... the thinker. It will be the conflict between these two roles that will be the heart of the play. This is a fascinating part of the play. Hamlet is now totally unpredictable which can be a source of comedy in scenes where he taunts and ridicules Polonius. However even in the antic disposition ... to murder. Shakespeare here uses hyperbole "Now could I drink hot blood". This line in the context of "the witching time of night" presents a link with evil and darkness especially when he makes mention of "hell". This speech also shows his desire to punish his mother for her actions "I will sp...

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... define the Twelfth Night theme, he uses symbols to make the theme more prominent. The subplot involving Malvolio, Olivia's advisor, holds one of the most important symbols found in this work. Malvolio often wishes that he held Olivia's heart and hand, but the social order and classes found in Renaissance times restrict him. Sir Toby and Maria trick him into believing that ... insanity does not truly exist, but is what Sir Toby and Maria force upon him. Being a wise man, Malvolio turns this scenario around to mean that the darkness is the madness that exists outside of his cell. In respo...

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... rage is very dangerous to not only the person acting out, but those who surround him or her. To start, Tybalt is overconfident at the beginning of Act III, and decides to challenge Romeo to a duel. Romeo does not accept, but Mercutio does. After Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo duels and kills Tybalt ... But send him back" (3.5.60-4). What she means by this quotation (on the last night her and Romeo spend together, as he is slipping into the darkness) is that she wants Fortune to be inconsistent like it has been before, so that Romeo's fate can change and he can come back to her. ... use the...

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... are encountering would have occurred. Earlier on in the play Lady Macbeth establishes herself as a very headstrong and determined character. She does this when she calls upon the spirits of darkness to rid her of her natural womanliness and to instead "make thick" her blood and to fill her "direst cruelty". She is sure that nothing will get in her way and so ... "Amen". He is like this until Lady Macbeth takes the situation into her hands and says "tis the eye of childhood." and even though her "hands are of Macbeth's colour" she claims she would be ashamed to act like him, "I shame to ...

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• Grade Level: High School