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    ‘’How does Shakespeare use soliloquy to present the character of Juliet?’’ The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet‚ Juliet begins the play as a naïve child who has thought little about love and marriage‚ but she quickly grows up when innocently falling in love with Romeo who is the family’s enemy. Using soliloquy Shakespeare is able to show how Juliet changes by the end of the play. Juliet shows amazing courage in trusting her entire life and future to Romeo. Juliet’s closest friend and confidant

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    and the Capulets came to an end. In Romeo and Juliet‚ a sweetly painful drama‚ Shakespeare uses metaphors‚ oxymorons‚ and foreshadowing to convey powerful emotions. William Shakespeare incorporated several poignant metaphors throughout Romeo and Juliet. A metaphor is a comparison between two things‚ but unlike a simile‚ the words “like” or “as” are not used. Relating back to the play‚ Mercutio says‚ “True‚ I talk of dreams; which are the children

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    Hamlet William Shakespeare develops the characters themes throughout Throughout the story there’s many different themes‚ but theres one in particular that stands out to me and that’s Horatio’s friendship. This friendship is very different from most because of his actions. Shakespeare constructs horatio friendship through a positive appeal. Throughout the story shakespeare implies literary terms such as allegory‚ figurative language and metaphors. After the tragic death of Prince Hamlet’s father

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    The story of Hamlet shows Stoicism‚ which Hamlet himself conveys in Shakespeare’s piece. Stoicism means self-control or enduring of pain in order to develop clear judgement and inner calm. Stoicism was derived from Greek word “stoa” referring to a colonnade and developed by Zeno of Citium. Stoicism was presented in this play when Hamlet disguised himself as madman to avert his uncle’s attention to him as Claudius sees him as a threat. Hamlet discovered the truth behind his father’s death because

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    of similes in Romeo and Juliet appear different then what is written in modern-day time. This is mainly because they are not as obviously written in the play unlike today where it is easy to spot a simile or even another literary language like metaphors. His style is so different that our minds aren’t used to interpreting such a difference in writing. Shakespeare’s similes can seem hidden and some may argue that they aren’t similes at all but they are there! There isn’t a title for how the author of

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    Do you know how Shakespeare develops Hamlet’s character in relation to Claudius‚ Polonius‚ and Gertrude? In Hamlet’s 3rd soliloquy Shakespeare develops Hamlet’s character in relation to Claudius‚ Polonius‚ and Gertrude. Shakespeare develops Hamlet’s character in relation to Claudius. First example is Hamlet puts on a play to see if Claudius would break down and confess that he killed King Hamlet. “That guilty creatures sitting at a play. Have by the very cunning of the scene‚ been struck

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    How does Shakespeare present Iago’s manipulation of Othello? Shakespeare uses a number of techniques to express the manipulaton of Iago in this scene. He lies to Othello in a barefaced manner‚ as we know from earlier context‚ in which we see Iago slandering Othello to his friend Roderigo‚ in the first scene of the book‚ showing that from the outset Iago has been against Othello‚ and this facade of trying to “help him out” immediately tells us he is not to be trusted. From what we have already

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    tragedy and immediate action along with vengeance and personal feeling occur throughout the events of The Tragedy of Hamlet. Shakespeare is able to portray this fact ever more solidly when Hamlet is faced with the death of his father. This hatches a revenge plot that Hamlet in his moral state is unable to deal with in an acceptable manner. Thus it is represented by Shakespeare with Hamlet’s hesitation to kill his uncle -the one who killed his father- but is also represented in the behavior

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    the 21st Century and through Shakespearian texts. Shakespeare explored many themes and racism is one that is quite predominant throughout the text‚ Othello. Shakespeare broke the societal norm of his time by creating a black hero and using a white villain to undermine and deceive his otherwise flawless black character. It is through Shakespeare‚ that we are able to explore notions of racism and inequality‚ which were present then and still present now‚ thus enables us to see that this is still a

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    that he doesn’t like peace‚ the way he talks makes it seem as though he always wants to have trouble or fight. Mercutio‚ who hates Tybalt‚ gives him the "catty" nickname the "Prince of Cats" ‚ but when his uncle Capulet prevents him from beating up Romeo for crashing the Capulet’s masked ball‚ he’s not too pleased‚ and really just wants payback which is that he just wants a fight. Tybalt’s aggressive behavior seems possible that he’s eager to fight because he wants to defend his reputation as the toughest

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