Tybalt completely forgets about Mercutio and says to him “Well, peace be with you, sir. Here comes my man.” This quote suggests that Tybalt was looking for Romeo and he saw his enemy. While Romeo and Tybalt are still arguing about their hatreds towards each other, Romeo gets insulted by Tybalt by calling him a “villain”. This was insult towards Romeo because in the reign of the Elizabethan time that word was very insulting especially for someone like Romeo as he comes from a noble family. Mercutio joins in the conversation and says “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!
This is also shown with Polonius’s un-trust worthiness for Hamlet. As to with Laertes who feels the exact same way as his father. Paolo Feliciano Mr. McCarthy A.P. Lit Examination Act 2 Open Ended Questions 1. After the slow transition from Hamlet’s mournful state, to his ever growing state of madness, does his madness itself become his primary mode of communication with the other characters?
For Lear, Kent and Edgar clothing is of great significance as they have all had to add an element of disguise into their lives for different reasons as clothing is the simplest to change. Shakespeare uses clothing in King Lear as a metaphor for Lear’s struggles and epiphanies. In the great storm, Learn strips of his clothes as a way of metaphorically stripping himself of deceit and sheds some of his inner arrogance and pride. Lear comments on how clearly he can now see due to the lack of crown and robes, he has an epiphany whereby he realises that, ‘unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art’, without clothes he is bare, and his power and status is stripped. The garments are lessening in value through the storm and all these battles, especially when he strips them off completely.
This tale seems too bizarre and melodramatic which creates a fictional sense, and so, contradicts the narrator‘s main point. The opening story of the unanswered letter is able to catch the reader off guard when it takes an unsuspected turn in the end. In the beginning, I predicted that the heartfelt letter from Rat Kiley was going to sway Curt Lemon’s sister into his arms. The nightmarish ending gives the reader a bitter hearty taste of what a true war story is all about. Also, the smooth transition between hilarity and sorrow in his letter was heartbreaking, which I thought could be anything but
Discuss the literary device of dramatic irony and the use made of it by J.B. Priestly in ‘An Inspector Calls’ An inspector calls was written in 1945 by J.B. Priestley and is set in 1912. J. B. Priestly has included a lot of dramatic irony; he uses it effectively to put forward the message of the play – community. Dramatic irony is the dramatic effect achieved by leading an audience to understand an incongruity between a situation and the accompanying speeches, while the characters in the play remain unaware of the incongruity (the free online dictionary). Another writer who uses dramatic irony effectively is William Shakespeare.
Saying that he wasn’t praising Caesar also appeals to the audience because right now, they are hating Caesar. During the speech, he uses rhetorical irony, and attacks the ethos of Brutus. He constantly and sarcastically repeats that Brutus is an “honorable man”, after he puts Caesar’s image up each time. This key strategy makes the people question Brutus’s honor and character. Pathos is the appeal to the emotion, and is the most often used rhetorical strategy in both Brutus’s and Antony’s speech.
He has the reputation of a no nonsense military general and this is seen right from the beginning of the Shakespearean play. The following extract is from Act I, Scene II and is said when Othello first enters on stage and is of him talking to Iago about how he believes his services in the army and his reputation he has gained from his career; “let him do his spite: My services which i have done the signory, shall out tongue his complaints.” This status in fact partly causes Desdemona's death. He becomes so distraught when he hears from Iago that Cassio and Desdemona and cheating on
Macbeth then begins to ponder the power of fate. However at the same time, Banquo understands the role that free will plays when he quotes I. iii. 158-160 “New honors came upon him,/ Like ouir strange garments, cleave not/ to their mold/ But with the aid of use.” I. ii. 8-12 “And fortune, on his damned quarrel smiling/ Showed like a rebel’s whore, but all’s too weak:/ For brave Macbeth-- well he deserves that name--/ Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel,/ Which smoked with bloody executions,” A bleeding captain returns from the battlefield and describes to Duncan and Malcolm the victory of Macbeth
ASP Cause and Effect Essay 11/1611 Prompt: Speculate as to why Leper breaks down. Fragile Minded In the book A Separate Peace, John Knowles justifies the occurrence of Leper’s breakdown through a series of reasons; the prime being his personality. Leper is very philosophical and he tends to put deep thought into the simplicities of life. This trait leads Leper to enlist in World War II on impulse because he has a false pretense about what to expect from engaging in warfare. He automatically assumes war is a perfect fit for him and that he might as well get it over and done with.
However, Holden Caulfield’s actions compare to the actions of the so-called “phonies” that he dislikes so much. One example is when he calls himself, “The most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (Salinger 16). He contradicts his own views with his actions and through this contradictory trait that he withholds, Salinger makes a point that mankind is too blind to see the error in their ways. Holden’s hypocritical personality is seen on page 62 of the novel when Holden says, “Sometimes I can think of very crumby stuff I wouldn't mind doing if the opportunity came up. I can even see how it might be quite a lot of fun, in a crumby way, and if you were both sort of drunk and all, to get a girl and squirt water or something all over each other's face.