... showing his new strength and using it to his full advantage while Lady Macbeth is slowly starting to slip into her weak future self. By the end of the play, Shakespeare shows us a king who is using all of his power and strength to save his position, while showing how Lady Macbeth ... and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day, until the last word of time's record is spoken; and all our yesterdays have been lighted the way for fools to die and turn to dust. Out, out, brief candle! Life is just a walking shadow, a bad actor who struts and worries for ... an hour o...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... her children in to see the tree, "No, no, no! Don't let them come in to me!" (1812). She also does not let anyone see her in her party dress until the actual party. Also, in the beginning of Act 2, the stage directions say, "The Christmas Tree is in the corner by the piano, stripped of its ornaments and with burnt-down candle-ends on its disheveled branches ... " (1812). This description of the tree reflects what turmoil Nora's mind is in, with how she's terrified that ... Krogstad will tell Torvald about the forged bond. New Year's is another symbol in the play. Nora ... ...

• Word Count: 910
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School