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Macbeth Coursework Essay Macbeth may actually stab Duncan but in you opinion is he solely responsible for the murder or are there other factors involved? The play opens with the three witches on stage, meeting upon the Heath to cause trouble. This sets a supernatural atmosphere because people in those days always thought of witches as a sign on danger and when they saw a witch they automatically thought of them as horrid and nasty. At the beginning, the first witch chants, "When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightening, or in rain." The witches speak in rhyme because they are not human. It's as though they are chanting a spell. The audience would react to this as if they are scared and might think that the rhymes are actual spells. We first hear of Macbeth from the witches. "There to meet with Macbeth." This suggests that the witches have met with Macbeth in the past or maybe that they have been watching over him, planning to do something to him. By involving Macbeth in the story from the start with the witches makes the audience think more about it and will be left intrigued. At the end of the scene, the witches finish with the words, "Fair is foul and foul is fair." This message is warning the audience not to jump to any conclusions and not to take anything at face value. It is telling us not to judge a character to quickly and be careful what you think of the
A comparative Analysis of Shall I Compare Thee
A comparative analysis of Shall I Compare Thee... and The Flea The Flea and Shall I Compare Thee... are very similar but very different poems. They are both about love and seduction but the approach to the common theme is different in both poems. Love and Seduction is the core theme in The Flea, the author Donne is trying to copulate with his mistress and is having his advances rejected, so he writes her a poem in order to better his chances. The poem is darkly seductive, it anthropomorphically compares the current and past relationship between Donne and his mistress to a flea; "In this Flea are two bloods mingled be." Donne attempts to seduce his mistress in a curious manner. He tells of her and him being linked in the blood of a flea, comparable and stronger than the tie of marriage, so sex is of little moral issue. To him they are linked forever, stronger than the vow of marriage in front of a man of God, without "loss of shame or manhood" is how Donne reviews the situation, as coupling before marriage 500 years ago was taboo, if a female was to maintain a proper reputation. Love and Seduction in Shakespeare's poem is of a different nature to the flea. Shakespeare reflects his passion in the poem, it is about what he feels not what he wants. Shakespeare personifies his relationship to an "eternal sommer", he compares it to heaven, "but thy eternal sommer shall not
The Sun Has Long Been Set
The sun has long been set, The stars are out by twos and threes, The little birds are piping yet Among the bushes and trees; There's a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes, And a far-off wind that rushes, And a sound of water that gushes, And the cuckoo's sovereign cry Fills all the hollow of the sky. Who would "go parading" In London, "and masquerading," On such a night of June With that beautiful soft half-moon, And all these innocent blisses? On such a night as this is! The above poem is "The sun has long been set," written by William Wordsworth, the great poet of the early 19th century or the Romantic age. The poem reflects the concept of Romanticism in several ways. First of all, it is important to account for the definition of the term "Romanticism." There seems to be about as many definitions of Romanticism as its definers. A return to nature, a return to the Middle Age, the Renaissance of wonder, liberalism in literature, emotion placed above reason, escape from actuality and so on. Since the previous age was the neoclassical period, which placed a high value upon reason and regulations. The Romantic Age emphasized the significance of intuition and emotions; therefore, it is possible to say that individualism is the keyword to understand the ideas of Romantic writers. Being one of the individualists, it is difficult to point up the specific
Relevance of the Bible in Classes
THE RELEVANCE OF KEEPING THE BIBLE IN THE CURRICULAM All major religions have texts that provide valuable insight into their culture, explain the religion's views on creation, cultural laws and their own adaptations of the God. The Bible is the religious writing of Judaism and Christianity consisting of the older scriptures called Old Testament and the newer writings called the New Testament. The scripture is chauvinistic towards all men, but there are some strong female heroines in the stories of the Bible to balance it out. There Bible also teaches many lessons through themes. The Bible should stay in the Curriculum because it provides students with valuable insight in history and helps them gain religious and literary perspective. The bible is undeniably biased and although of many of its lead characters are male, heroines such as Jael, Ruth and Esther to set good role models for the readers. Esther appears in the Bible as a woman of deep piety, faith, courage, patriotism, and caution, combined with resolution. She is a dutiful daughter to her adopted father, loyal to her fellow Jewish people and she was very charming too; "she obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her" (434). Similarly, Jael is often referred to as "Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed" (222). She defies her husband
In act one of 'An Inspector calls' how does J B Priestley use dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas
In act one, how does Priestly use dramatic devices to convey his ideas to the audience, as well as interest and involve them in the play? Priestly uses dramatic devices in act one to manipulate the audience's ideas about the two different groups of people 'Socialists' and 'Capitalists'. The play itself could be considered a dramatic device itself, to convey a political message. The lighting of the scene is a very significant factor in conveying the ideas of Priestly. This is clearly mentioned in the stage direction 'The lighting should be pink and intimate until the Inspector arrives, and then it should be brighter and harder'. I think the use of the lighting shows the personality of the Inspector which is a tough character, and that he will not tolerate any nonsense. This proves that the mood of the family is happy and friendly at first, then as soon as the inspector arrives the lighting changes to 'brighter and harder light'. This gives the impression that they are going to be interrogated and that the truth will be revealed. We acknowledge from the beginning that Priestly wants us to continuously suspect that a mystery is about to appear, reinforced by the 'who dunnit' nature of the plot. Priestly informs us that the family us happy at first and celebrating Gerald's and Sheila's engagement. In order for Priestly to show us that 'Capitalists' prefer to show off, and not
How the narrator is portrayed in Christina Rossetti's Sister Maude
