In the following essay, I will analyse both the dramatic and linguistic aspects of this passage, trying to determine their significance for the play as a whole. Firstly, I will point out why Richard's long monologue marks a transformation in the king's behaviour and how this is evident in the text. ... On the basis of my findings, I will finally assess how significant the passage is in comparison to other key scenes, pinpointing reasons why or why not it could be more important. ... At that point, Richard knows that this means a loss of "twenty thousand men"1 and thus a signific...

• Word Count: 1858
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• Grade Level: High School

When I was eight years old, I maced myself on three separate occasions. ... At the time, I didn't really have the common sense not to mace myself, I mean the first time can be an honest mistake, but the second and third time was just plain stupid. ... Now Lear isn't necessarily a villain except unto himself, and by that I mean he splits up the possible support group he could have had when his madness takes over. ... Actually, I thought the play was a little stupid in regards to punishments, but who am I to complain. ... I think I"ll make it into a comedy. ...

• Word Count: 1756
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I have sounded the very base-string of humility. Sirrah, I am sworn brother to a leash of drawers and can call them all by their christen names, as Tom, Dick, and Francis" (II.IV.4-8). ... In Act I Scene II Prince Hal makes an important speech saying, "So when this loose behavior I throw off/ And pay the debt I never promised,/By how much better than my word I am,/ By so much shall I falsify men's hopes,/ And like bright metal on a sullen ground,/ My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault,/ Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes/ Than that which hath no foil to set i...

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For indeed, I promised to eat all of his killing." (1.I.36-43). ... I will go sit and weep till I can find occasion of revenge." (2.I.31-35)  Beatrice speaks in a similar way when her cousin Hero is about to get married to Claudio, "Good Lord, for alliance! Thus goes everyone to the world but I, and I am sun-burnt.  ... (2.I.314-316).  ... For the audience it is easier to feel sympathy for the one who is lacking the beauty, than to the one who is mean and seeking for the ways to revenge. ...

• Word Count: 1831
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School