This scene is set in Antony’s house where Antony, Octavius and Lepidus meet to plot revenge against the conspirators. During their meeting, the topic of Lepidus’ brother comes up and they begin to discuss what to do with him but… Continue Reading →
In this scene, Antony is speaking to the crowd and he turns everyone against the conspirators. He does this through the use of metaphors. Furthermore, he manipulates the crowd by using Caesar’s ‘will’ which I believe to be a lie… Continue Reading →
Starter: fatuous – foolish, silly Task One: A soldier moves his comrade into the light and warmth of the Sun in hope of him ‘waking up’. It used to wake him every day in World War One era France…. Continue Reading →
In Act 3 Scene 1, Caesar is murdered by the conspirators after refusing to grant a petition to unbanish Cimber. Casca delivers the first stab as he says ‘Speak hands for me!’ as though he is telling his hands to… Continue Reading →
Shakespeare presents Caesar’s death in Act 3 Scene 1 by using language devices and sentence structure to show how his hubris leads to his downfall. Shakespeare uses a metaphor on the 3rd line (in the extract). Caesar says ‘But I… Continue Reading →
Caesar’s hubris is used against him in Act 2 Scene 2 where he is speaking to his wife and promises not to see the Senate that day. However once Decius Brutus arrives to collect Caesar, his mind changes because Decius… Continue Reading →
Shakespeare presents Brutus’ intentions by using metaphors to justify his thoughts and actions. He shows this in Act 2 Scene 1 where Brutus is speaking to Cassius and he says ‘To cut the head off and then hack the limbs’… Continue Reading →
Submarine Warfare: Submarines were first used in the First World War but were mainly used for attacking merchant ships supplying resources to the UK (because the UK is an island and requires most of its resources to be imported). However,… Continue Reading →
Task One: The speaker is speaking in 1st person. I think that the speaker is speaking in present tense but mainly in the past tense. I also believe that the speaker is male as he mentions marrying a girl. Unless… Continue Reading →
‘I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs’ I think that Harper Lee uses language and tone to present Miss Maudie’s views of Maycomb County. In… Continue Reading →
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