expectations of women being submissive and present their women characters as authoritative and devious. In ‘Macbeth’‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Lady Macbeth goes against conventions. Lady Macbeth is a desperate and controlling wife who would do anything to get her husband in to royalty and live a wealthy life. This is similar to ‘Havisham’‚ written by Carol
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novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ both adhere to the Shakespearean view of tragedy. They contain elements of the supernatural and use literary devices like Nemesis & Pathos. We see the passion & ambition of characters‚ ultimately leading to their tragic flaw. But in both cases‚ not every character is deserving of his/her fate. Frankenstein and Macbeth‚ both contain elements of the supernatural. In Macbeth there are witches and powers of witchcraft. On
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Compare the presentation of Lady Macbeth and Miss Havisham. Explore how Shakespeare and Dickens present them as disturbed women. Disturbed is a definition of someone who has emotional or mental problems; both Lady Macbeth and Miss Havisham are presented as disturbed characters in one way or another. These two leading women both have characteristics that were not stereotypical of woman at the time periods that the play and the novel were set in; making them immediately appear strange to the audience
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Explore the way violence is presented in the poem ‘Havisham’ by Carol Anne Duffy Carol Anne Duffy bases her poem ‘Havisham’ off of a repulsive character from ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens. Miss Havisham is introduced to us in the story as a spinster who was left at the alter after being deceived by her brother and her ‘lover’. Since the day‚ she reveled in her grudge against them for breaking her heart and she became dominated by her obsession of a perfect marriage‚ perfect partner
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Both Lady Macbeth and Miss Havisham are presented as two very disturbed characters - Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” and Miss Havisham in the poem Havisham by carol Ann Duffy. Both women in each of the texts that I have analysed come across as being disturbed‚ Being disturbed in the sense that both Havisham and Lady Macbeth are psychologically disturbed and also disturbed in the sense that they both want to interrupt peace. From prior research I have found that the definition of disturbed
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Throughout both ‘Great Expectations’ and ‘Macbeth’ surroundings are used to influence and define Miss Havisham’s and Lady Macbeth’s characteristics. These surroundings are not only physical‚ but also psychological; found in their relationships and trauma from past events. Although both women are presented in different forms Lady Macbeth is also strongly influenced by her physical surroundings. Like Miss Havisham‚ her home is metaphorical of her characteristics. She lives in a great castle from
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Carol Ann Duffy’s poem ’Havisham’ is a dramatic monologue written from the eyes of the infamous character Miss Havisham who is extracted from Dickens’s ’Great Expectations’. Miss Havisham is a very disturbing character for a number of different reasons conceived by the pain and hurt she has endured through out her life after being jilted at the altar many years before the poem is set. Through out Havisham we learn that there is more underlying problems to Havisham than what was once acknowledged
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Explore how writers present disturbed characters in Macbeth and The Laboratory. Macbeth is arguably one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. Written sometime between 1603 and 1606‚ the play is strongly written with King James the first’s of England’s interests in mind; the supernatural. Because of this we are introduced to the idea of the paranormal and witchcraft straight way in the play with the three. This would have scared a Jacobean audience as they feared the supernatural; it also foreshadows
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Desire for Power In the play Macbeth by Shakespeare I found at the beginning the character Macbeth was a portrayed as a noble‚ honest and brave man. As said by the captain in the second scene‚ ‘For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that title’ (I.2.16). This gives the audience an indication that Macbeth was highly respected by the king’s men and the king himself. His desire for power grew throughout the play from when he had his first encounter with the witches. Macbeth first met the witches whilst
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Explore the ways Shakespeare and Dickens present human weakness in the texts you have studied. In the play Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare presents human weakness through the characters. At the start of the play Shakespeare presents the theme of love‚ which is shown through the character Romeo. Romeo is portrayed as a confused boy yearning for Rosaline’s love. His unrequited love clouds his mind and his judgment. However‚ later on‚ when Romeo becomes devoted to Juliet he becomes more of a man. This
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