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    the moral of the play was‚ and debated on whether Shakespeare was putting a point across about how injudicious behaviour can result in your downfall; or whether fate will choose the path to lead despite whatever you may do to stop it. This is left to the audience to interpret for themselves. During the previous act: Act 2 Scene 6‚ Romeo and Juliet are married in secret by Friar Lawrence. The atmosphere in the scenes are juxtaposed‚ as Act 3 Scene 1 is extremely tense and ultimately becomes the matter

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    In the novel Rebecca‚ du Maurier uses techniques‚ such as dialogue and setting description‚ to create suspense and tension. But in the movie‚ Hitchcock uses different techniques‚ like music and scenery‚ to create the right kind of suspense and tension for his audience. The plots are the same‚ but the techniques are not. In the novel‚ the author uses a lot of dialogue to create the suspense needed to make the storyline interesting. For example‚ on page 259 in chapter 19‚ the narrator is speaking

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    How does Shakespeare use the witches to create mood and effect on an audience? Macbeth was set around 1040s‚ during this era‚ Elizabethan and Jacobean times‚ the traditional theory of witches was widely accepted; and anyone who questioned it was believed to be a witch themselves; if there was suspicion of a person being a witch‚ prosecution was most likely made.  The play “Macbeth” is a tragedy‚ because of Macbeth; the hero aspect in the play is brought to ruin. Although he is not an idealistic

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    Explain How Arthur Miller Uses Act Three As A Dramatic Device To Expose The Rivalries Which Exist In Salem. In 1952‚ Arthur Miller wrote a play entitled‚ ‘The Crucible’. The play is centred on the witch trials that actually took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote about the event as an allegory for McCarthyism which occurred in the United States in the 1950s. McCarthyism was a time of great anti-communist suspicion in the late 1940s and 1950s. The key connections

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    Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare and was first published in 1597‚ but the revised edition of 1599 is mainly used today. Shakespeare’s principal source for Romeo and Juliet was a poem by Arthur Brooke (1562) Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet so that it could be performed by actors and enjoyed by audiences. Romeo and Juliet is ’A tragedy of youth as youth sees it’‚ wrote Harley Granville Barker. It is set in a Veronese high summer‚ and is both a tale of ’star-crossed lovers’

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    (Scene 6 )Ck’s room Ck’s mother holding an outfit of wedding for her & mother noticed that Ck’s upset her mother says your upset now because you don’t know how blissfull marriage can be her mother tries to Convinced her for wearing the outfit and her mother also warned ck and umang for not doing magic..umang tries to cheer up ck and made her smile and tell her to check her outfit after seing the outfit umang says my best friend is getting married and wearing this poor dress umang tried to make

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    voyage. The omnipresent difference in status between divine beings create tensions and rivalries that dramatically

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    In act one‚ the secret affair of John Proctor and Abigail Williams was revealed that led to conflict between John and his wife. Divorce was not permitted in the late 16th century‚ hence‚ the Proctors had to maintain their marriage causing discord within the Proctor household. At the start of Act 2‚ Miller creates a tense atmosphere of animosity portrayed by John and Elizabeth Proctor in their lack of affection‚ awkwardness‚ appraisal and guilt leading to affliction. In the beginning of Act Two

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    In act 1 scene 2 of “Hamlet” the character Hamlet speaks his first soliloquy which reveals his innermost thoughts and feelings to the audience. In this soliloquy Hamlet’s unstable state of mind is evident as well as his feelings of despair about his father’s death and his disgust of his mother’s remarriage to his uncle Claudius. Hamlet’s hatred for his uncle is shown through harsh comparisons between Claudius and his late father. This soliloquy takes place after Claudius has begun his reign as king

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    In Act 2Scene 6 of Mandragola by Machiavelli‚ Ligurio‚ Nicai‚ and Calimaco are discussing how convince Luzeria to ingest the Mandragola and sleep with another man. They decide that the Luzeria’s confessor‚ Frate Timoteo‚ would be the best way to persuade Luzeria. Further‚ when Calimaco ask “Who’ll dispose the confessor?” Ligurio replies “you‚ I‚ money‚ our wickedness‚ theirs” implying that all men good‚ whether perceived or in actuality‚ and bad can be motivated by something‚ especially money.

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