...One of Shakespeare's longest, most perplexing, and, for a lot of people, most frustrating play, Hamlet stays one of his most convincing and the most read play and it lives up to expectations, too. Hamlet can be better seen by analyzing Hamlet's soliloquies. The majority of Hamlet's monologues demonstrate Hamlet's self-loathing and even a readiness to bite the dust. The soliloquy "To be, or not to be: that is the question" shows up in Act 3 Scene 1. It is, maybe, one of the best-known soliloquies by Hamlet in the play, which produces significant scholarly investment even today. Hamlet is feeling profound agony and distress in light of his father's passing. It appears that he is not able to acknowledge this partition. He would like to live. Considering suicide, he doubts himself rationally in the event that it is legitimized to live with so much agony and anguish or if finishing his own particular life is the best conceivable choice. "To be, or not to be: that is the question" Hamlet makes this a stride further and works on the supposition that everybody would rather be dead than living, and is alive simply because he has a trepidation of slaughtering himself. Hamlet is no more addressing whether he needs to die, yet just whether or he finds himself able to slaughter himself, on the grounds that murdering himself clashes with his religion. Hamlet’s sadness over his father's demise and his mother's snappy marriage made him wish for death even before he discovered that his uncle...
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...MONOLOGUE Ten seconds left. I can barely hear anything. I feel the vomit creeping up in my throat as the milliseconds go by. Everything is getting very blurry. Tension is rising. Who would have thought that we would be down by one point and I would be the one trusted to hold this basketball? Why did my coach want me to shoot the last shot in the first place? What do I bring on this court that is any different from what my teammates would bring? Every face on my bench is almost frozen, their eyes locked on to me and the ball. There are hundreds of people in the stands watching my every move. Deep breath. Every little thing has to be on point. Nine seconds. I just want to pass the ball away over to my teammate, get rid of it. Why not? Who cares what my coach says? He’s the one who put me in this situation anyways. Eight seconds left. Its just too embarrassing to miss THE final shot in THE final game of the season. I have earned every second I stepped foot on this court and worked too hard for this shot to be a miss. All the time spent practicing and all the injuries, I just cant let myself and everyone down. Seven seconds. I see everyone in the stands jumping up and down but can barely hear them. What do they want from me? i’m 18 years old for crying out loud! It’s not like I’m in the NBA here! I want to see them try and step foot in my shoes right now... Nonsense, focus. My defender looks really intimidating. His muscles contract as his thumbs rub against his fingertips...
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...states of mind in two or three works of fiction you have studied. Introduction: Throughout both novels, The God Small Things by Arundhati Roy and As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, characters often lack rational thought and, speak in Most authors have distinct styles, and in both novels, Roy and Faulkner embed a deeper meaning within them with the use of a subtle and discreet narrative manner, such as stream of consciousness and interior monologues. This is particularly true in As I Lay Dying, a novel of a dysfunctional and unstable family told through fragmented chapters. Each character reveals their perspective in different chapters, but the perspectives are true to life in that they all reveal information about the Bundren family and their struggles to exist. Although stream of consciousness proves to be prevalent in the progression of the plots, a series of flashbacks and flashforwards unfold the secrets of these characters' unhappiness. Through the use of literary devices such as stream of consciousness, interior monologue and analepsis and prolepsis, Roy and Faulkner allow for the flow of impressions coming through a character’s mind to be represented on the surface. Outline: I. Stream of Consciousness A. As I Lay Dying 1. Faulkner imitates the way the human brain works; the progression of thoughts passing through the mind as they occur represents a selective omniscience a. I am I and you are you and I know it and you dont know it and you could...
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...due to the fact that Amanda of an affluent decent and so such things as table manners when she was growing up, would have been of more importance than perhaps to Tom and his current financial situation. Tom does not appear in the second scene and so this could elude to the idea that Tom is trapped by financial burden. As we have discovered from Toms opening monologue, his father disappeared leaving Tom to be the sole provider for the family. This could perhaps suggest, through the theme of being male, that Tom is perhaps trapped by his gender, as in 1937 it was the role of the man in of the house to provide for the women. As a result of this societal norm, tom had to take work wherever he could find it, and so works in a low paid, low skilled job in a shoe factory. Perhaps the shoes are a metaphor to the running he is so longing to do away from his family, but more specifically, Amanda due to the burden of expectations she places on his shoulders to be the perfect gentlemen in a social class where, perhaps such thing does not exist. It could be argued that in scene three, the pivotal moment is not in the monologue when Tom breaks Laura’s glass menagerie, but the prior conversation he has with Amanda. Tom confirms the...
