"The Truth About Foolishness" In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
.... His attempts to flirt with Maria by showing how clever he is fail when Sir
Toby advises him to accost, in other words, to woo her. Sir Andrew thinks
"accost" is her name as he addresses her, "Good Mistress Mary Accost-" (I, III,
54). After his embarrassing introduction to Maria, Sir Andrew tries to salvage
his dignity by laughing at himself as he says, "Methinks sometimes I have no
more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has. But I am a great eater of
beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit" (I, III, 83-86). It is clear
that Sir Andrew is easily taken advantage of at his expense.
Another way foolishness .....
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Julius Caesar: The Use Of Suspense
.... as to whether or not the plan will work. These events are very
suspenseful as they lead up to the assassination of Caesar.
The next series of suspenseful events that foreshadow Caesar's
assassination happen on a very unusual night. One night before Caesar's death
there were many strange occurrences the foreshadows darkness in the future. A
lioness gave birth in the streets, the dead rose from their graves, fiery
worriers fought in the clouds so fiercely that blood drizzled upon the capitol,
horses neighed, dying men groaned, and ghosts shrieked and squealed along the
streets; all events of this strange night that Shakesp .....
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The Use Of Symbols In Macbeth
.... water in this
play.
In Macbeth, light and dark was used in a classic sense. Light
symbolized all that is good, and it is no coincidence that when a scene included
Banquo or another of the innocent victims in this play, the setting was bright.
On the other hand, when a scene involved murder or the supernatural, such as the
scenes involving the witches, a dark setting was used.
The strange acting animals which were spoken of periodically during the
play were used to symbolize chaos. When Duncan was murdered, Shakespeare used
these irate animals to show that something horrible and irreconcilable had
occurred in the kingdom. The .....
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The Tragedies Of Shakespeare
.... madness is an act when he says "I am but mad
north-north-west; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw"(667).
Shakespeare often used madness, either feigned or actual, as a teaching
tool or vehicle to advance his plot. Sometimes this madness was feigned, as
evidenced by Hamlet and Edgar (the legitimate son of Gloucester in The Tragedy
of King Lear), but other times it was genuine insanity. Ophelia and Lady
MacBeth are obvious examples of Shakespearean characters that have slipped into
madness—Ophelia due to the loss of all those dear to her, and Lady MacBeth from
guilt over the part she played in King Du .....
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Time And Fate In Romeo And Juliet
.... love till now? Forswear it,
sight!/ For ne'er saw true beauty till this night." (I, v, l 52-53) Since
Romeo declares his love for Juliet, she feels the attraction also. They
believe that they are in love and must marry. However, it is a genuine
coincidence that Romeo and Juliet were at the same place, at the same time.
Some days after the ball, Benvolio and Mercutio are conversing, in
regard to the quarrelsome weather. Benvolio declares, "The day is hot, the
Capulets abroad,/ And if we meet we shall not ‘scape a brawl,/ For now these
got days is the mad blood stirring." (III, i, l 2-4) At this point, Tybalt,
who has c .....
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The Tragedy In Hamlet
.... he has done, and has no remorse. And when Claudius
questions Hamlet about the location of the dead body, he does not refust to tell,
but rather jokes and riddles, saying Polonius is "At supper...no where he eats
but where he is eaten: and he is "In Heaven." By the end of the play, some
people might believe that Hamley has surely proven his madness and evil nature,
since he has directly and indirectly killed Polonius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern,
Ophelia, and Claudius.
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Twelfth Night: Summary
.... try and persuade Olivia to go out with the Duke. Viola has
fallen in love with the Duke.
Scene Five
Maria and Feste the clown are talking when Olivia enters with Malvolio.
She has a conversation with Feste, and he gets the better of her. Maria
announces that a young ‘man' (Cesario) is here to see Olivia. She says that if
he is from the Duke, she will not see him. Maria returns and says the young man
will not take no for an answer, so Olivia meets him with Maria at her side.
Cesario is very convincing about the Duke's love, but Olivia is not unstuck. She
dismisses Cesario, and when by her self, shows that she is in love with ‘him .....
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Twelfth Night: Theme Of Love
.... true love scenario, only this time she was on the receiving end, and
things didn't work out so smoothly. During her attempts to court Olivia for
Orsino, Olivia grew to love Cesario. Viola was now caught in a terrible
situation and there was only one way out, but that would jeopardize her chances
with Orsino. It's amazing that Olivia could fall for a woman dressed as a man,
but because Viola knew what women like to hear, her words won Olivia's heart.
The next case of true love is on a less intimate and romantic scale, and more
family oriented. Viola and Sebastian's love for one another is a bond felt by
all siblings. Through .....
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Twelfth Night: Two Faces, One Mind
.... the woman of his desires,
Olivia, is spending too much time with Cesario, and challenges him to a duel. As
he put it, Olivia was doing “more favors to the Count's servingman than ever she
bestowed upon me.” (3-2 l.5-7) At first, Viola is nearly forced into a battle,
but is saved when the confused Antonio arrives. Later on, Sebastian and Andrew
do get involved in a scuffle, for which Viola is unjustly blamed. Finally
Sebastian and Viola are reunited, but only after they have already caused a
large amount of chaos and have confused everyone. It is only then that everyone
begins to discover the extent of Viola's trickery.
More disor .....
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Macbeth: Macbeth A Victim Of Circumstances
.... do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image ... Are
less than horrible imaginings;"6. He cannot seem to be able to control his
thoughts. He lets his ambition to become king run a wild. The murder of Duncan
is the first and biggest step in Macbeth's moral degradation. From here evil
deeds become easier because he feels he has gone too far to turn around.
I am in blood;
Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er.7
Later Macbeth is so hardened by his sins "The time has been my senses
would have cooled To here a night-shriek"8 t .....
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Macbeth: Macbeth A Murderer?
.... delirious and he says
that "...all great Neptune's ocean....hand". We can already see that he is sorry
for what he has done.
When Macbeth orders Banquo's murder, he is still in torment, but the cause of
his anguish seems to have been changed. He is afraid of Banquo, because Banquo
knows about the witches and their predictions of his(Banquo's) descendants being
kings. Banquo's death, he says, will put his mind at rest. Banquo's murder, he
figures, will serve as an aspirin to his aches and pains.
We are never told how Macbeth feels about the murder of Macduff's wife and
children. Their killing gains him nothing. He has good reas .....
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Differences Between Laurence's West Side Story And Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet
.... and Juliet differ
from West Side Story.
Another way the two stories differ is the wealth of the two families, or
gangs. At the beginning of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare describes the
Montague's and the Capulet's houses. The size of the two houses shows how
wealthy the families are. In West Side Story the author only tells about the
Sharks dwelling. The Sharks live in an apartment which shows that the Sharks
are not wealthy. The Sharks and the Jets are very poor compared to the
Capulets'' and the Montagues'.
Swords were used in Romeo and Juliet and guns were used in West Side
Story. The reason guns were used in West .....
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