captures the interest of the audience, introduces the key characters, establishes the conflicts and creates and maintains the dominant atmosphere of the play. In Act 1 Scene 1, the audie...
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Fate Explored In Romeo And Juliet
491 wordsA pair of star-cross lovers, (prologue, line 6). Since the opening of the play, Romeo and Juliet were destined to die. Throughout each act and throughout each scene, from constant foreshadowing and ill omens, even Romeo and Juliet knew their tragic fate. As much as the two lovers wanted to be together, all their efforts and the efforts of others were purely futile, and as much as everyone wanted to blame others, only fate is to blame. It is a common belief that both Romeo and Juliets parents are...
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Act Iii Scene Hath Not A Jew
1,366 wordsThe Merchant of Venice: Hath not a Jew Mercy? Kevin Jacoby Many of William Shakespeare's plays have sparked controversy. Probably the one that has sparked the most controversy is The Merchant of Venice, which many intellectuals have dubbed an anti-Semitic play. The character that this discussion centers around is Shylock, the rich moneylender Jew. The problem with most of these anti-Semitic arguments is that they lack the perspective of the sixteenth century audience. Throughout Shakespeare's Th...
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Act 3 Scene 1 Merchant Of Venice
452 wordsSHYLOCK: The Jew An in-depth character analysis Often, The character Shylock, in Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice, is portrayed as a beastly monstrosity, with a lust for Antonio s life. Through a more careful examination it can be determined that Shylock was an upstanding member of his community, who endured abuse, forgave easily, and upheld the customs and law. Shylock endured much of Antonio s abuse, overt a long period of time. This can be seen by the sheer volume of disgraces he has bore...
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Midsummer Night Dream Low Self Esteem
842 wordsA Midsummer Night? s Dream is a classic fairy tale of lovers and betrayers. This play has been called Shakespeare? s? happiest comedy? and it most definitely is. It is filled with humor and non-stop action. There are many different qualities in a? happy play? that are clearly noticeable. For example, love that is for the best makes all plays happy and humor causes the audience to laugh and enjoy. Of course, every? happy play? needs to have some kind of happiness in it. A Midsummer Night? s Dream...
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Scene 1 Scene 2
666 wordsDr. Black 9 / 27 / 99 Clayton Wood 259 - 61 - 3993 In Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew Petruchio becomes a caricature of Katherine in order to tame her of her shrewishness. In doing this he leaves her spirit alive. The entire play centers on identity and perspective. Shakespeare alters the identity of many of the major players but the most important alteration is the one that occurs within Kate. The play begins with an identity switch as Christopher Sly, a peasant and town drunk, is made to thi...
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Act 3 Scene 2 Act 2 Scene 2
2,342 wordsHamlet, the timeless tragedy by William Shakespeare, has at its core an amazing internal struggle within its title character. As a result of this quandary, Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, contradicts himself many times throughout out the play. As well as trying to be true to himself, Hamlet is proficient at acting out roles and making people falsely believe The roles that he plays are ones in which he feigns madness to ultimately accomplish his goal. While one second Hamlet pretends to be under a...
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Act Three Scene Act 1 Scene 2
2,553 wordsIn having Hamlet 3 HAMLET In having to enter and act in the world of his uncle, Hamlet himself becomes an unwilling creature of that world. When he chooses to obey the ghosts command and revenge his father, Hamlet accepts the inevitability that he must become part of Denmark's unneeded garden. As the ripple of original vengeful intent widens and Hamlet is slowly but surely entangled in Claudius brutal world through his madness, his murders, his plots, his relationship with other characters and h...
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Act Three Scene Act 1 Scene 2
2,606 wordsIn having to enter and act in the world of his uncle, Hamlet himself becomes an unwilling creature of that world. When he chooses to obey the ghosts command and revenge his father, Hamlet accepts the inevitability that he must become part of Denmark's " unneeded garden" . As the ripple of original vengeful intent widens and Hamlet is slowly but surely entangled in Claudius brutal world through his madness, his murders, his plots, his relationship with other characters and his revelatio...
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Act 4 Scene 1 Fall In Love
983 wordsHow does Prospero use magic in The Tempest and how does he use it to try and create an ideal society? Through the use of his magic, Prospero seeks to surpass worldly values and create a utopia, or ideal society. This becomes evident in how Shakespeare portrays the innocence of Ferdinand and Miranda. He insists that Ferdinand not Break her virgin knot before All sanctimonious ceremonies may. (Act 4, Scene 1) Prospero s seeking to create an ideal society also becomes evident in his attempts at mak...
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17 Th Century Act 1 Scene 1
953 wordsThe Tempests first scene is unlike most of the openings in Shakespeare's plays, in that it is very much action-oriented. Instead of properly introducing some of the main characters, or setting up an important plot strand, this opening scene appears to be only an attention-grabbing device. This statement can be made quite justifiably, due to the fact that all the events of Act 1 Scene 1 are recounted in the following scene, in the conversations between Miranda, Prospero and Ariel. Under ordinary ...
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Act Iii Scene Iii Scene 1
678 wordsAll people have definite concepts of self. In different situations, one may feel short, tall, smart, slow, fast, talkative, reserved, etcetera's. These self-concepts are usually very different than how others opinions of us. Depending on ones actions, words or even tone of voice, one may misrepresent oneself and be misinterpreted. One may be so arrogant or so humble that they prevent themselves from seeing themselves through others eyes. In William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar...
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William Shakespeare Lear
795 wordsAn Old Man In William Shakespeare? s play King Lear, three of Lear? s extended speeches relate to the play as a whole and are significant in revealing his character. In Lear? s extended speech beginning with? Peace Kent, ? (I, i, 123) Lear rages over Cordelia? s lack of servility towards him. Later, Lear denounces both of his evil daughters, Goneril and Regan, in an extended speech beginning with? O reason not the need. ? (II, iv, 263) Finally, in act 4, scene 6, Lear defends adultery and condem...
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Act 4 Scene 1 Romeo And Juliet
641 wordsBy Anthony Chan 10 A Romeo &# 038; Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's plays about tragedy. It is about two lovers who commit suicide when their feuding families prevent them from being together. The play has many characters, each with its own role in keeping the plot line. Some characters have very little to do with the plot but some have the plot revolving around them. Friar Lawrence does not have very much time on stage but the time he does have is crucial to the plot line. Throu...
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