Shakespeare prolongs metaphors in order to emphasise the amoral society of Hamlet’s Denmark. Hamlet enunciates to the audience in his soliloquy his view of the corruption of this society of Denmark: “`tis an unweeded garden” (1.2.135). The ghost uses metaphors to characterise its perspective of Polonius as “the serpent that did sting thy father’s life Now wears his crown” (1.5.38). Shakespeare states in hamlet’s soliloquy “o that this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew” (1.2.129). In this statement, there is symbolism of flesh ‘melting’ and becoming a ‘dew’, which parallels Hamlet’s desire for a transfigured state of
Themes such as appearance in reality, death, corruption, religion and power etc. play a huge role in this play. In Old Hamlet’s speech, Shakespeare presents the importance “of life, of crown, of queen” to Old Hamlet. The use of syntax conveys that Old Hamlet finds his life and crown more significant to him than his queen. Natural imagery is explored when describing Old Hamlet’s “blossom of [his] sins”.
Society is obsessed with productivity becoming cheap, which has made more problems regarding pesticides. Humans are not respecting the design of nature and valuing the relationship, the animals and plants have with each other. The animals eat the plants that have no use and the animals fertilize the plants. Over 10 million herbicides have been poured on the land of the farmers that has caused them to loose about 90% diversity and their soil is depleting quicker. What they’re farming are not animals, but are farming grass.
The poet continues to paint a bleak portrait of the present which “rott[s] with rotting grape” yet is “sweet with the fumes” (4, 5). The repetition of the word “rot” highlights the theme of decay. The interesting choice to mention the sweetness of the fumes uncovers a contradiction where putrefaction is actually “sweet”. Moreover, “fermented potato-peel” (6) “puzzle” (6) the man, the “motes of time” (3), and the reader equally because it is “turned out and left in this grass-patch” (9). The puzzlement arises from intentionally turning out a fermented potato peel and leaving it in a grass patch, in a place of green nature, in a place of “green shadows of elm, and ginkgo and lime” (12) trees.
Outline the Nature of the Tragic Hero in Act One of Othello In the play 'Othello', the writer – William Shakespeare – uses many techniques in order to outline the nature of the tragic hero to the audience. As a result of the hero's absence in the first scene, the initial presentation of the tragic hero is one based around the villain's bitter discontent and disdain. Othello's negative portrayal to the audience leads them to believe that he is an evil, cunning, immoral thief. Shakespeare achieves this effect through Iago's use of racist, dehumanising language: “an old black ram is tupping your white ewe”. Throughout the first scene, Iago and Roderigo also never refer to Othello by name, however, the audience quickly learn that both characters hate 'the moor', as this – amongst other derogatory terms, including 'thick-lips' – is the only title given to him.
In lines 60-65 the ghost says “My custom always of the afternoon, / Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole / With juice of cursed hebenon inn a vial, / And in the porches of my ears did pour / The leperous distilment, whose effect / Holds such an enmity with blood of a man.” In these lines the ghosts view on the garden changes. The garden was once viewed as a peaceful place where the king spent his afternoons, and at the end the garden was where his uncle murdered him. Later in the speech, the ghost says “Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother’s hand / Of life, of crown, of queen at once dispatched / Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, / Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled.” (Line 74-77) The king’s diction changes in this part of the speech. He begins to think about how his brother took his life before he can confess his sins and be free of them and how his brother has taken his wife and committed adultery with
Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in ca. 1600. In Hamlet, corruption is such a prevalent and growing theme that it branches out into the lives of many important people of Denmark. Corruption is an epidemic disease that grows and spreads, killing the people who surrounding it. Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle and King of Denmark, use corruption that leads to many disastrous events and in the end, results in a negative outcome for the people involved.
Jem’s anger from the town’s people is injustice towards his father and blacks was shown in his actions of destroying the flower garden. Atticus uses this opportunity to teach both Jem and Scout a moral lesson. They were required to nurse the garden back to health. This symbolizes the courage to tolerate others even if their views are different. Atticus also has them befriend Mrs. Dubose and read to her.
Rainforest in reality have shallow and relatively infertile soil. The reasons behind this soil having these qualities is because heavy rainfall causes important nutrients needed for a fertile environment to be washes away and/or dissolved into the lower layer of the soil (leaching) thus leaving the forest floor infertile. Once leaching has occurred and removed these nutrients, trees become unable to access fertile soil and remain healthy. Many rainforest trees have developed adaptations which allow them to reach down into the lower levels of soil and receive these nutrients. Such adaptation is known as a “Buttress Roots”.
Scene iii 1-Again, look closely at Claudius’ concerns over the death of Polonius, revealed in his first speaking part in this scene and in his plans for Hamlet in England. Scene iv 1-Compare/contrast Hamlet and Fortinbras. Scene v 1-Claudius’ comments to Gertrude, p. 2475, lines 72-92, speak of the problems that they are dealing with; the rottenness of Denmark