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    How does Shakespeare present conflict in act 3 scene 1? In William Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ there is alot of conflict particularly in act 3 scene 1. The audience find conflict interesting to watch because it creates drama and tension. Shakespeare uses many dramatic devices to present this; some of these techniques include foreshadowing‚ puns and irony to add to this effect. Another reason why Shakespeare uses conflict in the play is so that the audience are able to get attached to it

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    How Is Macbeth A Hero

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    Tragedy of Macbeth perfectly correlates to a tragedy in the Aristotelean sense. In this play‚ Shakespeare perfectly incorporates Aristotle’s ideas of a hero‚ by having his hero be of Scottish nobility and using Macbeth‚ a character who can be portrayed as both a hero and a villain‚ this is because of the flaws he is given. Macbeth also allows the audience to experience a great amount of catharsis‚ or an experience of pity and horror that leads the audience to live a better life; the audience is able

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    Lady Macbeths Character At the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth is very eager on taking the throne and would do anything in order to get it‚ even. She is also very controlling over her husband and demanding. We first see Lady Macbeth in the play when she is reading a letter from macbeth who is explaining what his future holds from him according to the three witches‚ which is that he will take on the throne. Lady Macbeth already is very ambitious about this and starts to plan to kill King Duncan

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    attempts to create the potions to transform himself into Hyde. This represents his constant uncertainty about the results of his experiments. Therefore if even Jekyll‚ the man performing the experiments‚ is uncertain of the results‚ dramatic tension is caused for the reader to discover the results of the experiment. Jekyll also confirms that he doesn’t know anything for certain‚ as he only speaks what appears ’to be most probable’. Since the results are uncertain‚ the reader doesn’t know the effect the experiment

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    wrong” (Rosen et al.‚“How” 746). This theory follows the notion that the greatest good for the greatest number of people should be the principle of conduct. Raskolnikov accepts this theory in order to justify the murder of Ivanovna. Mill said‚ the best action is the one that maximizes utility‚ or total benefit‚ and reduces suffering (746). I chose to use utilitarianism to some up moral reasoning and how Raskolnikov based his murder on the idea of utilitarianism. Raskolnikov uses utilitarianism as

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    Do you know how Shakespeare develops Hamlet’s character in relation to Claudius‚ Polonius‚ and Gertrude? In Hamlet’s 3rd soliloquy Shakespeare develops Hamlet’s character in relation to Claudius‚ Polonius‚ and Gertrude. Shakespeare develops Hamlet’s character in relation to Claudius. First example is Hamlet puts on a play to see if Claudius would break down and confess that he killed King Hamlet. “That guilty creatures sitting at a play. Have by the very cunning of the scene‚ been struck

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    Lady MacBeth says‚ “Glamis thou art‚ and cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature: it is too full o’ the’ milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great‚ art not without ambition‚ but without the illness should attend it” (1.5.15-20). These were Lady Macbeth’s first words after she read the letter from Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is clearly showing her vigorous attitude towards everything Macbeth has taken the time to write in

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    How to Create a Website

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    How to Create a Website Subject Descriptors: Website‚ Text Placeholder‚ Image Placeholder‚ Edit a photo‚ Adjust the image size‚ Add Page‚ Link‚ Publish Site. Application (Version): iWeb 09‚ Mac OS X Task Description: How do I create a welcome page? Tutorial Date: 5 June 2009‚ by Arnousone Chanthalyxay Select a theme for your web page. How to Create a Website - 1 Select the "Welcome" page template. How to Create a Website - 2 Select "Choose" Once you have the "Welcome" page template

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    In this poem‚ William Shakespeare illustrates a woman who is not so imposing. Throughout the piece‚ the narrator compares his lover to beautiful things‚ but she comes out with the short end of the stick. She was not blessed with desirable attributes‚ yet he loves her. Unlike most poets from his time‚ Shakespeare does not write to please the reader’s ears but to be brutally honest in a way that is endearing‚ in a roundabout way. His sonnet is very atypical in the way that he describes his beloved

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    Elizabethan Clothing and Makeup The Elizabethan Era was the time of Shakespeare‚ plays‚ and fashion. Clothing and fashion are destined to change every new decade or era and to be tied to their time. Fashion and clothing was a very crucial part of the Elizabethan era. During the Elizabethan times‚ there were strict rules on what a person could or could not wear. These rules were based off a person’s social and economic standing. These laws were called English Sumptuary laws . If violated‚ a person

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