... ties highly, prioritising the idea as one of the dominant values in society. Through the opening scene of Gloucester talking to Kent on the matter of Edmund, Shakespeare's use of diction in "yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making" highlights the inappropriateness of the statement he had endured to his son. For the most ... valued family unity but rather as a result of family interaction. Thus, the turmoil which is to follow through Goneril and Regan's actions is captured through Shakespeare's use of imagery and diction in "This tempest in my mindfilial ingratitude,"...

• Word Count: 1414
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... rage. At the climax of his rage, Othello loses his virtue of reason and falls into a trance in Act IV, scene i. No longer is he able to speak with reverent diction, and his sentences become detached. By the time he refers to Desdemona as the "devil- (IV,i) and then hits her, the respect held for him by the audience and other ... ...

• Word Count: 1558
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate