In the drama Hamlet‚ Shakespeare tells the story of a young Danish man named Hamlet confronted with a terrible choice. Featured alongside Hamlet is his old friend Horatio. In the play‚ Shakespeare uses Horatio in a number of ways‚ both to further elements of the plot and to explore other characters. The first action of note Horatio does is confirm the identity of the ghost Marcellus and Bernardo have been observing each night. Horatio’s opinion apparently holds weight‚ as the two watchmen seek
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the darkness of the woods always accompanies them: "Thunder and lightning‚ Enter three witches." This is how the three witches are introduced. This shows their
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chc A TERM PAPER IN THE ENGLISH LITERATURE I. POEM ANALYSIS: Sonnet 41 by Shakespeare 1. Persona- The poem is about a youth and her personality. The youth is identified as young and beautiful and her beauty (or pleasing personality) ---as in‚ “Beauteous thou art”--- makes her susceptible to temptations thus‚ causing him to commit sins. The persona could be the poet himself accusing a beloved girl for her mistakes in life which are really expected. 2. Addressee- The persona is addressing
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Shakespeare uses Death and the Afterlife in Hamlet to serve many purposes: to provide a means of shaping and defining characters‚ determining them to be strong‚ fearful‚ etc.; to provide the major conflict in the play‚ an internal conflict that ultimately psychologically surpasses the breadth of the external conflict; and to present cerebral discourse on a recurring theme throughout all of Shakespeare’s works‚ playing on mankind’s inability to understand Death and what comes after. Death appears
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Looking back at history‚ documents show the tension between Puritans and Shakespeare. The play Twelfth Night is perfect evidence that shows how Shakespeare disagreed with the Puritans beliefs .Shakespeare decides to use the character Malvolio to represent the puritans at that time period. Shakespeare uses the character of Malvolio to ridicule the puritans and portrays the puritans as ambitious‚ selfish and bitter. The Puritans gained their power after they renounced the Anglican Church‚ this was
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Tennessee Williams achieves dramatic tension in the play through the interactions between characters‚ symbolism of characters‚ effective use of music and sound effects‚ words and setting. He does not use Acts‚ but divides the play into eleven scenes‚ as with all other scenes‚ Scene 10 naturally leads to a dramatic climax. He creates dramatic tension in “A Streetcar Named Desire” through the antagonism between Blanche and Stanley. Blanche’s dislike and condescending opinion towards Stanley are
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Mastered Self N E A R T H E E N D of Shakespeare’s career stands a simple play not of self-loss but of self-gain. Shakespeare m a y well have intended it to have been his final one; it is difficult to think of Henry VIII as anything but an afterthought. A comedy or a tragicomedy‚ of course‚ was expected to present an action that moved toward self-gain; and the romances Shakespeare wrote dur ing his last phase‚ Pericles‚ Cymbeline‚ The Winter’s Tale‚ and The Tempest‚ all conclude happily with
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Throughout the given extract‚ Orwell uses a wide variety of techniques to create a dramatic scene such as his choice of vocabulary and syntax for example. To start the chapter offer‚ Orwell uses the repetition of the dramatic expression ‘We are the dead’ – first stated by Winston‚ then echoed by Julia. The statement in itself is very dramatic but the repetition of it emphasises the concept of them being ‘the dead’. From the reader’s perspective‚ this is read in an emotionless‚ monotone attitude‚
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making a dystopia a nightmarish place with many things wrong with it. The book "1984" is based in a dystopian world in 1984. This is the future from when the book was written. Orwell has to use many ideas and very twisted thoughts and nightmares to create this world‚ which seems to become more like reality year by year. An example of the dystopia being created would be the weather note on the first line of the book. "It was a bright cold day in April"‚ this puts forward the idea that that in the time
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ANALYSE JULIET’S CHANGE IN EMOTIONS IN THE END OF ACT 3 SCENE 5 In the end of act 3 scene 5 in Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare‚ Juliet goes through numerous different events including having to say goodbye to the love of her life‚ getting misunderstood by her parents‚ and getting the worst advice from the nurse. A really tight atmosphere was built by using dramatic tension‚ such as insults‚ stage direction‚ alliterations etc. Throughout this essay‚ Juliet’s change in emotions and
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