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    not to wake Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth crept out of her bed and put on her shoes. Her quick steps echoed through the empty hall. Despite the dark‚ Lady Macbeth knew exactly where she was going‚ as she had walked this path a million times. She was surrounded by trees in all directions‚ as far as she could see. “Where are you? It’s ten past two” she shouted. Then‚ out of thin air‚ the witches appear. “What can we do for you?” the first witch asked. “This has gone too far‚” whined Lady Macbeth. “He was just

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    with it? Would you do right or wrong? To ignore the premonitions or to go ahead‚ knowing that if you do go ahead you would destroy the natural order? This is what Macbeth had to solve within himself‚ his internal conflict. Ladies and Gentlemen‚ an overriding theme of conflict is established within William Shakespeare’s tragic play “Macbeth”. Conflict. What is conflict? We simply define conflict as the struggle between opposite forces or different opinions between people. Though it doesn’t always have

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    Of Imagery and Detail Over the summer‚ my family took a trip up to Monterey. There‚ I noticed many tributes towards John Steinbeck. It ranged from statues‚ to restaurants named after him. I thought‚ wow‚ John Steinbeck must have been one good writer to have a whole town acknowledge him in such a way. It wasn’t until I started high school and read Of Mice and Men that I really started to realize why he deserved such accolades. In Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck uses many literary devices. Two

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    turn to step in and allow myself the privilege of discovering which fiend it was that hath murdered his Majesty‚ the king. At first‚ it was thought to be the beast like guards who stood outside the king’s chamber. It deeply concerns me as to why Macbeth would dispose of them so soon after the death of his royal highness without the chance to probe their minds with questions and make them face the rest of Scotland as those whom betrayed their leader. Maybe it was the sons of the great Duncan which

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    Macbeth Act 1 SCENE 1 1. What atmosphere is established in this scene? Scary and bad and dark and rainy 2. What purpose does this scene serve? Something bad is going to happen in the future 3. Explain the concluding heroic couplet? Fair and foul are important throughout the story. it shows that somehow Macbeth and the witches are connected. Something good and bad could be happening at the same time   SCENE 2 1. Why is King Duncan so pleased with Macbeth? Because he has won victory after victory

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    MACBETH QUOTES “ Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair” * Equivocal sentence‚ inversion‚ defies logic * Is a set up to show Macbeths fate is sealed “For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name – disdaining fortune‚ with his brandished steel‚ which smoked with bloody execution‚ like valour’s minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave‚ which never shook hands‚ nor bade farewell to him‚ till he unseamed him from the nave to the chaps and fixed his head upon our battlements” *

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    The effects of Dance Imagery and its contribution towards healthy body alignment and positive development in dance. This essay will discuss how to focus on keeping ideal alignment by using Dance Imagery in the process of personal development throughout technique and independent rehearsals. (Ashley. 2005) “alignment is good posture‚ achieved by holding sections of the body in line with one another and using minimal muscular work”. Body alignment is about how your head‚ shoulder‚ spine‚ hips‚ knees

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    Imagery and symbolism The imagery used in the first stanza draws on familiar natural objects but can also be read at another level in the light of Rossetti’s knowledge of the Bible. In the second verse‚ the focus is on artificial objects hung‚ carved and worked by human hands. Various images in this verse demonstrate an awareness of traditional Christian art‚ as well as reflecting and celebrating human creativity. A singing bird - To a ‘singing bird’ (line 1)‚ vocal expression is as natural

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    Macbeth is a man worthy of our sympathy. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Macbeth is portrayed as being a loyal and noble man but when faced with a life-changing decision‚ his dark side begins to surface and greed takes over common sense. He appears to be quite gullible and is persuaded easily by his wife and the witches into becoming king and letting nothing get in the way. After a Macbeth returns from a battle‚ he is seen to be “noble Macbeth” in the eyes of King Duncan. By

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    Imagery in The Pearl “And the beauty of the pearl‚ winking and glimmering in the light of the little candle‚ cozened his brain with its beauty. So lovely it was‚ so soft‚ and its own music came from it-its music of promise and delight‚ its guarantee of the future‚ of comfort‚ of security. Its warm lucence promised a poultice against illness and a wall against insult. It closed a door on hunger. And as he stared at it Kino’s eyes softened and his face relaxed. He could see the little image of the

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