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Plays
Plays are forms of literature written by playwrights for theatrical performances. These are written with dialogs between characters in a variety of genres – tragedy, historical, satire, comedy or farce. Among the famous plays is William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
2,548 Questions
What is the dramatic question in The Glass Menagerie?
Will Tom leave? Or
Will Amanda succeed in keeping Tom there?
In the crucible what's going on between the Proctors during act 2?
John Proctor is tired of Elizabeth being suspious after he commits adultry and it has been 7 months since that last happened. At the end of this act Elizabeth goes to jail.
Metaphors in act 4 of Julius Caesar?
Act 2 Scene 1 lines 311-313You are my true and honorable wife, as dear to me as are the ruddy drops that visit my sad heart- Portia is like Brutus' heart because she is so honest and such a great person. He truly loves and cares for her.
Who played the original Peter Pan?
In the original animated version (1953) Paul Collins voiced John and Tommy Luske voiced Michael; however in the live action, made-for TV version (1960) starring Mary Martin as Peter Pan, John was played by Joey Trent and Michael was played by Kent Fletcher.
What juror has the most lines in 12 Angry Men?
Juror Number 9 was a quiet old man, polite, but firm in what opinions he had. He was the first to support Juror Number 8.
He later made two very incisive points, about the old man witness maybe seeing the trial as an opportunity to have people pay attention to him, and later when he noted that the lady witness had indentations on the sides of her nose indicative of glasses.
What does Capulet tell Tybalt about Romeo?
He Says That Tybalt Is Going To Go and Fight Romeo For Going To The Party The Day Before.
What are the themes in femi osofisan's play 'Women of Owu'?
well....the themes from this play are Greed, Unfaithfulness, Wickedness, disobedience of man....,wickedness and shallow mindedness
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II,1,430
What, jealous Oberon! Fairies, skip hence:
I have forsworn his bed and company.
2
II,1,433
Then I must be thy lady: but I know
When thou hast stolen away from fairy land,
And in the shape of Corin sat all day,
Playing on pipes of corn and versing love
To amorous Phillida. Why art thou here,
Come from the farthest Steppe of India?
But that, forsooth, the bouncing Amazon,
Your buskin'd mistress and your warrior love,
To Theseus must be wedded, and you come
To give their bed joy and prosperity.
3
II,1,450
These are the forgeries of jealousy:
And never, since the middle summer's spring,
Met we on hill, in dale, forest or mead,
By paved fountain or by rushy brook,
Or in the beached margent of the sea,
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind,
But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
Therefore the winds, piping to us in vain,
As in revenge, have suck'd up from the sea
Contagious fogs; which falling in the land
Have every pelting river made so proud
That they have overborne their continents:
The ox hath therefore stretch'd his yoke in vain,
The ploughman lost his sweat, and the green corn
Hath rotted ere his youth attain'd a beard;
The fold stands empty in the drowned field,
And crows are fatted with the murrion flock;
The nine men's Morris is fill'd up with mud,
And the quaint mazes in the wanton green
For lack of tread are undistinguishable:
The human mortals want their winter here;
No night is now with hymn or carol blest:
Therefore the moon, the governess of floods,
Pale in her anger, washes all the air,
That rheumatic diseases do abound:
And thorough this distemperature we see
The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts
Far in the fresh lap of the crimson rose,
And on old Hiems' thin and icy crown
An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds
Is, as in mockery, set: the spring, the summer,
The childing autumn, angry winter, change
Their wonted liveries, and the mazed world,
By their increase, now knows not which is which:
And this same progeny of evils comes
From our debate, from our dissension;
We are their parents and original.
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II,1,491
Set your heart at rest:
The fairy land buys not the child of me.
His mother was a votaress of my order:
And, in the spiced Indian air, by night,
Full often hath she gossip'd by my side,
And sat with me on Neptune's yellow sands,
Marking the embarked traders on the flood,
When we have laugh'd to see the sails conceive
And grow big-bellied with the wanton wind;
Which she, with pretty and with swimming gait
Following,-her womb then rich with my young squire,-
Would imitate, and sail upon the land,
To fetch me trifles, and return again,
As from a voyage, rich with merchandise.
But she, being mortal, of that boy did die;
And for her sake do I rear up her boy,
And for her sake I will not part with him.
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II,1,509
Perchance till after Theseus' wedding-day.
If you will patiently dance in our round
And see our moonlight revels, go with us;
If not, shun me, and I will spare your haunts.
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II,1,514
Not for thy fairy kingdom. Fairies, away!
We shall chide downright, if I longer stay.
