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Following The Reverend Parris’ plea to “cast out the devil” Mary, unsurprisingly, is unable to take the circumstances of being pressured much longer and becomes hysterical. She “screams” and has an “evident fit”. The suspense which has been building during Mary’s questioning has come to a climax and the scene becomes overwhelmed with drama when…

When we are first introduced to John Proctor, we discover that he’d had an affair with his family servant, Abigail Williams, when his wife Elizabeth was ill. Elizabeth finds out about the affair and dismisses Abigail. The first scene in which John and Elizabeth Proctor are seen speaking is very tense and cold. The sentence…

Rodolpho suggests that he was only “surprised” when punched by Eddie and not physically hurt. He is obviously hiding his true feelings; he is only being polite to Eddie because he is staying in his house. He might also not want to cause friction between Eddie and Beatrice. Catherine’s behaviour suggests to us that she is…

By the second extract we can see a lot of remarkable changes In Pip, before we see him living with his brother in law Joe in the countryside, however he now lives with Herbert Pocket, in London and is now a wealthy, affluent and prosperous gentlemen. A gentleman in this novel has two ideas. One…

William Shakespeare is one of the most famous authors of all time. His intelligence, imagination, creativity, and many other skills are applauded by readers until this day. Shakespeare’s plays are traditionally organized into three groups: Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Shakespearean tragedy usually depicts a central character in the play that falls from grace and dies,…

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular plays in Shakespearean time and was set in the city of Verona. The play is about a classic love story containing two noble families; Capulet and Montague. This was branded as tragedy along with King Lear, Macbeth, and Othello. In this essay, I am going to…

His involvement in the play up until this point is limited but he was the 1 along with Benvolio that persuaded Romeo to gatecrash the Capulet ball to show him that there are more women than Rosyline. And he was there to taunt the Capulet nurse when she comes to tell Romeo of the marriage….

Today was one of the best days of my life. Oh, I am so happy and confused and sad. What to do, I know not. I just got engaged to a man named Romeo. I have to tell you the most exiting news. . . . I’m getting married!!! Oh, can you die of happiness?…

“Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.” Shakespeare’s world is foreign to us only in some of its customs and value systems. The variations he plays in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ on the theme of love, its corollaries and antitheses are timeless. Do you agree? Throughout ‘Romeo and Juliet’ aspects of time and…

In this sense, blacks are stereotyped harmful and wrong. Parris is asking Abigail if she has done anything wrong to anyone in the village who may be cursing her. Abigail answers incredulously, surprised that her close Uncle would ever say such a thing. We feel sympathy for Abigail as her closest family does not believe…