In a Proof of Marriage, the writer Isaeus is trying to convince the jury the wife and mother had a legitimate marriage so the woman can inherit her father Ciron's estate. Like the previous speech, the woman is considered respectable, so her name is not mentioned throughout. A Husband's Defence was written by Lysias. He is trying to convey how he believed his wife was “the chastest woman in all the city” and puts the majority of the blame onto her lover, Eratosthenes. This is because he is trying to justify why Euphiletus murdered Eratosthenes.
Macbeth is an extremly complicated character to portray. His personality changes throughout the play beginning as an honurable war-hero and being praised highly by the King; making him Thane of Cawdor even though he was already Thane of Glamis. He then becomes a hesitant murderer, constantly distressed about his situiation ‘I am afraid to think what I have done’ to actively planning the murder of Banquo and showing little contrition for the death of his wife, Lady Macbeth ‘She should have died hereafter’ and becoming responsible for the massacre of Macduff’s wife and children.it is imperative that the actor playing Macbeth understands the intricacy of his character. He must also be able to show the contrast between Macbeth’s character in Act 2 Scene 1 and Act 5 Scene 5, in order to portray Macbeth, the actor must contemplate the mood and tone of what he is saying, his gestures and actions to match a certain phrase or speech. Also his facial expressions are very important.
To Creon she was arrogant because she would not do anything she was told even though it came from him, the king. Heroes must also have a downfall which evokes the audience pity, which in this case is when Antigone dies fighting for her brothers proper burial rights. After arguing so much with Creon about what seems to be right. She decides to take a chance and bury her brother properly after being denied to do so. She is locked up and sentenced to death by Creon.
English 11- H 8 October, 2012 The Greatest Sinner Sin is very immoral; and is a despicable act that defies divine law. Anyone who is a sinner is thought of as an offender of what is pure. In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne which is a novel about an adulterous and her secret lover who wanted to escape the society of old time Puritan Boston and their own personal sins. One of the characters, Roger Chillingworth, wants them to pay through humiliation and guilt and so he wants them alive and to stay in Boston. He foils their plans to escape so the only other escape options were death.
How do you know? II.2 3. According to Romeo, why is the moon “sick and pale with grief”? 4. How do Romeo and Juliet feel about their respective last names?
“Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.” Jane ch 17 -Charles Bingley- Easily influenced and a nice man. Darcy’s friend who move to Netherfield, and left Netherfield. “If a women is partial to a man, and does not endevour to conceal it, he must find it out.” Elizabeth ch 6 - Mrs. Bennet- obstructive and foolish. Elizabeth’s mother who is obsessed with husbands for her daughters. Attempting to push Elizabeth into a marriage with Mr. Collins.
When he returned to his beloved Daisy, she had broken her promise and married a wealthy man as well as had a child. The person Daisy pretends to be is pure and beautiful but to the reader she is naive and too loyal for her
Although, Shakespeare must have still been brooding in late 1600 and early 1601, when he sat down to write a tragedy whose doomed hero bore the name of his dead son. The death of his son was a crisis of mourning and memory—could have caused a mental disturbance that helps to explain the explosive power and inwardness of Hamlet. There were constant outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague and every time this occurred the theatres were shut down. This eventually sent Shakespeare away from the diesese infected areas. Shakespeare may have never been infected with the Bubonic Plague but almost every aspect of life was affected by this plague.
/ When you durst do it, then you were a man” (1.7.47-49).. She defines manhood as stark aggression to achieve power in any means necessary such as killing Duncan. Macbeth, had compassion for Duncan but due to fear of being demasculinized if he did not act on his ambition results in his submission into temptation. As said from a female, it makes the reverse psychology from Lady Macbeth even more potent due to the preservation of gender roles. As one progresses through the story, Macbeth becomes more emotionally numb and tyrannical, for he then kills Banquo for fear of his intelligence on the murder of King Duncan. Then he kills Macduff’s family out of anger.
John Proctor tried to keep his affair with Abigail from the court as long as possible until he pretty much had to break down and confess it. But instead of Abigail and the witch trials being exposed as a lie, Proctor is called a liar and then accused of witchcraft by the court. His sins being exposed destroyed him. THE CRUCIBLE is an excellent play that combines three basic ingredients for chaos. There wouldn't be any chaos without ideological insecurity, economic self-interest, and personal indiscretion throughout the characters.