7
II,2,650
Come, now a roundel and a fairy song;
Then, for the third part of a minute, hence;
Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds,
Some war with rere-mice for their leathern wings,
To make my small elves coats, and some keep back
The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders
At our quaint spirits. Sing me now asleep;
Then to your offices and let me rest.
[The Fairies sing]
You spotted snakes with double tongue,
Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen;
Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong,
Come not near our fairy queen.
Philomel, with melody
Sing in our sweet lullaby;
Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby:
Never harm,
Nor spell nor charm,
Come our lovely lady nigh;
So, good night, with lullaby.
Weaving spiders, come not here;
Hence, you long-legg'd spinners, hence!
Beetles black, approach not near;
Worm nor snail, do no offence.
Philomel, with melody, &c.
8
III,1,950
[Awaking] What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?
9
III,1,959
I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again:
Mine ear is much enamour'd of thy note;
So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;
And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me
On the first view to say, to swear, I love thee.
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III,1,969
Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful.
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III,1,972
Out of this wood do not desire to go:
Thou shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no.
I am a spirit of no common rate;
The summer still doth tend upon my state;
And I do love thee: therefore, go with me;
I'll give thee fairies to attend on thee,
And they shall fetch thee jewels from the deep,
And sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep;
And I will purge thy mortal grossness so
That thou shalt like an airy spirit go.
Peaseblossom! Cobweb! Moth! and Mustardseed!
12
III,1,989
Be kind and courteous to this gentleman;
Hop in his walks and gambol in his eyes;
Feed him with apricocks and dewberries,
With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries;
The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees,
And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs
And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes,
To have my love to bed and to arise;
And pluck the wings from Painted butterflies
To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes:
Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies.
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III,1,1022
Come, wait upon him; lead him to my bower.
The moon methinks looks with a watery eye;
And when she weeps, weeps every little flower,
Lamenting some enforced chastity.
Tie up my love's tongue bring him silently.
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IV,1,1546
Come, sit thee down upon this flowery bed,
While I thy amiable cheeks do coy,
And stick musk-roses in thy sleek smooth head,
And kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy.
15
IV,1,1571
What, wilt thou hear some music,
my sweet love?
16
IV,1,1575
Or say, sweet love, what thou desirest to eat.
17
IV,1,1579
I have a venturous fairy that shall seek
The squirrel's hoard, and fetch thee new nuts.
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IV,1,1584
Sleep thou, and I will wind thee in my arms.
Fairies, begone, and be all ways away.
[Exeunt fairies]
So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle
Gently entwist; the female ivy so
Enrings the barky fingers of the elm.
O, how I love thee! how I dote on thee!
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IV,1,1624
My Oberon! what visions have I seen!
Methought I was enamour'd of an ass.
20
IV,1,1627
How came these things to pass?
O, how mine eyes do loathe his visage now!
21
IV,1,1632
Music, ho! music, such as charmeth sleep!
22
IV,1,1650
Come, my lord, and in our flight
Tell me how it came this night
That I sleeping here was found
With these mortals on the ground.
23
V,1,2247
First, rehearse your song by rote
To each word a warbling note:
Hand in hand, with fairy grace,
Will we sing, and bless this place.
Who played the parts in Shakespeare's plays?
After 1594 or so, Shakespeare became permanently attached to a company of players called The Lord Chamberlain's Men/King's Men. The actors would therefore be the members of that company, their hired men and apprentices, people like Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, Robert Armin, Lawrence Fletcher, Augustine Phillips, John Heminges, Henry Condell, William Sly, Richard Cowley, John Lowin, Alexander Cooke, Nicholas Tooley, Christopher Beeston, John Underwood, William Ostler, Richard Robinson, Robert Gough, George Bryan and Thomas Pope. Oh, and Shakespeare himself, of course. We don't have much information about who played what roles: Burbage played the leads like Hamlet, Macbeth or Henry V, Kempe was the clown who played Bottom, Costard and Peter in Romeo and Juliet, Armin was a later clown who played the Fool in King Lear, Cowley played Verges in Much Ado, Beeston and Robinson played women and Shakespeare was rumoured to have played the Ghost in Hamlet.
Who is the protagonist in Double Identity?
Bethany Joss Walter Aunt Myrlie
________________________________________________Bethany Cole: she is thirteen, the clone of her former sister Elizabeth
Elizabeth Cole: Walter Cole's first daughter. she died in a car accident
when she was thirteen and Walter Cole decided he couldn't lose her
so he cloned her and made Bethany.
Walter Cole: is Bethany and Elizabeth's Father
Aunt Myrlie: This is Walter's sister. She lost her husband in the same accident that Elizabeth died in. Bethany was sent to Myrlie's by Walter, Bethany was completely unaware of what her whole life is about
How does the play 12 angry men end?
