Drama: Act II- Macbeth

It is clear from Acts I and II of The Tragedy of Macbeth that Macbeth has a vivid and often quite accurate imagination. Write an essay explaining how Macbeth’s imagination works in Act II. What things does he imagine? How…

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Macbeth- Questions Act 2

What is Macbeth’s lie to Banquo about the witches’ prediction? He hasn’t thought about it.He says: “I think not of them” What is the signal Lady Macbeth is to give Macbeth to let him know that she has taken care…

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Macbeth Literary Devices

personification “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player/That struts and frets his hour upon the stage.” simile “Macbeth . . . like valor’s minion” foreshadow The porter pretends to be guarding the gates of hell before the murder of…

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Themes, Motifs & Symbols – The Tempest

The Illusion of Justice (theme) The Tempest tells a fairly straightforward story involving an unjust act, the usurpation of Prospero’s throne by his brother, and Prospero’s quest to re-establish justice by restoring himself to power. However, the idea of justice…

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The tempest

How did Prospero and Miranda end up on the island years before the present action of the play? Prospero was exiled from Italy by his brother, the Duke of Milan because “(Prospero’s) state grew stranger, being transported and rapt in…

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Critical Approaches to The Tempest

Paul Brown – Post-Colonialist quote on Shakespeare’s interpretation of foreign people in coloniesPaul Brown “‘This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine’: The Tempest and the discourse of colonialism” Shakespeare borrows ‘from a traditional and classical stock of exotic stereotypes’ Paul…

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The Tempest

Act 1;1. Dramatic device of the “tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.” Highlights the destructive immensity of the storm, and it’s overwhelming violent nature. Creates a sense of shock. Manifestation of Prospero’s power, rage and desire for revenge. Positions…

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The Tempest Acts 1-2 Test

What was Shakespears collection of works called that was released in 1623 The 1st Folio Harold Bloom discovered how many compositers 3 What does Gonzalo say about the ship and Boatswain He thinks that the ship won’t wreck because this…

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The Tempest

Genre of The Tempest Included among the “comedies” in the first folio.Starting in the 19th century, a number of critics have emphasized a distinction in tone and content between Shakespeare’s earlier comedies and the “late” plays: Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter’s…

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english the tempest vocab

perdition means eternal punishment perdition sentence being selfish is the path to perdition perfidious means deceitful Perfidious sentence because steve is such a perfidious person, you can not believe what he says prerogative means a privelage prerogative sentence all american…

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