brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow‚ a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot‚ full of sound and fury Signifying nothing. Dear William‚ In my opinion your Soliloquy can be seen as depressing or‚ depending on how you look at it‚ as a motivation for everyones lives. When it says “Tomorrow‚ and tomorrow... day to day‚” macbeth is trying to tell us that life is boring and only repeats itself day by day. That line
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Brutus I “A Republic Must Be Small and Uniform to Survive” New York Journal‚ October 18‚ 1787 conventional wisdom: republics should be small and homogeneous – U.S. was already 1200 miles long and 200 miles inland population was relative large 3 ½ million and diverse – wide range of nationalities‚ religions‚ existence of slavery in some states Antifederalists cited size and diversity of America as asserting that a national regime would be a threat to personal liberty “Brutus” pseudonym
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that he believed his family was‚ but she is the queen. His country is falling apart‚ but he has no real power to make any changes. Hamlet must hold his tongue‚ because he is expected to be a loyal son and fulfill his duties as the prince. This soliloquy presents Hamlet’s emotions and psychological state. Hamlet feels emotional pain and is enraged‚ and he is
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MACBETH SOLILOQUY DAGGER AHEAD OF ME (ACT 2‚ SCENE 1) Good morning/afternoon everyone and welcome to today’s workshop on the famous and acclaimed playwright William Shakespeare at Brisbane’s prestigious Twelfth Night Theatre. This presentation is from a soliloquy from the play Macbeth in Act2.Sc.1 (Lines 33-65). Paraphrasing a Shakespeare aside and that too of a self-divided protagonist‚ is far from an easy task. Macbeth has made his decision to kill the King and take the crown as his own
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to have flaws just like we do. In Shakespeare’s play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”‚ we are introduced to Brutus. Brutus is portrayed as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragedy. Brutus is a leader and citizen of Rome who leads in the killing of Julius Caesar. Brutus is considered to be a tragic hero because of his strong qualities yet he had many flaws. Brutus is considered to be a tragic hero because of the way he puts his trust in others. For example‚
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What can you do to be seen as an exceptional adequate speaker? Brutus and Antony are both noble people that are both fair speakers in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Cesar. Both people spoke at Cesar’s funeral trying to persuade their audience about his death. Brutus‚ who killed Cesar‚ tries to explain to the audience why he did such a thing‚ and Antony explains why what Brutus did was wrong. Although Brutus was a good orator and uses rhetoric well‚ Antony had the more persuasive speech overall
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lives are at risk‚ then the person who is possibly a threat should be stopped. In Julius Caesar‚ Brutus and the other conspirators killed Caesar because they thought he was ambitious and he was a threat to Rome. Though it may seem harsh‚ Caesar would not have graciously given up on being king. If he was not killed‚ Rome could have been ruined a long with everyone living there. In my opinion‚ Brutus was justified for murdering Caesar. He knew what was best for Rome and he was trying to protect the
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SEVENTH SOLILOQUY OF HAMLET Prepared by: Abdul Qaddir ‘Hamlet’ the character‚ as well as‚ the play has‚ very often and rightly‚ been referred to as a ‘riddle’ by learned critics‚ and there have always been attempts to solve this riddle. But to endeavor to reach any answer‚ whether that answer is satisfactory or not is another issue‚ to the riddle of Hamlet’s character without probing into his soliloquies is a hard pill to swallow. These soliloquies give us an insight into the intentions‚ thoughts
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VOSKANYAN Tigran TES1 Hamlet’s second soliloquy : oral presentation In the last scene of act I Hamlet is told by the ghost that his father has been murdered by Uncle Claudius‚ the brother of the deceased king. Hamlet once mournful and grim turns revengeful‚ he promises the ghost to “sweep” to revenge. But he is tormented with doubts. The ghost has taken its toll on Hamlet but has not been convincing enough‚ he cannot fully trust it given that it might also be an evil spirit willing to make him
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In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ violence has been entwined into every scene of the play. Likewise‚ the soliloquy from Act I Scene III is not only a self-revelation for Macbeth‚ but gives the audience a glimpse of the violence that would later occur that even scared Macbeth during this soliloquy. Additionally‚ the soliloquy gives the audience insight into Macbeth indecisive mind‚ which is an attribute that made him become a ruthless king in the end. In Act I Scene III after Macbeth received his
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