This, to the audience, will seem ridiculous and unnecessary creating a subtle sense of humour. Nearing the end of Act 2 we learn about Viola’s plans for her disguise in order to appear less vulnerable. She then goes on to say ‘thou shalt present me as an Eunuch to him’ which will yet again appear an overdramatic act to the audience. In act 3, Sir Toby Belch is introduced into the play. Shakespeare’s wit and word play used even for simply just the names of the characters can build up laughter.
Richard at the beginning of the play reveals his plot to kill his brother Clarence in order to eliminate successors to the throne. Act 1 Shakespeare’s use of pun in the line ‘Brother, farewell,’ is said by the Duke of Gloucester with such earnestness that it is interpreted as a simple departure by George, however, there is an underlying message of ‘rest in peace Clarence’ which is later exposed in Richard’s aside. In Act 5, after the brutal death of Richard, pondering how England has remained under a time of tyranny and betrayal, with the use of alliteration, Richmond says as a part of his ending speech “brother blindly shed the brother’s blood”. This, while emphasising the greed of Richard where he has lost all morality and killed his biological brother in order to gain power, further emphasises Shakespeare’s indirect intention to bring forward the theme of karma. It also targets Elizabethan audience obliquely as it displays Shakespeare as an authentic man who believes in fate.
Oberon: Manipulative or not? What does it mean to be manipulative? Well, in William Shakespeare’s play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, Oberon and Titania have a big disliking for each other even though they are husband and wife. The thing with Oberon is that he really wants the Indian boy so he can become apart of his crew but Titania won’t allow Oberon to have hi. This is where one realizes how well Shakespeare shows characterization towards Oberon being manipulative because he orders Puck to put the love in idleness flower on someone with Athenian clothing, he used the same flower on Titania while she slept to help him get the Indian boy, and his reaction to finding out Titania fell in love with an ass.
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).
I’ll warrant she’ll tax him home;” (3.3.29-32). Polonius was speaking to King Claudius about his plan to spy on Hamlet’s conversation with The Queen. This act of deception led to Polonius’s death, after Hamlet had stabbed him thinking that he was Claudius echoing the Queens cry behind the tapestry. The action of deceiving contributed to the deaths of many characters in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, acts of deception propagate the ideas of things that are untrue. The characters in the novel emphasized their plans to deceive
Jews in Shakespeare’s England would have been familiar with portrayals of Jews as villains and main source of mockery. The comedy plot which allows the audience pity and compassion rather than concern. In Macbeth tells a story of a brave Scottish general who receives a prophecy from the witches that he will one day become the king the Scotland. Macbeth was most likely written in 1606 in the reign of James 1. James was a patron of Shakespeare acting company and he wrote under James reign.
Katlyn Powers May 7, 2012 English 9AH Ginoplos 3rd The Effects of the Nurse and Friar If a negative action occurs, human nature causes people to naturally want to point the finger at someone else. The truth is that someone is usually to blame for the situation. In Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet confided in Friar Lawrence and the nurse about their secret and forbidden love. Actions by the star-crossed lovers were influenced by the assistance and advice from the nurse and the Friar. The actions of the nurse and the Friar are responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.
Shakespeare uses a good range of language devices to show Macbeths shifts in power throughout the play. Techniques such as symbolism, emotive language and masculine iambic pentameter along with many others that I will be talking about were used effectively by Shakespeare. Firstly in act 1, scene 5 symbolic gesture is employed by Shakespeare to represent his plot of power shifts and the
Shakespeare subverts gender roles like this throughout the play, such as when Lady Macbeth decides her husband is unable to commit the atrocities to sit on the throne and taunts him, insinuating things about his manhood and claiming he has "th' milk of human kindness" (Act 1, 5.15) implying that he isn't strong enough to kill King Duncan. There is also a moment during a soliloquy where she wishes she could unsex herself so she could do the job without an inkling of guilt. (Act 1.5.38-41). This goading, as Lady Macbeth is aware, became a powerful tool in emasculinating her husband and forcing his hand to prove that he is in fact up to the task. This is the first time we see where the power lies, and this dynamic proves that it resides with Lady Macbeth; she's the one that's controlling things, despite the times.
Also, Laertes, like his father, has the same spontaneity as Hamlet. Throughout this tragic play, we see there are many foils, whether they are noticeable or hard to see. Foils add to the plot of the play by introducing the audience or reader to the characters personality, which aids us in understanding each character’s decisions. Literary techniques such as these foils greatly enrich a play and make them into final masterpieces, as