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...Character Monologue It destroys me that they all come running up to me when they need someone to listen to them whine. They just carelessly suspect that I'm immune to sadness and depression. What they don't know is that I'm just like them. To them, I'm this person filled with joy and God knows nothing can drag me down. They assume I don’t have any troubles in my daily life, nope, all just rainbows and sunshine. They don't stop to consider that maybe all this depression surrounding me gets me down once in a while. No, how selfish of me, they've got their own problems to deal with first. They want to hear me say that everything will be okay, and that things really aren't as bad as they seem to be. You know, generic bullshit that’s on every page of social media. I’m having to listen to them ramble on about their crushes not liking them and their boyfriends not spending every minute of every hour of every fucking day with them. Maybe, it's my fault. I put on this front like I'm always so happy and cheery, so they naturally gravitate to the happiest person they can find within a mile radius. Maybe they're hoping a little bit of what’s left of my happiness will be passed onto them. Maybe they think that they'll be happier if they're like me. Oh, God. Stop me. I'm going on an ego trip again. But they wouldn't want this happiness spared onto them, it’s not happiness, quite the opposite. I can barely handle it anymore. People say that I'd make a good psychologist, and maybe they're right...
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...Monologue 7/19.15 Monologue He was a man, cold like his steal knife. I could still feel it on the tip of my skin…so sharp…so lifeless. The blood dripping down my flesh, tears streaming down my face. He could have got me? Oh no…he could have. But did he? She was the first one to go. Who’s she you ask? Hmph…That does not matter anymore. I could hear her screaming as she called for help she grew limp, her voice cracking as he dragged her away. Do you think I am crazy? Doctor. Do you? The blood, the lives. Oh no but she came back, she came back but I knew it wasn’t her. The skin was there, but it was being worn by someone else, someone whom wanted to be her. I knew he wanted to smile, but her skin wouldn’t let him. He wore it, he wore what was hers. I stayed silent as he played dress up. The mirror he stared at was covered in dust, and each day I stared with him. He must have forgot about me? Though he enjoyed her skin a lot more than the others. He continued to wear it as if he knew I was watching, dolling her up as if she was his own. As he was her. This man wasn’t the prettiest, the lights dimming down on his harsh features, even with someone else’s face he couldn’t achieve beauty for he was a monster. How long did it take me to leave you ask? You tell me Doc am I really here or are you the one who’s...
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...Phu Nguyen Ms. Leang English 1, Period 5 19 March 2015 Teen Behaviors in Romeo and Juliet Many teenagers make bad decisions, and act in a way most adult would say is unintelligent. Romeo and Juliet was a story about two feuding families with the same wealth living in Verona. After a big fight Prince Escalus tells them that if there is another fight they will be killed. Later that night Romeo meets Juliet at her father’s party and they both fall in love, after the party Romeo talks with Juliet about getting married and she agrees to have the wedding the very next day. After the wedding the two families get into another fight. Due to the fight Mercutio and Tybalt gets killed. Romeo who was also fighting was sentenced to banishment even though the Prince had said that if there was fighting there will be death. Juliet who was heartbroken drank a potion that makes her seem dead for nearly two days until the Friar could mend Romeo’s problem, but Romeo not knowing the plan thought that Juliet has really died so he kills himself. After Juliet wakes and sees Romeo dead she then kills herself too, as a result the two families end their feud because both blood lines have ended. In this play most of the teens made bad decisions. Teens tend to make bad decision because of the normal growth of their brain, Teenagers often have part in many dangerous actions. The American Academy of Child and Adolescents Psychiatry states that adolescent do dangerous things: “Based on the stage of...
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...Montague. You must be thinking that I’ve lost my mind and that my parents must’ve freaked out when they found out. However I haven’t told them yet and the reason for that is because a) I’m supposed to get married to Paris and b) Romeo and I are from feuding families that don’t get along at all and if my parents found out, especially my father, they would do anything in their power to separate Romeo and I. My father has already laid his hands on me and I don’t want that happening again! Any words of encouragement?! Secondly, you know my cousin Tybalt? Of course you know him, what the heck am I talking abo0ut. Anyway, he’s … I guess…. Well, he’s dead. When I heard about this I was shocked and scared because it’s my cousin and I love him. Moreover, there is more tragic news; it was Romeo that killed Tybalt! Romeo told me the full story of what happened. Basically, Tybalt killed Mercutio first and Romeo wanted revenge therefore killed Tybalt. I don’t believe what Romeo did was right nonetheless I still do understand him. You may have thought that I have finished but oh no! This is the worst news out of all of them. Romeo has been banished!! He has been staying in hiding ever since. I feel so helpless because I really do want to help him but if I do I’ll get caught and Romeo doesn’t want my help. Right now the skies are becoming grey and I’m feeling so vulnerable and miserable. Could my life get any worse? Oh, wait, yes!...
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...to take her shortly away to Mantua. Bringing forward the marriage of Juliet and Count Paris is why their intrigue fails. Juliet: Juliet is one of the main characters in the story. She’s a Capulet. She got forced to marry Paris, but she fell for Romeo, a Montague. Kiss: Romeo and Juliet kissed on the night they first met. It wasn’t allowed since their families were enemies. Laurence: The Friar offered neutral advice to Romeo and Juliet who could not talk to their parents about their love cause their families were enemies. He was also the priest who married Romeo and Juliet. He supplied Juliet with the potion. Mercutio: He was a friend of Romeo. He was a fearless character and kept looking for trouble. He died in a fight between him and Tybalt. Nurse: She was the family servant to Lord Capulet. The Nurse took care of Juliet her entire life and was more like a mother to her than Lady Capulet. She was Juliet’s intermediary in her affair with Romeo. Poison: Juliet drank the poison from Friar Laurence , that did not kill her. When Romeo saw her, he thought she was dead so he killed himself with real poison. Quarrel: The Montague family and the Capulet family were at war. The quarrel began a really long time ago. Not till the death of their children, both families agreed to end their feud. Romeo and Juliet resolved the conflict between their families, but they didn’t live anymore to enjoy the peace. vocabulary: daring-wagemutig (to) relieve-erleichtern (to) prevent-...
