... that this offer will also evoke respect and excitement from his soldiers. At the end of his speech, Henry makes his ultimate warning, "Your naked infants spitted upon pikes, Whiles the mad mothers with their howls confused" (3.3.38-39). In his final moment he caters to the fathers of the town, the men who will actually be fighting this battle. Who will see their own ... children's heads upon spikes, whilst hearing their wives howls, which the OED describes as "A loud wail or outcry of pain ... 's cosmic order, at the very base level is the common man. On the eve of the colossal climacti...

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... Cordelia, and his madness slowly fades. His joy at reconciliation with his daughter, even faced with imprisonment, outweighs any other concerns. Shakespeare has transformed Lear from a rash and egotistical old king into a more kindly and sympathetic character. It is not actually a transformation from evil to good, but rather a transformation from blindness into sight. Blindness is one of ... the central themes to the play, however it is not the physical sense of blindness. Blindness in King Lear is the inability to see past deception and see people for the way they truly are. The world ...

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... "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the 2 crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty." (Act 1 Scene 5 Line 39-41) Her speech to the demons is both powerful and sinful. "She isn't sure there's enough manhood to go around between ... Shakespeare's Macbeth Page 12) Although she was not the one to actually commit the murder of King Duncan, she held the string that controlled the puppet that did. "Look like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." (Act 1 Scent 5 Line 63-4) Her words were the reason the homicide took place and that act cre...

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• Grade Level: High School

... popular. The person of the Monarch (derived from the Greek "monorchia-, the rule of one), the Crown, was something even the lowest character could understand. The monarchs have many different titles, including king, queens, sultan, emperors, empresses, tsars, and kaisers, depending on the type of governments and the location of the state he or she rules. Oftentimes, the monarch was based on the need for a strong ruler who could gather the countries best men to ... dammed spot! Out I say!... Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him (5.13.39-45). Within every tr...

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... time it was believed that the king was selected by God, and that the wrongful killing of the king would separate heaven from earth, thus nature would go into chaos. It would be easy to blame the entire disruption of the balance of good and evil on the supernatural powers of the three witches, but the true cause of the evil comes from the moral decisions of men. Macbeth was not born ... thick my blood. (1.5.39-42) At this moment it appears that Lady Macbeth also succumbs to evil. During Macbeth's hesitation before the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth attacks his pride and therefore further ...

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... or charitable, thou com'st in such a questionable shape that I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, Father, royal Dane: O, answer me!- (Act I, Scene IV, Line 39-45) In this speech by Hamlet, it is quite clear that he is unable to make a decision. Even though this ... spirit is right in front of him and has done nothing to either Horatio or the other men who have seen him, Hamlet is still ... men made decisions without really thinking about the consequences. They acted on emotions, instead of intelligence. In Laertes case, he ended up being murdered by Hamlet because of his ...

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... me here" (1.5 48) so she can have the courage to kill Duncan. With Duncan dead, Macbeth can sit a-top the throne and be king, fulfilling both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's dreams. Along with many other darkness images, Ross talks how the "dark night strangles the traveling lamp" (2.4 9). This symbolizes that darkness is taking over. Therefore, the reader assumes that since darkness represents death, death and ... states that "Duncan's horses . . ./Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out/ Contending "gainst obedience, as the would/ Make war with mankind" (2.4 17-22) This shows al...

• Word Count: 1305
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• Grade Level: High School