Macbeth stepped up and decided to take the throne and challenges of a king. It was very brave of him, and he is now the rightful king of Scotland. Over the past couple months, Macbeth’s
The brave Macbeth has risen unimaginably; he is now the King, protector of the realm and the most powerful human being on Earth. Many challenges he faced; yet he came out victorious. I doubt that a single soul denies Macbeth’s capabilities to reign as one of the greatest kings throughout history. I will not lie, he has it all: a witty wife advising him, military experience, and a group of people who support him entirely. Tonight is his coronation banquet; God knows that every noble person will be…
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Valerie Obear Mrs. Carwile Honors English 10 November 24, 2015 Shakespeare’s Macbeth Lady Macbeth, in Shakespeare’s Act 1, scene vii of Macbeth, is able to convince her husband, Macbeth, to go through with the murder of Duncan by degrading his masculinity, enhancing his cowardly flaws and comparing her determination with his hesitant actions. Lady Macbeth uses rhetorical questions throughout her speech in order to persuade her husband even further. She then continues to question his own ambition…
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introduce ONE reason why you think Macbeth/Lady Macbeth/the Witches etc. is responsible for eat cake's downfall. E.g. I believe that Lady Macbeth is responsible for Macbeth’s downfall. • Explain your point in more detail, e.g. Lady Macbeth used persuasive and emotive speech in order to convince Macbeth to kill Duncan. • Include a quote from the play to support your point e.g. eat cake • Explain the meaning of this quote e.g. in this quote, Lady Macbeth mocks Macbeth for his lack of courage, in hesitating…
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tragic hero was to be pitied in his fallen plight but not necessarily forgiven: Greek tragedy frequently has a bleak outcome. Christian drama, on the other hand, always offers a ray of hope; hence, Macbeth ends with the coronation of Malcolm, a new leader who exhibits all the correct virtues for a king. Macbeth exhibits elements that reflect the greatest Christian tragedy of all: the Fall of Man. In the Genesis story, it is the weakness of Adam, persuaded by his wife (who has in turn been seduced by the…
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In William Shakespeare’s tragic play, “Macbeth”, one dominant moral becomes clear to the audience, do not tempt fate, let nature take its course. Some of the ways that Shakespeare achieves this is through the development of conflicts in the plot and also through dialogue, vivid imagery and metaphors created by the atmosphere in the play. The characters develop in the early acts to identify the protagonist and antagonists to the audience. The characters contribute rhetoric that reveals the disturbing…
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“concerning yourself with things that happened in the past is a waste of time.” Schulz talks about how there are two ways to live without regret and that is to be a sociopath or to have a front cortex injury. Which brings her into the main topic of her speech and that is learning to live with regret. She defines regret as the emotion of when we thing the current situation could be better if we had done something different before hand. Schultz gives the situation…
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1863 Also known as the ‘Gettysburg Address’, this concise speech is simple in its language yet carries a complex message of freedom for all men including the abolition of Negroes in slavery during the period of the Civil War in America. Given at Gettysburg after a great battle and victory for the North, Lincoln praises the efforts of the dead and also calls upon the living to continue fighting for the cause of liberty. It is a speech of passionate resolve and high ideals in a tone that is formal…
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Quick List of Common Literary Terms (Terms most applicable to AP Literature are in bold.) Abstract Language-Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places. The observable or "physical" is usually described in concrete language. Ad homonym—Latin for "against the man." When a writer personally attacks his or her opponents instead of their arguments Ad populum—Latin for "to the crowd." A fallacy of logic in which the widespread occurrence…
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1. 4. LECTURE PROGRAMME Each week there is a set dramatic text which is compulsory reading. Week 1: Introduction and Twelfth Night (Dr Andrew Gordon) 1. Shakespeare’s theatre of language 2. The attraction of Eloquence 3. Words of Love: Speech and Desire in Twelfth Night Please note that there are THREE lectures in week 1: the third lecture will be held on Friday, 10-11 in the Zoology building, ZG18. Week 2: Volpone and the…
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Walter Benjamin (1935) “Our fine arts were developed, their types and uses were established, in times very different from the present, by men whose power of action upon things was insignificant in comparison with ours. But the amazing growth of our techniques, the adaptability and precision they have attained, the ideas and habits they are creating, make it a certainty that profound changes are impending in the ancient craft of The Beautiful. In…
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