English assignment - Shakespeare
With reference to your reading and viewing experience, construct a blog entry that argues for or against the proposition that “William Shakespeare is still relevant to modern students”.
Romeo and Juliet-
Romeo and Julliet is one of the most romantic and well known love story in the world. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. The story takes place in Verona, Italy. It is story about a family rivalry between the Montagues and the Capulets. William Shakespeare was very clever with his writing as he mixed comedy and tragedy in his play, creating a different kind of romantic tragedy play. This play includes many conflicts and events such as fate, revenge, values, love and a secret marriage
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The play then moves to the military camp where the Scottish King hears the news that his fellow generals, Macbeth and Banquo have defeated the two different armies. Macbeth then comes across the witches with his fellow partner Banquo. The three witches foretell a prophecy of Macbeth becoming a Thane of Cawdor, then become the King of Scotland. They also foretell that Banquo will lead to him become part of the line of Scottish kings, but will unfortunately never become King. They don't believe the witches, until Macbeth is made thane of Cawdor. Macbeth tells his wife about what the witches said to him and his wife convinces Macbeth to Kill the king, so he may become the King. While King Duncan is asleep Macbeth stabs him, killing him. When Duncan is discovered dead Macbeth kills the chamberlains and assumes he is the king. Duncans sons then flee Scotland, and go and hide in England and Ireland. Macbeth then orders to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. The murderers fail to kill Fleance but are successful with Banquo. Later Banquo’s ghost appears to Macbeth, he is scared and then goes to the witches who then foretell another uprising opponent, Macduff. Macbeth orders that Macduff’s wife and children to be murdered due to Macduff fleeing to join Malcolm. King Duncan son, Prince Malcolm. Macbeth’s wife commits suicide due to plague and fits of sleepwalking. Macbeth is weakened by this, but still expects Malcolms army. In …show more content…
Unfortunately, when greed is involved the power of lust, does something to humans and drives us to do harm and wrong things. Macbeth’s situation is that what destroys him. Macbeth’s ambition is what has made him great, this is happens in todays world. The human desire to be great and succeed, but at what cost to other’s. What happened many centuries ago, ironically happens today. The drive and hunger for wealth, status and nobility has no price. People destroy what good they have and don't think of consequences of why will happen. People live for the moment. Macbeth shows us the nature of evil, how corrupt of how we humans are evil. The emotion of evil lies deep in us all, it is only how we can stop it from destroying us and not taking it further. There is a saying, “what comes around, goes around.” humans can do harm to others, but at what cost to
“Do not deny to him that you love me.”(Rom. 4.1 25) Paris, one of Juliet’s suitors, is trying to win Juliet’s love at the same time that Romeo loves her. Together, Paris and Romeo are juxtaposed, while vying for Juliet’s love, so that they are compared and contrasted. Both have similar traits but are different through how they act towards people and personalities. Paris and Romeo are alike in integrity but very different by their personalities and treatment of Juliet.
In conclusion, Macbeth is a victim of external forces. In this story you would learn the negative things about greed. Why you should not be greedy, and the consequences you would face. Shakespeare uses Macbeth to show terrible effects that ambition and guilt can have on a man who lacks strength of characters. Bravery, self-doubt, and ambition was the mastery of Macbeth throughout the play. In my opinion, this was very explainable of what greed exactly means. In the beginning, shows a brave and capable warrior; Macbeth, and things just fall apart for him at the end of the play. You should really read this, because it gives examples of greed and the consequences they
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a love story based in Verona in the 1500s. Romeo and Juliet’s families have been in a feud for years, despite that they still fall in love. Romeo and Juliet hide their love from their families and this destroys them in the end. Romeo is protagonist and tragic hero in this play. He is an passionate and impulsive character that makes him perfect for his part.
Romeo and Juliet is a famous tragedy written by Shakespeare. The plot is based on an Italian tale but Shakespeare makes it more dramatic by developing specific characters, such as the Nurse and Mercutio. The plot is set in Verona in the sixteenth century. The Montagues and the Capulets are two distinguished families in Verona; however, they see each other as enemies. They are fighting all the time.
Macbeth had been encountered by three witches that told him and Banquo of their future, banquo's son is to be king someday, and macbeth was to become king and take Duncan's place only if he were to kill him. Initially macbeth wanted to let things play out on their own, but his wife Lady Macbeth was fixated on the crown and wanted end Duncan's life after he came to greet Macbeth at their home. He was to be a kind host but in the end take Duncan's crown by framing the drunken guards and playing
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, is set in Verona where two families, Montague and Capulet, have a long feud between them. This conflict causes a dilemma for the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet that are secretly married, and they take their lives to be together. Romeo, a Montague, is a teenage boy that in the beginning of the play, loves Rosaline and he is depressed because she doesn’t love him back. After talking to Mercutio, Romeo’s friend, he goes to a Capulet’s party and falls in love with the daughter of Lord Capulet, Juliet, and they secretly get married. By the end of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s quality of being naïve and kills himself after him being heartbroken over Juliet’s supposed death. His quality
First, Macbeth and Banquo's encounter with the three witches begin Macbeth's decline. On their way to the King's court, Macbeth and Banquo come upon the witches. The witches hail Macbeth the Thane of Glamis and the Thane of Cawdor. They also declare Macbeth will be king one day. The witches tell Banquo he will never be king, but his descendants will. When Ross tells Macbeth the king has made him Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth is amazed the witches' prophecy has come true. The witches prophecies stir Macbeth's thoughts to the possibility of becoming king which leads him toward evil. He never would have thought of killing the king before hearing the witches prophecies. Without hesitation, he murders the king's chamberlains out of false revenge. After murdering the King, Macbeth next focuses his attention on the witches prophecy to Banquo. He realizes he must kill Banquo and his son Fleance to prevent Banquo's...
