As stated in the following quote “You shall do marvellous wisely, good Reynaldo, before you visit him, to make inquire of his behaviour” (2.1.3-5). Polonius was ordering the servant Reynaldo to spy on Laertes, and to secretly look after him. This type of logic that Polonius is using shows the distrust and fake appearance that he portrays to his own son. Another method of deception used by Polonius would be concealment. After Hamlet had staged the play, and noticed Claudius’s reaction, Gertrude was willing to speak to Hamlet about the play, and how Claudius is furious about it.
In this essay, I am going to explain how Shakespeare manages to sympathize with these protagonists. During the play of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare manages to effectively describe the tragedy of their relationship. He achieves this by creating sympathy for the two protagonists, Romeo and Juliet, which consequently affects the audience of the play. At the beginning of the play the audience is told that it will all end in disaster. This is emphasised with the fact that the two young lovers foreshadow their own death.
His organization of the players' performance of "The Murder of Gonzago" shows this well; only after seeing Claudius' reaction to the play does he prepare to act on the Ghost's plea for revenge. In Hamlet's madness he makes a few mistakes some small and some monumental. The biggest mistake Hamlet makes in his madness was accidently
Othello Shakespeare In Act II, Iago’s scheme to undo Othello becomes more calculated and involves more victims. Explain the steps he takes to achieve his goal and how he traps his victims. March 15th , 2010 Did you know that throughout the play of Othello the adjective generally preceding Iago‘s name is honest? Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, Montano, and Roderigo all consider Iago as an honest person. This is ironic, because in act two of Othello Iago’s scheme to undo the moor starts to involve more people.
Shakespeare presents the flaws in Macbeth’s character using prophecies from the witches, juxtaposition in his soliloquys, and Lady Macbeth slowly manipulating him to do deeds that in the end lead to his demise. In Act 1 Scene 2 Shakespeare uses 2 characters talking about Macbeth to portray the idea that Macbeth is a loyal, brave and tenacious character and he uses imagery to show this. The sergeant tells us that Macbeth “with smok’d with bloody execution, like valour’s minion carv’d out his passage.” The imagery of “valour’s minion” is used to suggest that Macbeth is Valour’s favourite person and that he is the bravest person other than Valour himself. The imagery used to suggest that he is also a very violent person, able to commit acts that were perhaps disturbed is “smok’d with bloody execution.” This quote tells us that Macbeth is perhaps considered a violent person, but it is acceptable because it is for the King, therefore it is the right reason. In Act 2 Scene 1, just before Macbeth kills the King, we see signs of his psychological destruction when he hallucinates about the dagger.
Find out the meanings allotted to the murder of a king in the plays of the time. We are helped to understand his actions and motivation by his soliloquies and some things which he tells Horatio. • A SOLILOQUY is an introspective speech, usually in blank verse, delivered when the speaker is alone on the stage. It is used by the playwright to reveal a character's innermost thoughts. (soliloquy means “speaking alone”) Study Questions The causes of Hamlet's desire for revenge At the start of the play, Hamlet's
Vindice then rips off his own disguise and tells the Duke that he has been poisoned by the one he poisoned. The Duke is horrified and his tongue begins to disintegrate. Hippolito accuses the Duke of causing their father’s death. Vindice announces that the Duke's punishment is not over yet as the Duke will witness the affair between Spurio and the Duchess as he dies. * The Duke cries out in anger and Vindice stabs him.
He uses and controls others to diminish the psychological wellbeing of Othello. All of the characters in the book trust him including Othello, which makes him more deceitful. In the beginning of the play Iago say’s “I follow him to serve my turn upon him”. This just reinforces the fact that Iago is fraudulent and untrustworthy. Iago also say’s “My lord, you know I love you” which juxtaposes his previous quote “I hate the moor”.
Hamlet Essay Shakespeare uses many different scenarios to set the mood and feel of the play. He uses spying in Hamlet to control how Hamlet changes his personality and thoughts towards others because of spying. For example when Hamlet tells Horatio “thou art e’en as just a man as e’er my conversation coped withal” (III.ii.56-57). This shows how Hamlet is grateful and truly likes his best friend Horatio for not spying on him. Although Hamlet’s thoughts and moods only got better with Horatio for other characters such as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Ophelia, and for Polonius and Gertrude, Hamlet’s mood and thoughts were drastically changed due to their spying.
Shakespeare aims to project a very harsh form of deception here in order to emphasize the power of deception of love. As Benedick speaks to himself of Beatrice, Don Pedro sends Beatrice to Benedick to invite him to dinner. Benedick mocks the conversation between him and Beatrice, and says, “If I do not take pity of her, I am a villain; If I do not love her, I am a Jew” (II. iii. 264-265).