In Act I of Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Horatio’s role is to be a witness and friend. Horatio is Hamlet’s friend from Wittenberg University; he is well-educated. Horatio is trusted by Hamlet‚ and he is used by Bernardo and Marcellus because of Hamlet’s trust in him. One of aspect in Act one is Horatio’s role as a witness. The Act starts with Bernardo and Marcellus bringing Horatio to stand watch with them to show him the “ghost” that they had seen. Horatio refused to believe them about the ghost‚ he was
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MACBETH Act 1 Sc. I/The Witches/Character study of Macbeth • Charles lamb while speaking about the witches describes them as ‘…creatures to whom man or woman plotting some dire mischief might resort for occasional consultation. ….From the moment that their eyes first met Macbeth he is spellbound. That meeting sways his destiny. He can never break the fascination. These witches can hurt the body (refer to the Sailors of the “tiger’
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Samantha Supsky Noren English IV AP 20 December 2012 Hamlet Explication In Act 1 Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the audience is formally introduced to the thoughts and feelings of main character: Hamlet‚ through a soliloquy describing the current situation in Denmark. This includes the usage of mythical allusions‚ metaphors and tone to portray Hamlets feelings. The time between Hamlet’s fathers death and his mothers second marriage is demonstrated in the sentence‚ “But two months dead: nay
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The soliloquy is performed in Act III‚ scene i. It has historically been considered as the most renowned of all quotes in Shakespearean literature‚ perhaps in all literature. That being said‚ much of the soliloquy signifies paradox. Hamlet is questioning life and death‚ being alive and not being alive. For Hamlet‚ it seems that each occurs upon its own principle and crosses over at the same instance. When living‚ one is nearing closer to demise with time. It is only in passing when one halts having
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Hamlet Quotations Act 1 INSTRUCTIONS: For each quote: (a) Identify the speaker‚ to whom it is addressed‚ and the situation‚ (b) Explain (in detail) the significance of the quote in terms of all that apply: themes‚ character revelation‚ plot development‚ dramatic devices (irony‚ foreshadowing…)‚ poetic devices (simile‚ metaphor‚ alliteration…)‚ etc. (c) Upload to turnitin.com EXAMPLE: “This bodes some strange eruption to our state.” (a) Horatio is speaking to Marcellus; Horatio is referring to the ghost of Hamlet Sr
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The short first scene of Act IV bases on Gertrude’s selling out of her child‚ handing him over to the ruler in the wake of having guaranteed to help him. While she keeps her guarantee not to uncover that Hamlet was just putting on a show to be crazy‚ the prompt and blunt path in which she educates Claudius concerning Hamlet’s conduct and his murder of Polonius suggests that she considers herself to be united to the ruler as opposed to her child. Whether Gertrude truly trusts Hamlet to be frantic‚
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Story”~Taylor Swift R&J- Act 1 scene 5 To begin the comparison of this song and the play you need to understand that this song makes quite a bit of references even including the names Romeo and Juliet although some of the song is inaccurate Let’s start at the very beginning of the song “We were both young when I first saw you.” Indeed they were young with Juliet being two weeks from 14 and Romeo is around 16 and from the phrase “when I first saw you” I can guess this was act I scene 5 as this is the ball/party
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Comment on the significance of Iago in Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2. Iago is presented as a vicious villain‚ and through his representation of evil‚ results in the surfacing of key themes such as light and darkness‚ racism‚ and rank and power. Thus‚ by carrying out the role as a villain‚ he highlights the animalistic traits evident within people of the Venetian society. Although Iago is a white man who holds a fairly high status within Venetian society‚ he is crude and uncouth‚ often swearing and making
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Act 1 Scene 1 Original Text | Modern Text | CORNWALLGet horses for your mistress. | CORNWALLPrepare the horses for your lady. | Exit OSWALD | OSWALD exits. | GONERILFarewell‚ sweet lord‚ and sister. | GONERILGoodbye‚ my sweet lord.—Goodbye‚ my sister. | CORNWALLEdmund‚ farewell. | CORNWALLGoodbye‚ Edmund. | Exeunt GONERIL and EDMUND the bastard | GONERIL and EDMUND exit. | Go seek the traitor Gloucester.Pinion him like a thief‚ bring him before us. | Go find the traitor Gloucester.
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Hamlet Questions Act I‚ Sc i: Midnight on the Ramparts 1) At the beginning of the play‚ the atmosphere is dark‚ cold and foggy‚ which helps establish a strange‚ full of fear and mystical setting. 2) Francesco says: “For this relief much thanks‚ ‘tis bitter cold and now I am sick at heart” (Act 1 Sc i L.7-8) Horatio says: “What‚ has the thing appeare’d again to-night?”(Act 1 Sc i L.21) 3) From this scene‚ we learn about the background information such as how Hamlet Sr. was killed before the beginning
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