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Macbeth: Plots For Murder
Words: 382 / Pages: 2 .... he says to the people "To make society / The sweeter welcome, we will keep ourself / Till suppertime alone" (41). Macbeth is worried about the witches prophesy that Banquo will be the father of a line of kings. He sees this meaning one of two things, either the fate of himself, or the fate of his line of children. Therefore, he wants to get Banquo and Fleance out of the way. His being the third murderer, in his mind, will help guarantee that the murder is completed and that the prophesy does not come true. The circumstances surrounding this plan also make it evident that Macbeth is involved. The night is approaching and it is dark, so the other .....
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Hamlet: Hamlet And Laertes Seek Revenge For The Death Of Their Fathers
Words: 890 / Pages: 4 .... Hamlet first
decides to act abnormal which does not accomplish much besides warning his
uncle that he might know he killed his father. Later in the play a troop
of actors come to act out a play, and Hamlet has them reenact the murder
of is father in front of his uncle Claudius. The actors murder scene also
make Hamlet question himself about the fact that he has done nothing yet to
avenge his father. Hamlet says " But am I Pigeon-livered and lack gall / To
make oppression bitter, or ere this / I should ha' fatted all the region
kites / With this slave's offal. Bloody, bawdy villain! ( Act II scene 2
page 84 line 577- 580 ). During the play Hamlet wa .....
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Hamlet: Betrayed By His Mother And His Helplessness
Words: 506 / Pages: 2 .... wife. It is Hamlet’s mother's behavior which has most frustrated him. His father had been "so loving" (I ii 144) to his mother, but his mother’s "love" is compared to her "appetite" for sex which he thinks is not right. He also feels so betrayed that he criticizes his mother’s marriage as being low class, saying "Ay, Madam, it is common." (I ii 76) He loses his trust in his mother, claiming "frailty, thy name is woman!" (I ii 150) Hamlet’s mother had been married for a long period of time and after her husband’s death she just married her brother-in-law without even waiting for the mourning period to be finished.
Hamlet is particular .....
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Julius Caesar
Words: 742 / Pages: 3 .... high in all the people’s hearts.” (a1 s3 L157) Cassius goes out of his way to tell Brutus of Caesar’s weaknesses and faults. He eagerly plays upon Brutus’ words as they come from his mouth. Cassius proved himself manipulative in getting Brutus to join the conspiracy.
Decius manipulates Caesar’s thinking into leaving the safety of his home. Each reason Caesar brought up to stay in his home, Decius gave him an explanation in which he should forget them and go to the capitol. Primarily, Caesar’s reason was his wife, Calphurnia, whom had “dreamt...she saw [his] statue...which[ran] like a fountain with...pure blood.” (a2 s2 L78) .....
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Macbeth: Shakespeare's Comparisons And Contrasts
Words: 433 / Pages: 2 .... Shakespeare
concentrates on Macbeth's courage so that he can contrast it later on with the
terror and panic of Macbeth's psychological anguish.
Lady Macbeth will stop at nothing -not even murder- to satisfy her driving
ambition. She worries that Macbeth is "too full of the milk of human kindness"
to go after the throne. She wants to be tough and begs the spirits to "unsex me
here." Macbeth, on the other hand, hesitates to murder Duncan for several
reasons. Among these reasons the earthly consequences frighten him the most.
How would his new subjects react? Would the kingdom disrupt in chaos?
Furthermore Macbeth cannot escape present punish .....
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Macbeth: Imagery
Words: 556 / Pages: 3 .... wearer of robes not belonging to
him. He is wearing an "undeserved dignity." A crucial point in describing
the purpose of clothing in `Macbeth' is the fact that these are not his
garments. Therefore, Macbeth is uncomfortable in them because he is
continually conscious of the fact that they do not belong to him. In the
following passage, the idea constantly recurs that Macbeth's new honours
sit ill upon him, like a loose and badly fitting garment, belonging to
someone else:
New honours come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould,
But with the aid of use.
(1.3.144)
The second, most important chain of imagery used to add .....
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A Critical Analysis Of Shakespeare's Hamlet
Words: 1121 / Pages: 5 .... that Hamlet came
to her disheveled and in a shaken state of mind, speaking of "horrors." (Act 2
Scene 2 line 94). Her father immediately believes that he is "Mad for thy
love?" (Act 2 Scene 2 line 95). Opelia answers a question posed by Polonius by
which she replied that she had told Hamlet that she could not see or communicate
with him any more. Her father makes reference to Hamlet's madness once again by
proclaiming that what his daughter said, "... hath made him (Hamlet) mad." (Act
2 Scene 2 line 123).
The argument of whether Hamlet is insane because of his love for Ophelia is
often debated, but a more confusing and complex situation is th .....
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The Tragedy Of Hamlet
Words: 914 / Pages: 4 .... king and queen's wishes and it is this loyalty that
eventually proves to be fatal for him. An example of how Polonius'
innocent involvement with the royalty results in his death can be found at
the beginning of Act III, scene iv, when Hamlet stabs him while he is
hiding behind the arras in Gertrude's room. This shows how Polonius, a man
unaware of the true nature of the situation he is in, is killed by a member
of the royalty during the execution of one of their schemes. This makes
Polonius' death a tragedy.
The next member of Polonius' family to die is his daughter Ophelia.
Ophelia's death is tragic because of her complete innocence in the
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Love In Much Ado About Nothing
Words: 1642 / Pages: 6 .... written by William Shakespeare in 1600, love is the major subject discussed by the author, which is presented to the readers. The author does not give a direct answer to this question - he lets the reader find it and think about it from his or her own point of view.
There are two love relationships developing throughout the plot. The reader witnesses "love from the first sight" between Claudio and Hero, and laughs at Beatrice's scorns and attitude towards Benedick. However, as the plot develops, these relationships develop too. Although they change, there is one thing that remains constant - the contrast between these relationships.
"Love may .....
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Macbeth: Uncontrolled Ambition Brings About The Downfall Of Macbeth And Lady
Words: 779 / Pages: 3 .... prediction of Macbeth becoming king. This is when
Macbeth decides to speed up the prediction by killing Duncan.
Macbeth was a great warrior and served the kink well but always had those
ambitions in the back of his mind, taking every chance possible to get there.
Now he has seen his chance, the witches predictions have pushed Macbeth to
killing the king. Macbeth has a few doubts but Lady Macbeth brings him over them
and pushes him to go through with it.
Macbeth's ambition was always there but now with the witches prophecies and his
wife's support, he has decided to do it. Lady was more evil than Macbeth,
Macbeth had doubts which made him weak, .....
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