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- 5761: Macbeth - Imagery
- ... this night, Macbeth changes greatly. Using the image of light, we also see Macbeth’s character develop. Although the sun only appears to be present on two occasions, the literary significance of these occurrences is great. Ironically, both examples of the sun, as light imagery, occur when the ‘good’ king approaches Macbeth’s castle. When Duncan approaches Inverness, Macbeth is still held in high esteem by Scotland, "for we love him ... considering killing King Duncan. Through the blood, Macbeth convinces himself to commit the crime, and proceeds to murder the King. However, immediately after he has commits this heinous crime, we see, through blood, that a great change has occurred in him, when he commits his next murders, "O yet I do repent me of my fury, / That I did kill them." ( II, III, 107-108 ). Macbeth slays the guards, whom he ...
- 5762: Macbeth
- ... dark and gray and so is the mood of the characters. When he meets the witches they tell him of his future as King Macbeths response is the expected yer right its more of a great! He doesn’t seem to need to know how? Or why? Or even how do you know? Which suggests that he may already have had these ambitions he doesn’t seem to question the witches ... without the witches because they create an atmosphere throughout the play it makes you look for things and wonder is magic behind this? So in conclusion the role of the witches in Macbeth is of great importance they bring mystery and magic to the play and make the plot all the more interesting. I think it brings diversity to the play it expresses a lot about Shakespeare and what times were ...
- 5763: King Lear - Parrellelism In King Lear
- ... ii.80-84) Gloucester fooled by his wick bastard son, Edmund, attacks Edgar and leaves Edmund to his evil plans. The parallel incidents of Lear and Gloucester add towards the dramatic irony in the audience. Great Shakespearean plays such as King Lear, often illustrate the theme of good versus evil. The protagonists of this play, Cordelia and Edgar, hide in the beginning of the play and reveal themselves at the end ... I'll tell you straight."(V.iii.277-282) Both deaths run on the same rail of train tracks, as Lear and Gloucester die as better and wiser men than they showed themselves at first. Great parallelism was revealed as Shakespeare uses this literary device to entice and capture the heart of his audience at the end of the play. Shakespeare has greatly utilities secondary plots and its parallelism to the ...
- 5764: King Lear - Imprisonment
- ... Lear is imprisoned by his responsibility to society, he is bound by a social harness. He renounces the throne to lead the rest of his life in pleasure and in doing so he disrupts the Great Chain of Being, he challenges the position that he has been given and thus his family and indeed the entire nation, descend into disorder and chaos. The storm is symbolic of this occurrence, the weather ... fool and knave, I have one part in my heart/That’s sorry yet for thee," in this line Lear acknowledges his fool and faithful servant, while these people are not as high on The Great Chain of Being, he understands that it does not matter. Through his suffering and stripping down on the heath he comes to comprehend that men without they’re title are merely men. Thus his mind ...
- 5765: Julius Caesar - Tragic Hero
- ... why is the book named after him? Shakespeare illustrated Caesar as a tragic hero by showing that he was a noble man of high rank. Every Roman followed his leadership and Caesar also defeated the great Pompey. First of all, At the Feast of Lupercal Caesar manipulated the commoners and made himself look noble to the commoners. Casca said, "Why there was a crown offered to him;...people fell a-shouting" (I,ii,221-223). Next, To show how noble and great Caesar was, the Romans would stand along the street sides to watch him pass by. "Madam not yet, I go to take my stand; /To see him pass on to the Capitol," said the soothsayer ...
- 5766: Julius Caesar - Tragic Hero
- ... yet they find Antony, a loyalist of Caesar, seeks revenge on them. Plato set out rules on the traits a tragic hero must possess. A tragic hero must neither be an evil villain nor a great hero, instead the tragic hero must be either a flawed hero or a villain with some good traits. Also, the tragic hero must not deserve what mighty punishment is dealt to him. Another key feature ... pride, a hamartia, which brings him to not be wary of the conspiracy. Caesar is given much warning on the threat of his life, yet due to his pride he thinks himself to be too great of a person to have such a downfall. Julius Caesar is warned by a soothsayer, "Soothsayer. Beware the ides of March."(1,2,18) Julius Caesar rebukes the soothsayer by stating, "Caesar. He is a ...
- 5767: Julius Caesar - Flattery Will Get You Everywhere
- ... That my weak words have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus" (I, ii, 175-177). By this, he means that his words have lit a flame, or triggered a though in "the great" Brutus's head. Decius uses flattery and persuasion when speaking to Brutus. Decius is an active member of the Conspirators so he is very motivated into getting Caesar to go to the Senate House. The ... s dream, he uses his quick wit to distort Calphurnia's foreshadowing dream by saying it is "mis-interpreted". He explains that the dream "Signifies that from (Caesar) Rome shall suck/Reviving blood, and that great men shall press/for tinctures, stains, relics, and cognizance" (II, ii, 87-89). Caesar seems to be amazed by this version of the interpretation; in fact, he likes this version a lot better mainly because ...
- 5768: Julius Caesar - Analyses Of Characters
- ... is not. In a way he wants to be trusted and to be a trusted leader of the Roman people but he is very unwilling to do anything to gain trust. Ordinary people have a great deal of respect for Caesar and probably believe that he would be a good, powerful leader who has Roman’s troubles at heart. Caesar probably believes those things as well but he is ruthless and ... that they have seen through his façade and see that he is really an arrogant power-crazy man. Mark Antony is a very honourable soldier who is loyal to anyone in power. He was a great friend to Caesar and thought very highly of him. He is extremely angry at Caesar’s death. He is a very cunning man as can be seen in the second part of the scene and ...
- 5769: Hamlet Father And Sons
- ... life experience, which is never the same for any two people. In the case of King and Prince Hamlet, this is true. Hamlet looked up to his father because he felt that he was a great leader and the bravest man that he knew, as Hamlet mentioned in Act 1, Scene 11, Line 149, "So excellent a king." He wanted to be so much like him, but couldn't because of ... Denmark." The ghost gives his hatred in 1, V, 38-9, 42, "The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast." Prince Hamlet feels a great obligation to carry out the direction of the ghost of his father to avenge his father's death. This is where we see a bit of his conflict. Since there doesn't seem to be ...
- 5770: Ywain
- ... more importantly, one's community went against the set code of conduct for a vassal. Early on, the writer shows the treachery of Ganelon, including the significance of this betrayal by the loss of the great Peers of Francia. The end of the poem completes Charlemagne's revenge of Roland's death when, for his treason, Ganelon must suffer death. However, the kings obligation is not easily accomplished because the nobles ... within the court. This concept of questing is alien to the barons of Roland. The life of a vassal is that of the life of a warrior, and as such, Ywain depicts the actions of great warriors during battle. However, the battles of knights take on a different appearance at the time of Ywain. The fact that the battle scenes are less bloody and display less emphasis on the weapons of ...
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