... obedient innocent young girl. The nurse seems to be more of a mother to Juliet; she cares for her and knows everything about Juliet's life: 'I can tell her age unto an hour.' Juliet seems more relaxed around the nurse and she uses more informal language, she can tell the nurse what she really thinks and feels: 'It is an honour that I dream not of.' We could get the ... about disobeying her mother! During the conversation Juliet calls Lady Capulet 'madam' again, but in this occasion Juliet does not see her mother as a master but as a maid. The roles have now changed: 'I pray you tell my ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... obedient innocent young girl. The nurse seems to be more of a mother to Juliet; she cares for her and knows everything about Juliet's life: 'I can tell her age unto an hour.' Juliet seems more relaxed around the nurse and she uses more informal language, she can tell the nurse what she really thinks and feels: 'It is an honour that I dream not of.' We could get the ... about disobeying her mother! During the conversation Juliet calls Lady Capulet 'madam' again, but in this occasion Juliet does not see her mother as a master but as a maid. The roles have now changed: 'I pray you tell my ...

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• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

... this scene is leading, something unusual for a Shakespeare play. For example, works such as Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth open to introductions or to scenes in which the principal character is directly involved. This is very different for Hamlet, and this perhaps reflects the character of Hamlet himself, and the way in which he attempts to find his own sense of direction from confusion. The ... again just as the forces of the supernatural are being explained, this time to an even tenser mood. The dramatic change in atmosphere is marked by Horatio's sudden change in language. His long flo...

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... in character to Lord Angelo, the man who has condemned her brother to die. Lord Angelo is a most severe man when it comes to morality, as can be seen when he insists that the law must be upheld and Claudio must die. It is because of this similarity in character that the meeting between the two is most anticipated by the audience ... tempted, Escalus, Another to fall. Angelo is telling Escalus that although he has been tempted, he has never succumbed to his urges and therefore Claudio must be punished as he was too weak a man to stop himself from sleeping with Juliet, his fiancée. Angel...

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• Grade Level: High School