I am going to be examining Act III Scene I and Act III Scene II to show how these two scenes create dramatic effectiveness for the audience. Act III Scene 1 (A Room in the castle) involves Claudius contemplating whether or not to send Hamlet away to London in order to deal with his troubles. This is also the scene of Hamlet’s famous soliloquy ‘To be or not to be”‚ whereby he is considering his life and what has been going on since his fathers death. Act III Scene II is where Hamlet has a play in
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I will discuss the tragedy‚ Hamlet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ Act 3‚ Scene 1. We start off with the King‚ the Queen‚ Rosencrantz‚ Guildenstern‚ Polonius‚ and Ophelia. We have Cladius asking Rosencrantz and Guildenstern why Hamlet is acting so strangely. Rosencrantz answers that the price admits he is confused‚ but he wont say why. After their conversation‚ Cladius orders Gertrude to leave so that he and polonium can spy on hamlet. As Ophelia enters‚ the queen tells her that hopefully the problems
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Passage Analysis 1 Shakespeare uses soliloquy first to expose Lady Macbeths true nature so that her thoughts and motives may be uninterrupted and that her speech can be delivered in such a powerful way that the audience is swayed and somehow taken aback. When audience members first lay their eyes on Lady Macbeth‚ they see her as a sweet and almost innocent woman but when she is finally alone the audience sees her true nature. Dialogue can only tell you so much whereas soliloquy can almost put you
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Macbeth Act 1 SCENE 1 1. What atmosphere is established in this scene? Scary and bad and dark and rainy 2. What purpose does this scene serve? Something bad is going to happen in the future 3. Explain the concluding heroic couplet? Fair and foul are important throughout the story. it shows that somehow Macbeth and the witches are connected. Something good and bad could be happening at the same time SCENE 2 1. Why is King Duncan so pleased with Macbeth? Because he has won victory after victory
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Macbeth: Act 3 Scene 4 ‘They say‚ blood will have blood’ ‘Lesser than Macbeth but greater‚’ theses are the words which make Macbeth start to think about whether his bestfriend‚ Banqou‚ can be trusted. In one of the first scenes of the play the three witches tell him this after he killed King Duncan. The words start to drive him insane as he starts to believe that Banquo or his son‚ Fleance‚ may take the throne away from him. His sanity leads him to killing Banquo‚ making him so guilty that he breaks
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The Darkness of Macbeth Begins! William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer and poet ever known in the English language who authored world’s greatest poems‚ drama and sonnets‚ including Macbeth. Most of Shakespeare’s famous works are viewed all over the world. Throughout the play of Macbeth‚ Shakespeare had written a famous soliloquy in Act V called “To-morrow‚ and to-morrow‚ and to-morrow.” In Macbeth’s soliloquy‚ Macbeth’s words capture a major theme of the play. It presents a dark
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Act 1 Plot: When the play first opens we hear 3 strange witches standing in a field while it is thunder and lightening. They begin to chant spells and talk about their meeting with Macbeth as they vanish into thin air. Not to far from the field‚ there is a battle taking place‚ the King of Scotland is there with some of his followers. The king is much to old to fight for himself‚ so he sends to hear how his army is doing. A badly injured soldier then returns from battle to tell Duncan how dreadfully
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DAGGER SCENE M acbeth is the only tragedy of Shakespeare in which the tragic hero turned villain but yet it retains the sympathy of the audience unto the very end. Even when Macbeth makes Scotland bleed as a result of his career of blood he does not entirely loose our sympathy‚ this feat of dramatic art has been achieved by Shakespeare by giving us a peep into his soul and thus showing to us his inner agony and spiritual torture‚ all throughout the play by the various soliloquies of Macbeth
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Scene Setting Characters Plot 1‚1 Battlefield‚ thunder and lightning Three witches The three witches arrange to meet with Macbeth when the battle is oover 1‚2 King’s headquarters King Duncan‚ Malcolm‚ Donaldbain‚ Lennox‚ Ross‚ Angus King Duncan hears good news of the battle; Banquo and Macbeth have fught valiantly against his enemies and the king rewards Macbeth with the title Thane of Cawdor 1‚3 The heath‚ thunder three witches‚ Macbeth‚ Banquo‚ Ross‚ Angus The witches meet Banquo and Macbeth:
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ACT I Questions 1. As the play opens‚ you find the witches casting spells‚ chanting "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair./ Hover through the fog and filthy air." This paradox will occur many times in the play. How can something be fair and foul at the same time? Situationally‚ I think this makes more sense when you consider it in the sense of an outcome. War can be foul‚ but the outcome fair…depending what side you are on. 2. The reader ’s first impression of Macbeth actually
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