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Tells Oedipus King Laius
969 wordsThe play opens in front of the palace of Oedipus at Thebes. Oedipus asks a priest and his supplicants what they are wanting. The priest thanks him for saving them from the Sphinx, but tells him that the city needs saving again from a plague that has descended. Oedipus admits this and says that he has sent a messenger to Apollo's shrine to find out what he must do to save the city. The messenger arrives just then. The messenger says that Apollo told him that the man who murdered former King Laius...
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Act V Scene Act Iii Scene
1,072 words... repack riding. Macbeth then realizes the prophecies, and becomes obsessed with them. He decides to hire two murderers to kill Banquo and his son. During the evening (in scene three), Banquo is murdered but Fleance manages to escape. Act III, Scene ii: The scene opens with Lady Macbeth showing her insecurity. Macbeth then enters and both of them are suffering from nightmares, restless sleep, and no appetites. Macbeth is hiding his plans from his wife. It is shown that MB's feelings for his wi...
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Father In Law Golden Fleece
1,199 wordsGreek audiences would have known the story of the ill-fated marriage between Jason, hero of the Golden Fleece, and Medea, barbarian witch and princess of Colchis. The modern reader, to fully understand the events of Medea, needs to be familiar with the legends and myths on which the play is based. Medea was of a people at the far edge of the Black Sea; for the Greeks of Euripides' time, this was the edge of the known world. She was a powerful sorceress, princess of Colchis, and a granddaughter o...
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Rosencrantz And Guildenstern King And Queen
1,335 words... crafts and Guildenstern that his "madness" might not be all that it seems. Polonius informs Hamlet of the arrival of the players and shortly afterwards, several enter. Hamlet greets the lead player warmly and asks him to recite a speech he had once heard the player do. The player gives a moving recital and Hamlet, et al. are amazed at his ability to summon up all his emotions for the speech. Hamlet charges Polonius with seeing to it that the players are well cared for while at court and scol...
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Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Asks Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Hamlet
1,362 words... ot keeping firm in his resolve and reminds him that he is to leave Gertrude to her fate. The ghost then counsels Hamlet to speak to Gertrude who has been watching Hamlet with horror. Hamlet addresses his mother and tries to explain what is going on. Hamlet tries to make his mother see the ghost as it exits, but she cannot and does not believe it is truly there. Hamlet then begs his mother to confess her sins and not compound them by having futher dealings with Claudius. Gertrude, concerned f...
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Sir Toby Sir Andrew
1,290 wordsTwelfth Night: Summary Act One scene one This scene introduces us to the Duke, who is in love with a girl called Olivia. His servant goes to ask her wether or not she would like to go out with the Duke. The message back from her servant is that Olivia will not be seen in public for seven years because of the death of her brother. Scene Two After a shipwreck, Viola finds herself of Illyria, a coastal town. She believes that her brother has been killed in the shipwreck, and that she will never get...
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Romeo And Juliet Venus And Adonis
3,702 wordsWilliam Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564. He was baptized on April 24, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He was the third of eight children born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, three of whom died in childhood. John was a well-known merchant and Mary was the daughter of a Roman Catholic member of the gentry, or high social position. The house where Shakespeare spent his childhood stood adjacent to he wool shop in which his father plied a successful trade as a glover and dealer...
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Act Iv Scene Act Iii Scene
4,832 wordsAct I, Scene i: The play begins on the outer ramparts of Elsinore castle. It is late and Bernardo, a guard, is on duty waiting for Francisco to relieve him from his watch. Bernardo is nervous because the previous two nights he and Francisco have seen a figure who appears to be the ghost of the recently deceased king wandering around. Francisco approaches, accompanied by Horatio (Hamlets only friend and confident). Even though Horatio dismisses the idea of a ghost, the guards start to retell the ...
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Avenge His Fathers Death Hamlets Madness
10,186 wordsContext William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a prosperous leather merchant in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, England. He attended grammar school, married an older woman named Anne Hathaway, and eventually left Stratford for London to pursue a career in the theater. Legend has it that Shakespeare began his career by holding the reins of horses for theater patrons; in any event, he quickly worked his way up the ranks of his chosen profession. By the early seventeenth centu...
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Act Iv Scene Act V Scene
2,447 wordsAct 1 Scene 1 The scene is the Castle at Elsinore. Bernardo relieves Francisco, at about midnight. Marcellus who joins Bernardo in the watch along with Horatio who was told of the appearance the previous night. Horatio believes it to be a illusion until it appears. You learn that the ghost has appeared twice in the same armor that the king wore to fight Fortinbras, king of Norway, and the Poles who he defeated. The ghost appears again and again Horatio challenges it to speak. At the crow of the ...
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Act Iv Scene Act V Scene
3,926 wordsAct I, Scene i Summary Two patricians Flavius and Marcullus enter. They are confused by the fact that the plebeians are not in their work clothes, and begin to ask some plebeians what their jobs are. A carpenter admits he is a carpenter. Next Marcullus asks a cobbler what his job is, and the cobbler answers in a series of puns (" souls" / " soles" ), (" withal" / " with awl" ). The cobbler explains that everyone is taking the day off to celebrate Caesars v...
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Hail Macbeth Hail Macbeth Hail To Thee Thane
4,416 wordsAndrew Tegala January 1997 For Brave Macbeth, well he deserves that name Show how he changes from respected general to tyrant. Is he to blame or are others responsible for his downfall? Macbeth is the general of the Scottish army, who has lead his men into a savage battle with the Norwegians, Highlanders and Western Islanders. He has boldly executed Macdonald, who was recreant to his fatherland. He walks from the bloody terrain, triumphant of his achievement with his trustworthy companion Banquo...
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Act Three Scene Thane Of Cawdor
4,148 wordsThe play Macbeth Scene I The play of Macbeth opens with three witches. They set the mood of the play and introduce a very important theme: Fair is foul, and foul is fair (line 12). The witches are planning to meet with Macbeth and give him a message. They chant in patterns of threes, are called by their animal spirits and then leave. Scene II The image of blood is first introduced in scene II. A bloody soldier tells King Duncan of Macbeth's valor and bravery while he was fighting in the battle. ...
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Love For Juliet Benvolio And Mercutio
2,687 wordsAct Scene 1: One morning in Verona, two young servants of Capulet, Sampson and Gregory are joking around with each other with puns and friendly teasing. Suddenly they are confronted by Abraham and Balthasar, two servants of Montague. The mild joking and humor soon turn bitter, aggressive, and dangerous between the foes. It is not long before a fight inevitably breaks out. Benvolio, the nephew of Montague comes in and tries breaks it up, but ends up fighting with the hot-tempered Tybalt, and a ri...
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Bye Bye Blood Clots
6,421 wordsLast Grains of the Hour Glass A One Act Play by Drew German Scene I The curtain opens and we see what appears to be a hospital bedroom. It has a bed, dresser and TV, but other than that it seems to be lifeless. A man of age 70 or so rests in the bed waiting motionless hooked to numerous machines and IVs. His name is Martin Gray. He is a typical elderly gentleman. He has a wife, and a Daughter and 2 grandchildren. As his lies there, lost in thought, a doctor walks in. Martin can tell by the look ...
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Law Of Inertia Left Arm
2,915 wordsPresently scientist are conducting research to help people gain new techniques in swimming. While scientists continue research for new swimming techniques, they must start with early techniques of swimming as a sport and part of life. Learning how to swim is not easy. However, swimming is physics. There are laws, buoyancy, drags, and motions. To become a good swimmer one should take initiative to learn how certain techniques evolved and take an active approach into applying these physics into th...
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