“I am in blood / Stepp’d in so far, that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o’er.” (3.4.136-138) In this quote, Macbeth is telling himself that because he has stepped into evil so deeply, it will be hard to go back to morallity because he will never be able to rid of this guilt brought onto him. He begins to feel so remorseful, that he starts hallucinating and realizing that he has done such treacherous deeds. Even though he can still see how his actions are terrible, as the play develops, he begins to inch deeper and deeper into his own destruction of innocence. Macbeth had always felt threatened by Macduff because Macduff knew what a traitor he really was. Therefore, he had wanted to plot to end Macduff’s life as to not pose a threat on his reign any longer.
Williams suggests that Richard perceives his hatred as his fuel for passionate revenge, but it is the anxious yearning for acceptance which he instead misinterprets. In the opening scene, Richard is “determined to play villain” [2], his decision to claim the throne, that he again places himself a victim to course of nature, which he blames for being “cheated of feature” [3], be his unnatural guide to his reign. Imperfectly shaped, he is noticeably attracted to objects that are as equally flawed as he is, which deters him from ever escaping his constraints and truly obtaining the so called ‘normal’ lifestyle that his surrounding others have refused him. The play opens immediately chastising Richard’s contorted body, emphasizing his impotence. William’s states, “Richard
The more questions the Inspector asks, the more on edge Birling becomes. Irritated, angry and disconcerted. For example when he says “(angrily) look here Inspector, I consider this uncalled for an officious.’’ Here, Birling addresses the Inspector in an aggressive manner; behind them words it’s like a hinted warning to watch his step. This shows Birling to be impatient and intends to project his anger upon the Inspector discreetly, through the dialogue used. Also with the stage directions used, Birling appears to be affronted.
Repeating the word blood stresses that thing have turned into havoc and also builds dramatic tension which the protagonist “cannot pass” Using this helps create pace and creates an image into the readers mind that there has been a violent affair but this could also mean family blood. This could be interpreted as a disagreement within the family about the protagonist's decision however, the
We see a huge difference when Romeo has just killed Tybalt. Friar Lawrence’s tone of voice changes numerous of times. These changes consist of calming, frustration, protectiveness, consoling and ordering. This is because Romeo is getting worked up over something that could have been far worse and because Friar Lawrence may have felt that this predicament was his fault and feels the need to help Romeo and fix it on behalf of him. This also has an effect on the audience but this time, by telling them that nobody is perfect, even priests/friars, and everyone has mixed feelings.
Brooks also presents her through Martyn’s perspective as evil and sub-humanly disgusted, the thought of her makes him feel physically ill, in order to show how much Martyn needs her to prove his assumptions wrong so that he can grow up and mature. In another way, Aunty Jean is important because Martyn projects the anger he feels towards his father and her, onto her persona. Every time he sees her he becomes angry or irritated so he assumes that she is also angry at him. Martyn feels that this justifies his hatred of Aunty Jean that in reality stems from his father: ‘Furious is the first word that comes to mind. Mad, ugly and furious.’ The adjective ‘furious’ describes how Martyn is both angry at Aunty Jean and scared of her and what she might do at the same time, the reader sees that he has absorbed his father’s fear that
Many of the unsound contradictions of the book are clearly evident, the exaggerated irrationality plainly presenting the military as foolish. Yet, Heller also utilizes subtle differences in situation to alert the reader to a more delicate point. For example, the situation in which Colonel Cathcart constantly attempts to please General Dreedle and General Peckem is described meaningfully as “[Cathcart] brooded inconsolably over the terrible ineradicable impressions he knew he kept making on people of prominence who were scarcely aware that he was alive.” (188) This
Her sudden change of personality gives the reader an insight on how intimidating Chillingworth really is to Hester, and possibly others. Also through dialogue, Hawthorne revealed that Chillingworth is a very egregious man, and that is very determined to find out who the man was that committed the adultery with Hester. While Hester radiates passion and impetuousness, none of these traits are portrayed when she is sharing dialogue with
The Puritans view this letter as a symbol of the adultery. The letter also put Hester through torture: "Of an impulse and passionate nature. She had fortified herself to encounter the stings and venomous stabs of public contumely wreaking itself in every variety of insult but there was a quality so much more terrible in the solemn mood of popular mind, that she longed rather to behold all those rigid countenances contorted with scornful merriment and herself the object"(54). This implies that Hester's sin of bearing a child without the presence of a husband will always be remembered. In the middle of the novel is a transition period where the letter "A" is viewed differently than before.
However, as the novel continues, McEwan cleverly begins to blur the boundary that previously existed in the way the two differed in terms of their ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal behaviour.’ This is because of how the reader begins to interpret Joe’s behaviour as ‘abnormal’ as he becomes mentally stressed by the harassment and painstaking experience that Jed has put him through. An example of this is the way in which Joe too becomes obsessed with Jed as he desperately searches for answers as to what is driving him on to interfere so significantly with his life. An example of this is just after the balloon incident, before Joe is even aware of the effect Jed will have on his life. It comes when Joe observes Jed in rather excessive detail and going into such depths, he even describes his “red shoe laces” and how “his knuckles brushing against his leather belt were big and tight knobbed under the