Romeo: In the opening of the play Romeo is melancholy (sad) because of unrequited love with a woman named Rosaline. He is weak in depression “with tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew‚ adding to the clouds more clouds with his deep sighs” (I.e. 123-124). His love for Rosaline appears juvenile Romeo’s attempt to write love poetry demonstrates that he does not in fact feel that way‚ but is trying to recreate the emotions which he’s read about. He thinks he should be in love‚ and there for focuses
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ROMEO & JULIET PORTFOLIO PROJECT Assigned on: ODD (3/14) EVEN (3/15) Due on: ODD (4/1) EVEN (4/2) * You must have a designed cover sheet * You must have designed dividers for each part Part 1: SETTING * Create a Timeline of R&J. This should have already been started. * You may continue on with the timeline you created for class OR create a new one. Part 2: CHARACTERS * Using your stick figure characters‚ choose ONE from each Act that you feel best represents that
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Romeo and Juliet is the tale of two teenagers‚ whose families are sworn enemies. Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love. Upon realizing that the objects of their affections are their families sworn enemies‚ they decide to marry‚ without parental knowledge or consent. When Juliet’s father announces that she is to marry another man‚ she fakes her death so that she can remain faithful to her husband Romeo‚ without admitting her disobedience to her parents. Romeo had at this point been banished from
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Hamlet‚ who is confronted with an assortment of troubles and is in emotional distress. While he considers it is his filial duty to kill Claudius‚ he realizes that this act conflicts with his ethics. Hamlet expresses his inner struggle in his famous soliloquy: whether it is "nobler in the mind to suffer / or to take arms‚” to be passive or to defend himself against the "sea of troubles" in which Hamlet finds himself (3.1.65-67). Although Hamlet believes it is his obligation to avenge his father’s death
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Hamlet Soliloquy Analysis Before the soliloquy‚ Hamlet was going through a seemingly unpleasant conversation with his mother and Claudius‚ and Hamlet was asked to remain in Denmark as being opposed to continue his studies in Wittenberg (which was against his wishes). In the soliloquy Hamlet reveals his wish to fade away‚ or even to kill himself when shakespeare writes‚ “Oh‚ that this too‚ too sullied flesh would melt‚ Thaw‚ and resolve itself into a dew‚ Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d His
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HAMLET’S SOLILOQUIES & THEIR ANALYSIS In the course of the play‚ Hamlet has seven long soliloquies. The first of these occurs before he has seen the Ghost. In this soliloquy‚ Hamlet reveals the grief that has been gnawing at his mind. He wishes that religion did not forbid suicide so that he could kill himself and be rid of this grief. He feels disillusioned with the world. “How weary‚ stale‚ flat and unprofitable‚ Seem to me all the uses of this world”. He deplores (condemns) the
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Hamlet’s Sixth Soliloquy: A Man’s Tale of Revenge Set in the medieval ages in the mighty Kingdom of Denmark‚ Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a tragic tale of corruption‚ betrayal‚ and revenge. The play follows Prince Hamlet’s loss of sanity as he seeks vengeance for his father’s murder. Having murdered the king‚ Hamlet’s uncle‚ Claudius‚ has also married the queen and stolen the throne. In Act 3‚ Scene 3‚ Hamlet is granted the opportunity to murder Claudius‚ as he has his back turned to him deep in
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a play wherein laid a tragedy‚ written by Shakespeare featuring two star cross’d lover. Despite the fact that it’s suppose to be a love story‚ the prologue‚ written in the form of a sonnet‚ emits a heavy‚ sombre atmosphere and foreshadows the rest of the play‚ focusing on the negative aspects of love and outlining the tragic outcome of such an emotion – rejecting the idea that love overcomes all that the typical love story undertakes. The sonnet contains alternate rhyming couplets
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Summary of Iago’s second soliloquy: Iago’s second soliloquy is very revealing as it offers further insight into his motives. The extent of Iago’s hatred and contempt is suggested. It is weakness of his that he allows hatred to consume him in this way‚ using it as a driving force behind his action. It shows him shaping a plan out of the confusion of his emotionally charged thoughts. Iago examines his own thoughts‚ especially his hatred for Othello‚ "The Moor‚ howbeit that I endure him not" and
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Romeo and Juliet is a play written by Shakespeare set in 1300 AD. Different forms of power are presented in the play such as ‚power of pride‚ love and destiny. The prologue is written in the form of sonnet with twelve rhyming lines and another final two lines which rhyme differently. The chorus written using assonance “from forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star crossed lovers take their life “introduces the play and provides dramatic view of the tragedy that’s about to be performed
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