In "Sister Maude" poem the narrator seems to be having an affair with her lover, she starts the poem with two similar questions "Who told my mother of my shame?" as the poet was in Victorian times , what she did we would call him a scandal at this time. it seems that she is a bit ashamed in front of her mother knowledge of whatever she did that she didn't mention in the poem , it also shows that her mum is strict and she really care about the family reputation unlike he father that seems to be not really bothered "who told my father of my dear?" which shows that her dad is reliable man , and she answers herself "oh but Maude" which is telling us that her sister is actually the one who told her mother and father about the affair she was having with her lover . She reveals it's her sister. As shown in the poem the narrator seems to hate her sister very much "who lurked with spy and peer" it's a connotations of slyness and jealous. I think it's a really evil relationship between the two sisters. Then she starts to describe the dead body of the lover "cold he lies, as cold as stone" it's a connotations of his death, it's a simile to show her comparison of his corpse to something hard and tough like ice. "C" sound is sharp to give the sense of touch and to show that the corpse is stabled."With his clotted curls" she uses alliteration to give the sign of beauty of his face, she
Look again at Upon My Son Samuel his Going for England, Novem 6, 1657 by Ann Bradstreet, in which the speaker conveys her feelings towards her child, and at one other poem from the anthology in which the speaker conveys his or he
Look again at "Upon My Son Samuel his Going for England, Novem 6, 1657" by Ann Bradstreet, in which the speaker conveys her feelings towards her child, and at one other poem from the anthology in which the speaker conveys his or her parental feelings. With close reference to the way each writer has used language to convey those feelings, compare and contrast what each poem has to say about parental feelings and explain which poem you regard as most successful. The poems "Upon My Son Samuel his Going for England, Novem. 6, 1657" and "A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months" both convey the speaker's parental feelings towards their child, but they do so in very different ways. Ann Bradstreet had herself completed the journey from England to America and knew of the dangers on such a voyage, therefore her fear and terror can be felt throughout the poem. Thomas Hood on the other hand has a much more lighthearted approach as he uses bathos to create a humorous picture of parenthood. The speakers in both poems are the poet as well as the parent, but differ in the fact that one is the mother and the other the father, thus the parental concerns are expressed in very different ways. In "Upon My Son Samuel..." the speaker expresses her worries very directly and sees herself as being primarily responsible for her child. Therefore she does all she can to protect him,
Poem Rising Five
TOMORROW IS DEAD Rising Five is a poem written by an English poet called Norman Nicholson. The poet wants to emphasize how life passes so promptly without us even taking notice. He portrays very evidently the life cycle since when we are born until after death. The poem makes clear that children have a different perception about life compared to adults. Adults don't want time to pass because they don't want to age whilst children can't wait to grow up to be able to do what they crave in their life. Through this, Norman Nicholson manages to make comprehensible to the reader that people are never really satisfied with what they have, it will never be enough. Whenever they have something, they are already wishing something else thus they are constantly looking ahead, to the future and in consequence are dead because they don't spend a moment to be grateful for what is around them, the present. The poet has been able to convey his concern of people not living the present through the use of metaphors, symbolism, presenting imageries, using alliteration and comparison. The poem presents a lot of metaphors between nature and the human being. It shows how the human life cycle is not so different from a plant's cycle. First the plant is a bud; is a newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded, the human just a baby; a small creature, still a new-born, with no power at all
Out Out Poem Analysis
OUT OUT It is evident that though at the start, a boy is mentioned, the further the poem goes on, when tension systematically rises and chaos unfolds, more people are introduced, as if replacing the boy with themselves and the terror of the situation, despite it involving the boy the most. He is almost substituted and mentioned less and less in direct comparison with the other minor roles of other characters. The start of the poem almost seals the boy’s fate due to the innocent tones which exude inevitable misadventure in the near future. This is suggested, if not implied, by the poems simplistic underlying overall message conveyed about everyday life. It essentially articulates that societies greatest downfall is naivety which leads to inevitable misfortune, or at least this is what I interpret. At first, the saw in the poem is seen as the main perpetrator, responsible for the tragic death of the boy. Remember, though heavy imagery and personification was used throughout the poem but centred mostly around the saw, drawing attention away from the dominant fundamental cause - the naivety of the boys sister. The entire situation of a young boy handling such heavy machinery, which could be compared to a much stronger grown man, almost determines the fate of the boy from the very beginning, despite what the sister did. So, this is left to the reader to deduce what the
C o m m e n t a r y o n T h e S u n R i s i n g b y J o h n D o n n e
Commentary on “The Sun Rising” by John Donne The poem “The Sun Rising” by John Donne covers different clashing themes such as love and hate, and wisdom and ignorance. The poem is a dramatic monologue portraying a metaphysical hyperbole in which the speaker and his lover are the only ones who matter in the world, or at least in “their” world. As the sun is portrayed as almost an invader, Donne makes use of effective descriptions and similes to depict the unimportance of the sun in the speaker’s everyday life, yet finally taking pity of the sun towards the end of the work. The poem is structured in three ten lined stanzas which follow a clear rhyming scheme: ABBACDCDEE. Also, alterations in meter occur and they successfully intrigue the reader by breaking the natural flow of the work, reinforcing his recurring colloquial feel. As an example, lines 1, 5 and 6 portray iambic tetrameter; lines 3,4, 7,8,9 and 10 are in common pentameter, and line 2 is in dimeter. The poem is written in first person narrator form and the saucy tone is quickly set in the first line: the expression “Busy old fool, unruly Sun” depicts a chiding discomfort which the speaker feels towards the sun, later developed into pity (line 2, “Why dost thou thus”) and anger (line 5, “Saucy pedantic wretch”). As emotions start building up