... what is clearly a magnificent palace in England stand in for Ellsinore. The interior is also astonishing. Ellsinore is shown as a decorative palace with an enormous throne room with checker board marble floors, balconies and arching crosswalks, lined with mirrored doors; behind the doors are interconnecting alcoves and libraries -all with hidden doors and secret pass ways. The interior and exterior of ... ...

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... reality, the man now reveals to the woman what will happen once time prevails, as it is sure to do; "Thy beauty shall no more be found; Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song; then worms shall try That long-preserved virginity, And your quaint honor tun to dust, And into ashes all my lust: The grave's a fine ... ...

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... whole state. Animalistic imagery, used by Lear to describe Regan, reveals how characters that step outside their place in "the chain-of-being" transform into something "unnatural" and unpleasant. "Thou marble-hearted fiend, More Hideous when thou show'st thee in a child, Than a sea-monster." (Act 1 Scene 4, lines 212-215) Gonerill and Regan's transformation into something increasingly unfeminine and unnatural is ... ...

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