Romeo and Juliet is a dramatic and emotional play. Comment on how Shakespeare creates atmosphere in: • Act 1 scene 5 • Act 2 scene 2 • Act 3 scene 5 Romeo and Juliet is a dramatic play which leaves the audience feeling many emotions; happiness‚ sadness‚ anger‚ romance and suspense. It is fast moving and the atmosphere changes between the different emotions suddenly but easily. It keeps you watching to see what will happen between the “ill-fated” Romeo and Juliet. Act 1 scene 5 is
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INTRODUCTION TO MACBETH William Shakespeare was born to a wealthy family in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon‚ England. He married and had several children but died in 1616 at the age of 52. Shakespeare authored thirty-seven plays and 154 sonnets. The legacy of this body of work is immense. A number of Shakespeare’s plays seem to have transcended even the category of brilliance‚ becoming so influential as to affect profoundly the course of Western literature and culture ever after. Shakespeare’s shortest
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E MACBETH – William Shakespeare 1 (i) “Shakespeare’s Macbeth invites us to look into the world of a man driven on by ruthless ambition and tortured by regret.” Write a response to this view of the play‚ Macbeth‚ supporting the points you make by reference to the text. Mark ex 60 by reference to the criteria for assessment using the following breakdown of marks. P18 C18 L 18 M 6 60 marks A+ B C D E- 100% 60 – 51 42 33 24 23 – 0 30% 18 – 16 13 10 8 7 – 0 10% 6 – 5 4
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Article Critic Overall darkness is at fault for the tragedy of Macbeth. Most scenes in story were dark and held an evil atmosphere. A.C. Bradley stated that with so much darkness surrounding the hero‚ (Macbeth)‚ he was bound to be corrupted by it. The witch’s prophecy‚ Lady Macbeth‚ and the constant spilling of blood both innocent and guilty. This darkness that corrupted him led Macbeth to madness as well as his wife. He and Lady Macbeth feared the night when sleep would succumb them and their guilty
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necessarily mean a person is bad. Evidence in Shakespeare play Macbeth ‚ demonstrates this quite clearly that MacBeth’s isolation comes from guilt ‚ over-ambition and greed. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have both shown guilt‚ but at different stages in the play. Isolating guilty feelings only begins to isolate them from the world around them. Macbeth is the first to feel guilt at the begging of the play‚ but towards the end he has nothing but isolation. Lady Macbeth has both isolation and guilt. In act
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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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moment of fear or a moment of forgiveness‚ two very different feelings described in one word. A word that can describe a persons emotionless act of violence or a persons feeling of pity. The word mercy is portrayed both ways in Beowulf‚ Macbeth‚ and Battlefield Horror. In all three works‚ mercy is shown as a act of forgiveness‚ fear or hatred. In Beowulf one of the main characters Grendel is a vicious monster who feasts on the flesh and blood of anyone who stands in his way. He is considered to be
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Horror Violence and Blood Throughout acts two and three‚ imagery is used to depict scenes of horror‚ violence and bloodshed. This vivid imagery and allows Shakespeare to covey incredibly powerful messages about characters. Imagery of blood‚ violence and horror is used throughout acts two and three in order to create certain atmospheres and feelings as well as powerfully convey and reveal hidden messages about characters. In the Play‚ Shakespeare uses imagery to display Macbeths feeling of guilt
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In the play Macbeth we see that Shakespeare captures many elements of his society and reflects them in the play. Shakespeare highlights the good and evil traits that reside in people‚ the overthrow of natural order and subsequent guilt. The supernatural‚ the divine right of kings and the great chain of being are some of the major beliefs of Shakespeare’s society‚ of which he deeply explores in the play. These key issues and elements within the play Macbeth clearly reflect what society during the
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William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ a story of the destructive consequences a deep ambition for power can lead to. Macbeth’s paranoid sense of ambition‚ and the prodding from his “partner in greatness”‚ blind him from appreciating his more than exceptional life; apparently‚ a promotion from the king‚ a loving wife‚ and nobility status were not enough to quench Macbeth’s thirst for power. Unfortunately‚
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