After having Duncan as their guest in their castle, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth murder Duncan, fearing for their lives, as the king’s two sons flee from Scotland. This causes Macbeth to be crowned king of Scotland. His growing fear of Banquo’s prophecy makes him strike against Banquo and murder him, but his son Fleance manages to flee. When Banquo’s ghost appears at a royal banquet, it causes Macbeth to seek the witches once more.
Romeo, O, Romeo. Romeo and Juliet, a drama play by William Shakespeare, tells the tale of two star crossed lovers. In the city of Verona 1590, two love-stricken teenagers, are predestined to meet. They are forbidden to be with one another, for a feud by their progenitors has doomed them with a forever lasting hatred for one another. Defying those rules, the two decide to keep their love a secret, ending their lives in a way no one would have imagined.
of power. He then seeks to secure his position by killing anyone who threatens him, for instance Banquo, because the three witches, also told Macbeth that Banquo's children would be kings. Duncan's son Malcolm, who fled to England, after his father's death, returns with the English army, including the noble Macduff, who later slays Macbeth. Macbeth at the beginning of the play starts off as a great general. returning home after a victorious battle, but after his encounter with the witches, evil and ambition slowly starts to take its grip, even though, throughout the play we see the struggle Macbeth has with his conscience.
Throughout History, greed has exhibited a capacity of good and evil. The story begins as a respected and loyal hero of Scotland during the middle ages takes a turn for the worse. Greed causes him to make sinister decisions, violence made him hated by the community, and hallucinations made him become sickened. “Macbeth and another of the king’s general’s, Banquo, encounters three witches, who greet Macbeth as thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor, and future king”( Dominic, Catherine C., Ed “Shakespeare’s Characters for Students New York: Gale, 1997 Print). This is when the evil thoughts of greed nature begin within Macbeth. “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt to be king hereafter” (Shakespeare, William 1.2 62-64). The three witches predict Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy- but it did not have to be. Romeo and Juliet is the tragic story of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who are the son and daughter of two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Written by the famed playwright Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet takes place in the 14-15 century in the cities of Verona and Mantua, cities in northern Italy. After a series of events that involves Romeo getting banished from Verona and Juliet getting forced to marry a count, Paris, they kill themselves. It has been argued for centuries about who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
In “Macbeth” written by William Shakespeare the main character Macbeth is a general in the Scottish army. After Macbeth and Banquo another general return from battle they encounter three witches the witches give Macbeth and Banquo three Prophesies. The witches prophesy that Macbeth will be made thane (a rank of Scottish nobility) of Cawdor and eventually King of Scotland. They also prophesy that Banquo will produce a line of Scottish kings although Banquo will never become king himself. King Duncan’s men come to thank the two generals for their victories in battle and to tell Macbeth that he has been named thane of Cawdor. The previous thane betrayed Scotland by fighting for the Norwegians and Duncan has condemned him to death. Macbeth’s wife Lady Macbeth hears about king Duncan coming to their castle and try’s to persuade Macbeth to murder king Duncan. He and Lady Macbeth plan to get Duncan’s two chamberlains drunk so they will black out; the next morning they will blame the murder on the chamberlains, who will be defenseless, as they will remember nothing. While Duncan is asleep, Macbeth stabs him, despite his doubts and a number of supernatural visions, including a vision of a bloody dagger. Macbeth now becomes king and Fearful of the witches’ prophecy that Banquo’s heirs will seize the throne, Macbeth hires a group of murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. They ambush Banquo on his way to a royal feast, but they fail to kill Fleance, who escapes but kills Banquo. Lady Macbeth later kills herself while sleepwalking and Macbeth becomes depressed. Later Macduff comes with his army and beheads Macbeth. And Malcolm becomes king.
In the fictional book The Sowing by K. Makansi, Remy the main charter is part of a resistance outside the boundaries of the Okarian sector in which they all once lived in before they left to get out of the rule of Corine Orlean. They moved out of the sector when the ruler of the sector, Corine Orlean paid someone to cold bloodedly murder a science teacher named Mr. Hawthorne and his entire class because Hawthorne held important information about hybrid seeds that could boost one's abilities. Ever since that tragedy Remy, Eli, Soren, and Kenzie have worked together, as a team, to unravel the mystery Hawthorne left before Corine does. Remy and her team have done various raids into the sector food banks to try to come back with evidence that the
Duncan's murder also turns his lords against him, and when the time of the battle comes, they desert him. His people, obviously not content with his rule, also desert him, and when the opposing army arrives at Dunsinane hill, Macbeth’s army leaves. "Where they not forced with those that should be ours,"(5.5.5). Macbeth has lost "honor, love, obedience, troops of friends" (5.3.29), because of his evil deeds, and this is what physically ends Macbeth. Feeling anger towards Macduff for having fled, Macbeth murders his whole family, and makes Macduff a powerful enemy. When Malcolm returns from England with an army, Macduff is there, as are most of the Lords of Scotland. But Macduff searches for Macbeth with the sole purpose of avenging his family. They fight and Macduff is victorious, he slays Macbeth, and proclaims Malcolm the rightful king of Scotland. As a result of his abuse on his people and his evil actions Macbeth's reign is brought to an end. For having followed evil, Macbeth is