... he only speaks to appear sincere as a politician, to look good rather than actually be good: "And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell; my blessing season this in thee ... on him. This shows his lack of trust for anyone, he gives the appearance of a confident father who trusts his son to go off on his own. In reality he lies about his trust for his son by sending a spy to watch him. His advice he gives his son is rehearsed and only ... , he said, he sa...

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... . The reality is he only speaks to appear sincere as a politician, to look good rather then actually be good: "And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell; my blessing season this in thee!"(Act 1) Polonius ... and keep an eye on him. This shows his lack of trust for anyone; he gives the facade of a confident father who trusts his son to go off on his own. In reality he lies about his trust for his son by sending a spy to watch him. Polonius further adds to...

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... kill duncan and her using very pesuasive language on him. Macbeth "We will proceed no further in this business."(1.7.31) Lady Macbeth "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour, as thou art in desire?"(1.7.39-41). This is a great example of Macbeth having doubts about the deed and wanting to stop, and then Lady Macbeth practically ... . But she seems to be the boss of the relationship instead of the typical man, and she plans the murder of a King and is saying that she would kill her own child if she had promised her husband. To a Jacobean audience, she must of seemed wi...

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... did. Soon after, in his argument with Gonoril, Albany says things such as "Or with this paper shall I stopple it. Thou worse than anything, read thine own evil. (King Lear, 24.151-152)" and "Most monstrous! Know'st thou this paper? (King Lear, 24.155). These comments caused Gonoril to storm ... out, Edgar guided him from place to place. Since Gloucester was blind, he didn't comprehend that Edgar, disguised as a poor beggar, was his own son. Despite being ridiculed and dishonoured by his father earlier in the play, Edgar shows the audience his empathic and loving nature by supporting his ...

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... that link to the play proper i.e. deception and illusion and it summaries the play as a whole. Obviously the play proper can stand on its own, but the story of the Lords practical joke on Christopher Sly does reinforce one of the main themes in the main play. Sly's story dramatises the ... play. For example the Lord thrusts Sly into a play-acting world and portrays his new role, as coming into being through no will of his own. The Lord huntsman emphasises this when asked if Sly would fall for the deception and forget himself "Believe me Lord, I think he cannot choose". ... ", at which p...

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... a king to Macbeth but a cousin to). Lady Macbeth does this by calling him a coward and says that he is not the man she thought he was "And live a coward in thine own esteem, letting I dare mot wait upon I would". Shakespeare does not make Lady Macbeth seem like anything but a bad person although he shows she is not evil. This is shown in ... had proceeded. In conclusion to this essay I feel that Lady Macbeth is a person who is kind, thoughtful and has natural feelings to unnatural things even if it is at her own expense. ...

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... one of element which leads to his downfall: « (...)I have no spur To prick the sides if my intent, but only Vaulting ambition » (I, vii). But his ambition on its own isn't strong enough to make him commit his first murder: the murder of King Duncan. His lack of ambition is apparent when he says: « We will proceed no further ... in this business » (I, vii). Macbeth is weak and almost vulnerable towards Lady Macbeth. She simply criticizes his manhood with comments such as « a coward in thine own esteem » (I, vii) and persuades him by talking about his manhood: « Whe...

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... desire" of his to kill Duncan. Macbeth at this point must have been swinging either side of if he should kill Duncan. When Lady Macbeth ask him "live a coward in thine own esteem" I think he gets very annoyed this is shown by his reaction "I dare do all that may become a man" and after Lady Macbeth's has said that she has "given suck ... him realise his true potential. Even the witches didn"t do that they just said he would be king and not how he was going to become king. He decided his own course of action. ...

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... why the corpse is being given a "Christian Burial." The "clowns" chatter amongst each other about the situation, "Is she to be buried in Christian burial when / she willfully seeks her own salvation? / I tell thee she is, therefore make her grave / straight. The crowner hath sate on her and finds it Christian burial" (5.1.1-5). The chit-chat about something that meant so much ... asks, "Whose / grave's this, sirrah" (5.1.117-118)? The "Clowns" immediate response is, "Mine sir" (5.1.19). Shakespeare now chose to throw in a pun, Hamlet and the "Clown" continue, " I think it be thine indee...

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... give her the strength to kill Duncan. Upon Macbeth refusal to proceed with the plan Lady Macbeth pressures her husband to commit the murder and states: "and live a coward in thine own esteem"(1.7, line 47). After the assassination of Duncan is complete, Lady Macbeth acquires the highest position for a woman, Queen of Scotland. Her dream is fulfilled, but the punishment of guilt ... ...

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... 't". When Macbeth tells his wife that he will not do it she turns on him and starts to insult him by telling him he is a coward "and live a coward in thine own esteem". Lady Macbeth uses this because she knows that he is a known as a brave soldier, in hope that he will defend himself by carrying out the murder. Another example where ... ...

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... Macbeth decides he does not want to go through with the killing of Duncan, she says to him, "Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," like the poor cat I" the adage?" (I, vii). Macbeth does not want to be a coward, both as a soldier and as a husband, so he accepts ... ...

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... of all his knights in order for him to be able to stay in Gloucester's castle. Goneril also displays her careless attitude for King Lear right after Regan. "'Tis his own blame; hath put himself from rest And must needs taste his folly."" (5.4. 313-314). King Lear then learned that he took his selfish anger out on the person that cared ... reads the letter Gloucester wrote to get help from France, he finds Gloucester and takes his eyes out. "See't shalt thou never. Fellows, hold the chair. Upon these eyes of thine I'll set my foot- (3.7. 71-72). When Gloucester loses his eyes he realizes...

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... his "fury" has governed his speedy reaction. "Now Tybalt, take the "villain" back again that thou gavest me, for Mercutio's soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company." This shows that Romeo cared a lot for Mercutio and let his anger control his hasty emotions, which results in Tybalt death. Romeo realises only after what ... only cause him and all those around him grief. This shows that Romeo's sensitive and irrational, suicide behaviour lead to a sequence of events which will cause both Juliet's and his own untimely death. We have witnessed Romeo's...

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... is another talk between Hamlet and Horatio. Hamlet and Horatio are better friends now. Hamlet really accepts Horatio as a friend, he even trust him with is whole heart ("Horatio when ... thine, Hamlet", 4.6.13-30) . Later they meet near a graveyard and, as the sight of skulls being thrown about by the gravedigger leads Hamlet back into morbid reflections on death and decomposition ... disclosures of the ghost and about the further plan to test Claudius through the performance of a play. After Ophelia's funereal they talked for a while, Hamlet talks about Claudius and his own order for t...

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