Macbeth Scene Summaries ACT/SCENE PLOT/MAJOR EVENTS SUMMARISED (DOT POINTS) WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE CHARACTERS? LINKS TO THEMES/SYMBOLS? 1/1 Three witches meet upon there heath and arrange to meet with Macbeth. CHARACTERS INCLUDED Three witches THINGS LEARNT ABOUT THE CHARACTERS That the witches’ have some sort of power which allows them to tell or make up the future. Supernatural. Fate Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair. 1/2 King Duncan‚ Malcolm‚ Donalbain and Lennox wait for news on the battle
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As the final scene comes into play‚ we are introduced with Hamlet and Horatio in a hall in the castle. In the hall‚ Hamlet tells Horatio what had happened while he was away at sea. He tell him that for some time‚ he could not sleep due to his curiosity over Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s cabin. So‚ to satisfy his curiosity‚ he goes and checks the room out‚ where he was able to find a letter inside the cabin. It turns out that the letter was a letter for England’s ambassadors to help his country and
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How does Iago manipulate Othello’s thoughts and feelings in Act 3 Scene 3? Responses should demonstrate a close knowledge of the text‚ taking into consideration language choices‚ strategic thinking and the impact of the strategies on Othello Act 3 Scene 3 is a key scene in the play whereby Iago’s deceptive nature is becoming not only more prominent‚ but more importantly‚ leading him to success in his plan. The readers are exposed to Iago’s duplicity but Othello is not – a heavy use of dramatic
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The effects that cosplay has on Women in the convention scene Cosplay has had a profound effect on women’s lives in the convention scene as cosplayers can be objectified by the costumes they wear‚ they can be seen as oversexualized as an object of desire rather than as a person. Cosplay can be empowering giving the wearier a feeling of independence‚ power. Cosplay gives you the freedom to be whoever you want to be. Cosplay allows you to create your own identity. Some People have an unreasonable
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Silence: An examination of Mise-En-Scene in early scenes of The Great Dictator Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator is a film new to the era of “talkies” and‚ in it’s early scenes focuses on very physical‚ present aspects of mise-en-scene‚ almost completely doing away with non-diagetic sound. The film grows throughout it’s full 124 minute run‚ having been filmed over several years and seemingly developing it’s delving into use of sound similarly‚ but in it’s early scenes The Great Dictator is permeated
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of ‘scarlet’ which along with the repetition‚ establishes for the reader‚ the significance of colour in stirring Ovid’s memories. The compound word of ‘far-off’ however‚ implies that Ovid’s journey towards self-knowledge will be a long one. The scene of the scarlet poppy also provokes in Ovid‚ an increased awareness of both language and his surroundings. The imagery used‚ including tactile‚ olfactory and visual in: “The magic of saying the word made my skin prickle… foul-smelling mud…
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failing to pay back the money in time‚ Shylock takes Antonio to court demanding a pound of his flesh in payment. Portia‚ one of the main characters‚ disguised as a lawyer‚ attempts (and succeeds) to rescue Antonio using the law to her advantage. This scene is important to the text as a whole‚ as it brings into question and explains some of the main themes used in the play‚ these being‚ mercy‚ law‚ justice and religion. Mercy When Portia first arrives in the court and is assessing the situation
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Act III Study Guide Scene 1 Mercutio is mocking Benvolio at the opening of this scene. What is he saying and how do we know he is teasing? A: He is describing Benvolio as someone who loves to fight‚ but we know from the verybeginning of the play that Benvolio loves to keep the peace and tries to avoid conflictbecause he tried to break up the fight between the servants. Why does Romeo refuse to fight with Tybalt? What does he say in lines 66-70? A: He refuses to fight because he is married
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Exploring the Shower Scene Introduction There have been millions of murder scenes filmed throughout history‚ but by far one of the most famous scenes is one from the movie Psycho. In this widely known scene‚ Marion Crane is taking a shower peacefully and all of a sudden Norman Bates comes in and murders her. The director‚ Alfred Hitchcock‚ had a lot of obstacles to work around in this scene like how he was not permitted to show nudity or a knife going through the skin. With this in mind‚ he had
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William Shakespeare Elizabethan drama refers to the plays produced while Queen Elizabeth reigned in England‚ from 1558 until 1603. It was during this time that the public began attending plays in large numbers. The opening of several good-sized playhouses was responsible for this increased patronage‚ the largest and most famous of which was the Globe theater (1599)‚ home to many of Shakespeare’s works. The most popular types of Elizabethan plays were histories of England’s rulers‚ but revenge dramas
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