5 Rhetorical Devices in Speeches of Brutus and Antony 1. As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I slew him. This line from Brutus’s speech is an example of paralellism because Brutus says I ___ for him, as he was ______. These repeated phrases then form paralleism in the sentence. 2. Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would
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Macbeth at the start of the play At the start of the play, Macbeth is a good man who knows his place. He is a loyal servant of the King. God appoints the King to rule. If the King rules well, then his subjects will love him and he will reward their love with gratitude and generosity. This is the ideal state of affairs at the start of Macbeth, though just before it, there has been a rebellion, and the play opens with an account of the defeat of the rebels. Although God appoints the ruler, it is
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greed: killing duncan so he can become king. Also tied in with this is Lady MacBeths persuation, as she convinces him to kill duncan when he doubts it the night of the murder, but she tells him how he is not a man if he doesnt, etc. So greed through his wife led him to be even more greedy himself. It is also greed that he does not fess up, as he wants his life and wants to be king, and so chooses to keep that. But mainly his greed is in his killings. He was not content enough with the honour of being
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“If you know the enemy yourself, you need not fear the result of hindered battles, If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained, you will also suffer defeat, If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”. -Sun Tzu On night 17-18 November around 2200 hrs, a heavy snow storm was leashed in the battle zone for nearly two hours. After the snow storm, visibility improved to 600 meters. At 0200 hrs, LP ahead of 8 Platoon observed a large body of Chinese
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of Denmark” the characters Hamlet and Laertes are character foils. Both are young men whose fathers have been murdered and who set out to avenge and restore their family honour. The contrast of Hamlet and Laertes’ initial reactions to their fathers’ death, their journey of revenge and their actions taken to restore family honour are two very different paths. Prince Hamlet, the protagonist of the works, is portrayed as a very sensitive and intelligent character. It is clear that his mother Queen
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Within a one hundred year period, 20,000 indigenous Australians were eradicated, while only 2000 convicts were killed. The majority of the killings happened due to misunderstandings. The Europeans did not understand that the natives a different set of beliefs. “Many white settlers thought that the Aboriginals were: barbaric savages, dangerous, treacherous, without morals and possibly cannibalistic
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Ambition is the motivating force towards many people’s success; too much ambition can result in chaos. Ambition drove Macbeth to be a great warrior. However, once a malicious thought was planted in his mind, his potential to do great things turned into evil deeds. Macbeth’s ambition caused his downfall. Macbeth was on the road to greatness, he had everything a man could want. Macbeth’s successes in battle lead to admiration by many important and powerful people, such as the king. King Duncan boasts
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to a Prince and how Laertes now takes on a filial duty that is a thought present from Claudius that he will be the one to kill Hamlet so that Claudius can never be accused for doing anything and that Laertes was only avenging his father to redeem honour to his family’s name. Once Laertes is hit by Hamlet with the poison sword he realizes how he became vulnerable and followed Claudius instead of staying true to his values and apologizes to Hamlet for what he has
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In English Renaissance drama, the focus on the body is apparent with the female tragic protagonist. Revenge tragedies tap into fears of female sexuality, relating more broadly to issues of to female agency. Women’s roles, their power, and the destruction of their sexual morals can often be linked to the societal and patriarchal control of their bodies. From Annabella from ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore to Gloriana from The Revenger’s Tragedy, control of women’s agency through manipulation of their bodies
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example in Act 2 Scene, after Macbeth has killed King Duncan, the audience finds him struggling with the guilt he feels. Shakespeare shows Macbeths guilt through his inability to say ‘Amen’ which would have previously come easily from him. But after killing Duncan Macbeth believes God has turned his back on him because he committed the biggest sin- Regicide- and have gone against the divine right of kings and so would no longer be under the protection of God. Furthermore, in his mini-soliloquy in Act
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