Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a play in which my attitude towards one of the main characters changes many times throughout the play. The character who changes is Juliet herself. Shakespeare portrays the changes in Juliet well by use of language‚ imagery and key speeches. The first time we meet Juliet is when the nurse is reminiscing about Juliet’s childhood. From the nurses recollections of Juliet’s childhood I can gather that she is like a mother figure to her. Lady Capulet‚ Juliet’s
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Dimmesdale and conceived a child. Later‚ she gives birth to a girl‚ Pearl‚ and must endure the shame and scorn of the town. Punishment for her crime of adultery was the display of her scarlet A upon her bosom. Hester shows her courage and strength throughout the predicament. • Roger Chillingworth is the name for Hester’s husband in disguise. He was much older than she is and had sent her
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Some situations make us want to fit in‚ but it is often best to stand out. Hester and Pearl stand out in their society because of Hester’s scarlet letter‚ a symbol of her sin that later becomes an emblem of her abilities. The puritans victimize Hester and Pearl for standing out but Hawthorne teaches us that being different is not always a bad thing…Hawthorne uses Hester and Pearl to develop the themes of individuality and the idea of breaking free from puritan society even though these ideals are
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William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is a tragedy about war‚ witchcraft‚ and bloodshed. The thane of Glamis was promised a brilliant future as king of Scotland by three weird witches‚ but once the planned murder of Duncan was accomplished‚ Macbeth realized the true potential of his ambition. Driven to stay king‚ Macbeth killed anyone that got his way‚ and put all his trust in the prophesies of the witches. In the end‚ Macbeth’s overconfidence lead to his own death making him a tragic hero. Macbeth
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Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s relationship changes throughout the course of the play. In the beginning we see Lady Macbeth playing the more superior‚ more dominating role of the two. As the play progresses and Duncan is killed‚ Macbeth seems to become the more superior one and makes this own decisions. Furthermore‚ when lady Macbeth dies Macbeth doesn’t really seem to care. This is the basically how their relationship changes throughout the play Lady Macbeth plays the more superior role at first because
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believe what you believed before or would you try to change your outlook on things? In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Juliet starts off at the beginning of the play being loyal to her family and the nurse. She wants advice from older people with more life experience‚ but towards the end she doesn’t care what they say‚ she just wants to do the things she feels are right‚ like going behind her family’s back and marrying Romeo. She doesn’t think about the consequences that her actions
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insulting of Paris’ famous attractions in the third stanza. He uses enjambment to link the end of the third stanza to the beginning of the fourth‚ commenting that he would rather stay in the “sleazy” hotel room than go to see the sights. No matter how horrible the room is compared to the beautiful attractions of Paris‚ he wants to spend time there with the person he has met. Fenton closes the fourth stanza with the idea that he will learn more about his companion as well as about himself. The
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Romeo and Juliet is a play of love and hatred. In the centre of it all is Juliet‚ barely fourteen and still reliant on her wet nurse‚ yet willing to take her own life then to live without the one she loves. In the short four days‚ in which the play takes place‚ Juliet faces more than most in a lifetime. She is forced into marriage‚ she secretly marries an enemy of her house‚ her new husband kills her cousin and is exiled only allowing her one night of wedded bliss. She has to pretend to kill herself
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who loses most of his humanity and greatness by the end of the play.’ Write about the way this theme is developed in Macbeth. The tragedy seen in this play is the loss of the man that Macbeth could have been‚ hadn’t he given in to fulfilling his ambition. Shakespeare leads us to see the deterioration in both Macbeth’s character and his morality. Macbeth‚ being the tragic hero of the play‚ undergoes some great changes throughout the acts. Macbeth cannot resist his ambition‚ and this leads him
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In the book of Romeo and Juliet‚ Juliet has been changing as a character when she talks to her mom about getting together with Paris and Juliet obeys her mother In Act 1 Scene 3. In Act 3 Scene 5 Juliet is talking to her father because Juliet is supposed to marry Paris but she does not want to since she is already married to Romeo so she disobeys her father. Juliet changed from Act 1 Scene 3 to Act 3 Scene 5 because first she is obedient to Lady Capulet and in Act 3 Scene 5 she is disobedient to
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