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...controlled by fate but rather they make there own decisions during the play. Everyone feels sorry for Romeo and Juliet because their lives were controlled by fate. But, no one looks at the huge errors they made leading up to there deaths. So, that's why i think fate is not a major factor in Romeo and Juliet. Even though fate caused them to fall in love, they made decisions that affected their lives, when Romeo and Juliet kill themselves. Or, when Juliet takes the sleeping potion from the friar, Also when Romeo kills Tybalt. These are all examples of free will in Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo Kills Tybalt in the play it is one of the major example of free will. When Tybalt kills Mercutio Romeo could have just walked away from Mercutio's death. But instead he forgot everything and just focused on killing Tybalt. “And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now.’ this quote shows that Romeo wants to avenge Mercutio's death and he will do anything to avenge him. Even when Romeo kills Tybalt and claims he was “fortune’s fool!” It was really...
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...shakespeare uses his strong bold words to show the hate between them. In Act 3 scene 2 in the play you can see that hatred. In Act 3 scene 2 Juliet talks how the hatred is shown between the two families the montagues and capulets as romeo and her cousin tybalt had a massive brawl and tybalt ended up dying in romeo's self defense. In history before Romeo and Juliet meet there 2 families montagues and capulets had hatred through each other. With them together makes the families more mad and killings will be confirmed to happen. Before act 3 scene 2 a massive fight occurred and killings were confirmed. Tybalt finds out that Romeo had married to Juliet and this made...
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...In Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers, Romeo and Juliet, briskly fall in love with one another and struggle to cope with a multitude of issues that plague their ideal life. It is evident that there are many problems with their love and death seemed to evidently be approaching them throughout the whole entire play. Nevertheless, there are numerous incidences in which Romeo and Juliet could have prevented their own deaths, so, therefore, they could have continued to live their lives together. The first major stride towards the death of Romeo and Juliet was when Romeo murdered Tybalt due to him allowing his rage to take over, rather than contemplating the repercussions of his actions. After Romeo kills Tybalt, he is exiled to Mantua, which he despises...
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...William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set in 16th century Verona, Italy shares differences with Baz Luhrmann’s film Romeo and Juliet set in modern day Verona Beach Miami. These stories contain the same characters and conflict, however do differ in interpretations. Director Baz Luhrmann has read or seen the play of Romeo and Juliet and recreated it into a more relatable film for this era as well as making it easier to understand by making the overall the overall story simpler. A particular scene from both the film and the script that differed was the wedding between Romeo and Juliet all though both scenes had the same concept they were performed in different ways. The script was a longer version, many words spoken and both Romeo and Juliet’s vows were loving and detailed. The scene only involved Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet. In the film the scene was shorter the vows were kept short and sweet and a bit more simpler but was still loving and compassionate because of the choice of music and the way the characters expressed their vows and showed much emotion and pulled on the heart strings possibly more than reading the script might have. The next scene that differed between the two was the death scene. In the film Juliet awakes just after Romeo has drank the potion and was beginning to die the both had the opportunity to say their last confession of love to one another before Romeo passed and Juliet shot herself in the head. Baz luhrmann may have chosen for the scene to play...
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...Throughout the entire play of Romeo and Juliet, we see an ongoing moral throughout it: the dangers of haste and recklessness. With Romeo quickly shifting from a superficial love of Rosaline to unconditional love with Juliet, we are given a very strong image of how quick, sudden decisions can have both positive and negative consequences. The question is, does fate and destiny affect the characters making these precipitous decisions? Friar Laurence seems to think so: “These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume” (II.vi. 9-11). Foremost, the quote is roughly saying that the couples (Romeo and Juliet) rushed and hasty passion for each other will ultimately conclude with devastation. Their great desire to be with each other shall be their ruination, not unlike what gunpowder and fire do: when you put the two together, they create a powerful and dangerous result, and then dissipate into nothing. Friar is actually talking about love, and how if Romeo charges into it it shall cease to last. However, at a first glance it sounds as if Friar is telling Romeo he shall die! Shakespeare conveys advantage of the phrase and uses it as foreshadowing in his writing, foretelling us of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The strength of these lines is not because it speaks of just fate, or just rashness: it is emphasized by both. Up to this point we know destiny is involved in the play, and we know haste is as well, but they are...
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...of all, Tybalt, for the unfortunate deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Firstly, the Capulets are partly responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet’s death. As Juliet had developed love for Romeo, she refuses to marry Paris. After hearing this, Capulet...
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