Act 4 Scene 7 Lines 162-194 Summary : * Gertrude enters with tragic news : Ophelia‚ mad with grief‚ has drowned in the nearby stream. * Laertes flees the room in agony‚ followed by Claudius who is afraid that Laertes’s calmed rage will be renewed with the news of Ophelia’s death. Ophelia: L.166-168 Willow ≡ traditional symbol of forsaken love. Garland of willow ≡ lover makes when his/her beloved has left him/her. L.169-171 Daisy ≡ dissembling (disintegrating) Nettles sting‚ “long
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Passage-based essay 2. The moment in which Elizabeth tells a lie in order to save her husband’s life‚ indicates dramatic irony. The playwright makes this happen when first John Proctor calls Abigail’s a whore and‚ in spite of the humiliation he felt‚ revealed his affair with her. As Danforth cannot believe the seventeen year-old girl is actually a “whore”‚ he asks Goody Proctor to come up to test the truth of this charge. Before she enters the court‚ John swears Elizabeth is an extremely honest
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were used to compare the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare. His drama was a major success and conveyed his message clearly to the audience. Various forms of irony are exhibited in The Crucible. Dramatic irony is just one of the varieties of satire used in this playwright’s ironic masterpiece. First and foremost‚ dramatic
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Hamlet Act three Hamlet‚ Act three reveals the true personalities of the characters. Hamlet is impulsive and vengeful‚ which we see when he kills Polonius and insults his mother for marrying her deceased husband’s brother. Hamlet is upset about Ophelia’s rejection of him and about his father’s murder. As a result‚ he takes his anger out on both his mother and Ophelia. He acts as though he never loved Ophelia and he calls women “two faced” and “untrustworthy”. Hamlet speaks honestly to his mother
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those years she was his ‘puppet’. A supplementary illustration of dramatic irony is when Torvald says that he will willingly sacrifice his happiness and dignity if some danger were to threaten
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Hamlet; Act IV‚ Scene 6-7 Summary; Scene 6 Horatio receives a letter from hamlet. In the letter‚ he writes that the ship he was on bound for England was attacked by pirates. In the battle‚ Hamlet boarded the pirate ship‚ when the ships disengaged from battle Guildenstern and Rosencrantz continued on their way to England‚ while Hamlet was on his way back towards Denmark. To keep the pirates from keeping hamlet hostage‚ he promised them a good deed in future times. He tells Horatio to give these
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Unit Three Hamlet Literary Essay Time has a large effect on the roles of writers‚ directors and playwrights. As time passes‚ each must change their approach to a piece in order to ensure that it is current and relatable for their respective audiences. Like actors‚ they must play to the people watching. Act IV‚ Scene V of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is‚ in comparison to the film version by Kenneth Branagh‚ widely open to interpretation. In part‚ this is due to its varying target audiences. In
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Scene Analysis – Act 3 Scene 1 Act 3‚ Scene 1 of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare outlines significant aspects within the play‚ such as the fate or destiny of Romeo and the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio. I will explore such themes of this momentous scene. The scene describes Benvolio and Mercutio wanting to retire due to the immense heat of the boiling sun‚ also implying that hot temperature would tend to create hot tempers! Although before doing so‚ they encounter Tybalt and
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Act 2 Scene 2 is crucial to our understanding of the importance of power in the play I think that Act 2 Scene 2 has a variety of ways to portray power in the play. After the murder of Duncan‚ Macbeth constantly hears mysterious sounds that Lady Macbeth probably could not. This implies the presence of a supernatural power that could be controlling his mind. All throughout this scene‚ Macbeth faces illusions in his mind which seem to be forcing him to admit his guilt. However‚ Macbeth does not show
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Hamlet begins with two guards‚ Bernardo and Francisco‚ as they keep watch of Elsinore. Bernardo relieves Francisco of his duty on watch and two other characters enter. Horatio and Marcellus arrive and engage in a discussion with Bernardo and Francisco about a figure they saw. The men believe that they saw a ghost. The ghost then appears in front of the men and is revealed to be the ghost of the late King Hamlet in a full suit of armor. The guards had previously attempted to speak with the ghost‚
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