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The Villains In Much Ado About Nothing And Othello
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2745.... day Claudio does exactly as he had said, degrading Hero in front of all her family and friends. Because she did not cheat on him, she did not expect that kind of reaction. She is so dejected that she faints, and everyone assumes she is dead. Eventually Borrachio is overheard talking about Don John’s plan, and Don John is arrested. Later Claudio learns that Hero is not actually dead, and they are finally married. "Othello"’s Iago is very much similar to Don John. He wants to get revenge on Othello for not being chosen as lieutenant and also suspects that Othello has slept with E .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Act III, Scene V
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 861.... their
love in a mature and tender way. They will do anything to be with one another,
for their love surpasses any emotion for their familial or community ties. They
are willing to make any sacrifice in order to have their desire for one another
fulfilled. Both Romeo and Juliet enjoy each other's company on their first
morning together following their marriage and they do not want to part.
Juliet's first visible transformation to adulthood is revealed here. In
Romeo's desire to be with Juliet, he is willing to risk capture, and most
probably death, in being found within t .....
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Macbeth’s Tragic Flaw
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 608.... which cries ‘Thus thou must do,’ if thou have/it,”(I.v.25-26). Lady Macbeth urged on Macbeth, making the witches’ prophecy become true.
Lady Macbeth mutters about Duncan’s murder while sleepwalking. This confession could lead to her and Macbeth’s death. Unknowingly Lady Macbeth mumbles “Here’s the smell of the blood still.All/the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little/hand. O, O, O!”(V.i.53-55). Lady Macbeth is unknowingly confessing to her gentlewoman and the doctor about the murder of Duncan. The doctor realizes Lady Macbeth has performed a terrible deed and .....
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Darkness; Beacon Of Chaos In Macbeth
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 452.... as an
agent of disorder, "untitled tyrant bloody-sceptered". The language in Act 1
that described Macbeth has changed from "noble" and "kind" to the diction of Act
4 witch describes Macbeth as "black Macbeth" and a "tyrant". The Castle that
Macbeth lives in, Dunsanine is also indicative of darkness. Dunsanine is similar
to the word dungeon a dark and dirty place. In Act 4 Macbeth is an agent of
disorder, he murders and he consults witches, because of this he is described
using dark imagery.
Scotland under the rule of Macbeth is described as, "shrouded in
darkness", .....
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The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar: Brutus
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 841.... to Cassius. Brutus loves Caesar, but
would not allow him to "climber-upward...He then unto the ladder turns his
back..."(act 2, scene 1, ll.24,26). As the quote says, Brutus would not
allow Caesar to rise to power and then turn his back onto the people of
Rome. After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus talks to Antony
about Caesar's death. "Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful; and pity
to the general wrong of Rome..."(act 3, scene 1, ll.185-186). Brutus says
that Antony cannot see their(members of the conspiracy) hearts, which are
full of pity. Again, this shows .....
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The Missing Dialogue In Antigone
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1024.... Family bonds and loyalty are the
crucial issues instead.
The central question of this play is a political one. What should have
more power within a society, the divine laws of the gods or the laws of the land
and the mortal rulers? Antigone is a representation of the divine laws of the
gods, and she remains steadfast to her beliefs that the wishes of the gods
should overpower the wishes of the king. Creon, on the other hand, is the
representation of the laws of the land and the mortal ruler of society. He, too,
remains steadfast (until the end of the play when he realiz .....
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Marsha Norman's Night
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1397.... a manicure. Then Jessie asks:
JESSIE: Where's Daddy's gun?
Life for Jessie and Mama is such a dull routine, Mama doesn't even pause to consider the request odd. She evens helps Jessie figure out where the gun is kept. It's not until half a column later that Mama asks:
MAMA: What do you want the gun for, Jess?
JESSIE: Protection.
Mama at first considers that she and Jessie have nothing to steal, and what was valuable was stolen by Jessie's son, Ricky.
MAMA: I mean, I don't even want what we got, Jessie.
Jessie begins cleaning the gun, and soon the stage directions .....
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Hamlet: Feigned Madness
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 727.... madness is never assumed except in the presence of the king or those whom he considers the king’s agents (Hankins 127). The train of events from the death of his father to the revelation of the ghost has profoundly disturbed Hamlet. He realizes it himself and fears that the excitement within him may betray his secret. He knows well that it is beyond his power to suppress it altogether, and so he pretends to be mad. Any slip of the tongue about his secrets will seem like the uttering of a mad man, and his real thoughts will be unknown to those around him. Hamlet must .....
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