“Lysander- Hang off thou cat‚ thou burr: Vile thing‚ let loose‚ or I will shake thee from me like a serpent. Hermia- Why have you grown so rude.” [3.2.270-275] “Titania- My Oberon‚ what visions have I seen! Methought I was enamored by an ass. Oberon- There lies your love. [4.1.77-81] Teens today truly don’t know what “Love” is until they face its challenges‚ but they test it out with each other to experience it or to see how it feels. Shakespeare was actually
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cares about himself and tends not to care about anyone’s feelings. If he wants something he won’t stop until he gets it. In the beginning of the act one‚ he talks about how beautiful he thinks Olivia is. “Oh‚ When mine eyes did see Olivia first‚ Methought she purged the air of pestilence.”(pg 649) In that line‚ Shakespeare used a hyperbole to describe how Orsino thinks of Olivia. This is hyperbole because “purged the air of pestilence” means she made the air around her sweeter and purer‚
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could have ever hoped as Titania falls in love with a worthless peasant‚ Nick Bottom‚ who is funny enough dressed as an ass. Magic has once again turned love into something supernatural(for supernatural beings). “My Oberon what visions have I seen! Methought I was enamored of an ass. How came these things to pass? O‚ how mine eyes do loathe his visage now!”(Shakespeare 64) After Oberon eventually has the spell removed‚ Titania awakens only to realize that she has no idea what she was thinking and now
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Demetrius means that she acts entirely irrationally by telling Demetrius “of fair Hermia’s flight”. This idea is also shown in the dream that Hermia has in the woods‚ the madness of love is portrayed through the imagery of the serpent eating her heart “Methought a serpent ate my heart away” (2‚ 2‚155). Although the idea of a snake eating a human’s heart is absurd‚ within that image is the harsh reality of the fact Hermia will be heart broken when she realises Lysander no longer loves her‚ and this is hinted
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After the deed is done‚ Macbeth becomes traumatized and says “Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep’- the innocent sleep‚ Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care‚ The death of each day’s life‚ sore labor’s bath‚ Balm of hurt minds‚ great nature’s second course‚ Chief nourisher
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Macbeth is a man whom at one point in his life is predicted by three witches to be the Thane of Cawdor but due to his arrogance and inability to stand up to his wife he falls short of this prophecy. This essay is about a play by the name of Macbeth. This play was written by the playwright‚ Shakespeare. In this essay I will be analyzing the character Macbeth. We will be analyzing how Macbeth’s personality and reputation changes over the course of the play. Three witches foretell Macbeth‚ Thane of
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Goodman Brown‚ only among all the characters. As Brown turns the corner at the meeting house‚ he thinks: " ’Poor little Faith!’ thought he‚ for his heart smote him. ’What a wretch am I‚ to leave her on such an errand! She talks of dreams‚ too. Methought‚ as she spoke‚ there was trouble in her face‚ as if a dream had warned her what work is to be done tonight. But‚ no‚ no! ’twould kill her to think it. Well; she’s a blessed angel on earth; and after this one night‚ I’ll cling to her skirts and follow
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******* 1 Alex ******* Ms. ****** English 12 October 8‚ 2010 A Discussion of Deceit and Betrayal within Macbeth In Macbeth by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s play "Macbeth" is considered one of his great tragedies. In the play‚ Macbeth faces an internal conflict with his opposing decisions. On one hand‚ he has to decide of he is to assassinate the king in order to claim his throne. This would result in his death for treason if he is caught‚ and he would also have to kill
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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne one of the main characters in Hester Prynne. She is a convicted adulterer‚ and the story follows her starting in 1642 in a Puritan town. She and her illegitimate daughter‚ Pearl‚ along with her lover‚ Dimmesdale‚ and husband‚ Chillingworth‚ are the main focus of this dramatic tale. Through her actions and words‚ Pearl is a “device” to move the consciences of her parents to end their sinful situation. Pearl’s physical obsession with the scarlet A torments
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the bird speaks‚ which is definitely out of the ordinary. Up until this moment‚ we have no reason to believe that the speaker is anything but sane. However‚ continuing on from this point of the poem’s first hint of madness‚ the reader says‚ “Then‚ methought‚ the air grew denser‚ perfumed by an unseen censer Swung by a Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.” This is where we start to compile evidence that the speaker may be imagining some of the events in the story‚ such as a bird talking
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