Ay

Macduff is a traitor. This allows the people to unite together and form a mutual hatred towards Macduff instead of Macbeth’s corrupt regime. As seen in the quote from Macduff’s son: “Was my father a traitor, mother?”(4.2.51), and his mother’s response: “Ay, that he was.”(4.2.52), you can see that he even managed to convince Macduff’s own family of his seemingly unfaithfulness and the possibility that he was a traitor. This let’s you know that right now the only people looking at Macbeth as a…

William Shakespeare is a poet and playwright, whose work has been admired and shared since the late 16th century, making him the most famous playwright from the Elizabethan era. His plays are expressed through various themes including love, betrayal and tragedy in which he repetitively challenges the protagonists. Romeo and Juliet is a play that combines a beautiful love with a great tragedy, developing it into one of Shakespeare 's most recognized masterpieces. These well-known themes enable…

Hamlet Essay In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the theme of death is pervasive. The specter of death is represented in the opening scene of the play when Hamlet sees the ghost of his dead father, and the play ends with a bloody scene of death and carnage. However, apart from these obvious representations of physical death, as nearly every significant character in the play dies, the theme of death on a more spiritual level is played out most dramatically in Hamlet’s own mind in his famous…

Natural Indicators Lab; a Study in pH Levels Using Green Cabbage Introduction- pH is the concentration of hydrogen in a substance. It is the scale used to tell how acidic or basic a solution is. The normal pH scale goes zero to fourteen. Zero to about six indicates that the solution is an acid. If the solution is closer to zero it makes it a stronger acid, but if the solution is closer to seven than it is a weak acid. If a solution has a pH of seven then it is neutral. A pH of eight to fourteen…

The rush of power can be an overwhelming and intoxicating feeling, it can bring you to places in life that you never expected or dreamed about. The need for power can also be the end of everything you worked towards. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and Mary Reilly by Valarie Martin, a man named Henry Jekyll discovers first hand the reality of seeking power and how it can ruin everything around you. The ripples of Jekyll’s mistakes not only effect him but the ones around him,…

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Horatio is a devoted and persistent comrade. After Hamlet’s death, it would be wise for Fortinbras to take Horatio in as his adviser. In contrast to Hamlet’s lack of consistency and unpredictable nature, Horatio is trustworthy, level-headed, and loyal. In the play, Hamlet, there is no character more trustworthy than Horatio. He proved to Hamlet on multiple occasions that his trust was well deserved. From early on, the reader is able to see that Horatio would do almost…

Ophelia is very short with her words during this scene and does not give much attention to Hamlet’s jokes or active state. When he speaks with her, she answers with broad phrases such as “ay, my lord” or “no, my lord” (Shakespeare, 97-98). Ophelia is trying to deal with the loss of his love here, however she allows him to lie in her lap and she addresses him as lord showing politeness. The numbness to his words and actions shows a weak…

In the time period of Edmond Rostand, a person’s honor was treasured. Honor determined a person’s character. Integrity and virtue meant everything. Likewise, upholding one’s honor is extremely important to Cyrano, the hero of Cyrano de Bergerac. Throughout the play he endeavors to be honorable in word and deed. Even at his death, despite all else, Cyrano recognizes the value of the rare and sacred white plume, his unstained honor. By showing honor in every aspect of his life Cyrano proves that…

hands, and not from those of a murderer. A common question is, will the use of gun control laws really effect the rate of crime ,deter it ,or will it just be a waste of time money, and efforts ? looking at it From the statistical stand point you would ay of course it would . But in order to fully understand or grasp a full comprehension of the issues importance you must first take a look at the laws that are placed in effect at this point in time. And one reason is a elementary school in…

The purpose of this paper is to identify, discuss and provide a solution to the issues within income inequality around the world. Income inequality is an unequal distribution of income to an individual. The problem of income inequality is that it affects our health and well being in a negative way, according to David R. Miller, the majority of canadians that have a greater income have a better chance of survival because they have the resources and income to get the medical care that they would…