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    In what ways do Shakespeare and Bennet present Tybalt and Marjory as disturbed characters in the opening of Romeo and Juliet and the outside dog? You can also refer to further on in the play. At the beginning of Romeo and JulietShakespeare presents Tybalt as unnerved and disturbed. He does this in many ways and uses a lot of language features. For example in the opening scene of R&J we can tell that the characters are disturbed. For example Tybalt says: “art thou drawn amongst these heartless

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    How does Shakespeare present Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Act 1? In Act one Shakespeare introduces the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth using a range of dramatic devices. At the start of the play Macbeth is introduced from two different perspectives. He is firstly introduced by the three witches whom are discussing a meeting with him ‘There to meet with Macbeth’. This scene would create immense tension for the audience as the presence of the witches in the play would indicate a series of evil

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    Romeo and Juliet Compare-Contrast Brad Herring 12/12/12 Period 1 In William Shakespeare’s play‚ “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”‚ the type of love that the two main characters share for each other plays a big part in their horrible tragedy. Although Shakespeare portrays the two youths as experiencing strong first love attraction for each other‚ Romeo’s passion and love prevails as the more sincere of these two star-crossed lovers. Throughout the story‚ Juliet falls in love with

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    the power and authority to enforce rules‚ maintain law and order. The extract communicates the theme authority‚ law‚ and order. The formality of my costume is of the uttermost‚ as the Prince is the highest in rank compared to everyone else in Romeo and Juliet. I used a crimson coloured shirt to illustrate the authority‚ regal ranking‚ power and influences befitting a prince. The crimson colour resembles the royal blood flowing within him‚ identifying him as the descendant of the monarch‚ which automatically

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    How is Lady Macbeth presented as a disturbed character?” In the Shakespeare play Macbeth‚ his wife Lady Macbeth is presented in many ways‚ mainly a controlling‚ cold‚ crazy lady. Here are a few examples of her peculiar behaviour and why she may have behaved this way: Lady Macbeth could be presented as a disturbed character quite early on in the book. In Act One‚ Scene 5 when she has received the letter from Macbeth she immediately starts to plan and take matters into her own hands. She knows immediately

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    HOW DOES SHAKESPEARE PRESENT ROMEO AND JULIET IN ACT ONE‚ SCENE 5? Shakespeare presents the theme of love in different ways for each of the characters and for some‚ such as Romeo‚ Shakespeare’s portrayal of this theme changes as the play progresses. In Act I‚ Scene V‚ When Romeo sees Juliet he speaks about her‚ using the metaphor: "She doth teach the torches to burn bright!" This suggests that Juliet’s beauty is almost glowing - stunningly beautiful. Shakespeare also includes alliteration with

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    Discuss the appropriation of elements of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet into the film Shakespeare in Love. When viewing John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love the values that are seen in the text‚ male dominance‚ social hierarchy and challenging conventions‚ are the same to those seen in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Although both texts were produced in different time periods the values remained the same because the film is set in the Elizabethan era. The most obvious value that seems to stand

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    looking at how Shakespeare presents love in Act 2 Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet from lines 18 through to 127. After reading the majority of act 2 scene 2 we are now able to understand and interpret Shakespeare’s language and language devices further. Act 2 Scene two is set in the shadow beneath Juliet’s bedroom window‚ with Romeo hiding in the darkness. Romeo listens on as Juliet speaks of her love for Romeo to what she thought was the darkness however as we as the audience know Romeo is able to hear

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    Shakespeare is a great playwright‚ and sonneteer‚ his work is admired by many people world wide and he proves to have been very good with his work on love in his writings. His sonnets are special‚ in that the overall perspective is not expected to be given in such a way; meaning that readers would expect that a male poet of his time would give more attention to the love of the female rather than writing 126 out of 154 sonnets for a young man more or less. For this paper I will be presenting the three

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    English Literature GCSE- Controlled Assessment Explore the ways Shakespeare and Dickens present Lady Macbeth and Miss Havisham as disturbed characters Shakespeare and Dickens both show disturbed characters in their play or novel. Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in1606‚ this gives us better idea of the time were they thought that witches were real and Shakespeare wrote this play because he wanted to impress the king. On the other hand Dickens didn’t want to impress anyone by writing a novel based on

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