Juror #8 -played by Henry Fonda in the 1957 black-and-white version directed by Sidney Lumet- manages to persuade all 11 other jurors to find the defendant not guilty. And they leave the courthouse.
Who was Shakespeare's biggest inspiration?
A guy named thomas who was well loved and got laid every night
Why is there a meeting at Brutus' house?
In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus and other conspirators held a meeting to plan the assassination of Caesar. The people who attended were Cassius, Casca, Decius, Cinna, Metellus Cimber, and Trebonius.
What battle plan does Cassius propose?
Cassius wants to wait where they are so that they are nicely rested and fully energized while Antony's troops would come tired. The battle would then be won by them.
On the other hand, Brutus feels that they should march to Antony. This is because the people living in that area were only on their side as they were forced to be. Thus, if Antony marched towards them, they would not be able to recruit many people on the way making their army very big and unbeatable. Also, they would be well refreshed.
In the end, it was Brutus' plan that was chosen.
What does Hamlet admit in act 5?
If R & G were on their toes they might pick up a lot from Hamlet's conversations with them in Act 2, although it may not be important. They must know, for example, that he holds Polonius in contempt. However, it is tricky to know when Hamlet is being serious or when he's just fooling around. "Denmark's a prison"--what does that convey? Only that Hamlet resents not being able to go back to Wittenberg?
The remark that really sticks out here is "I am mad only north-by-northwest; when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw." He's telling them that he's faking his madness, but it's a crazy-sounding sentence, and it comes out of the blue.
Generations of Shakespeare scholars, with more evidence to go on than R & G had, have been unable to say definitively whether Hamlet was really mad or whether he was faking it. You can hardly blame R & G for not being sure whether this remark is an admission.
In what play does someone remark that Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look?
HorseIsle Answer --> Julius Caesar
In Othello how many times is Iago referred to as honest?
Othello says Iago is honest 12 times.
Cassio says Iago is honest 1 time.
Desdemona says Iago is honest 1 time.
Iago says that he himself is honest 6 times.
Act I scene iii
2 - Othello
Act II scene i
1 - Iago
Act II scene iii
3 - Othello
2 - Iago
Act III scene i
1 - Cassio
Act III scene iii
3 - Othello
2 - Iago
1 - Desdemona
Act IV scene i
1 - Iago
Act V scene i
1 - Othello
Act V scene ii
3 - Othello
What is wrong with betty parris?
Betty is Reverend Parris's daughter. She is unconcious because she fainted when she was dancing with Abigail and Tituba and he came upon them. She is not moving and many believe she has been taken by the Devil. Her father, Reverend Parris, prays over her.
What do Laertes and Polonius advise Ophelia to do?
In Act 1 Scene 3 of Hamlet, both Laertes and Polonius advice Ophelia to stop seeing Hamlet in a romantic way. Laertes, as Ophelia's brother, gives the explanation that Hamlet, as heir to the throne of Denmark, must ultimately do what benefits the country. That means that though he may love Ophelia now, he will never be able to marry her because she is not of royal blood so it would not reflect well on the country, and because Denmark must come first, their relationship is doomed to end. Laertes says that Hamlet's affections for Ophelia are essentially flirtation and are going nowhere.
Polonius, Ophelia's father, gives the same advice for a different reason. He basically says that Hamlet is a young guy and offers her affection because he wants her, not because he loves her. He advises that Ophelia value herself more highly than Hamlet will, and says she should stop seeing him because what she thinks is love is simply lust.
Stay away from Hamlet. Do not be childish. This is not love between you and Hamlet, it is called lust.
How do the suppliants view Oedipus?
At the start, the people of Thebes consider Theban King Oedipus the savior of their city. He previously saves them from an oppressive tax burden. They now suffer from a famine, a low birth rate, and a pestilence that's killing off their grazing flocks and herds. They believe that Oedipus once again can sort things out properly.
Why was Antonio sad in the beganning of The Merchant of Venice?
Antonio has good fortune because his business is not dependent on one ship, nor any single location. His financial position does not depend on commercial enterprises of current year. Thus, he is not worried, in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.
What are romeos 2 instructions for the nurse?
First, Romeo instructs the nurse to tell Juliet to make some excuse to go to confession that afternoon with Friar Lawrence. Instead of saying confession, however, she will marry Romeo instead. Second, he instructs the nurse to wait behind the abbey wall while they are married and then to take a rope ladder from Romeo's servant that Romeo will use to sneak into Juliet's room that night so he can consummate the marriage.
