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Hester Prynne was not executed because the magistrates believed that shame would be a harsher punishment. Therefore Hester was forced to wear a scarlet A on her chest. Another reason she was not executed was that nobody knew the identity of her child's father. If Hester was executed, then there would be no one to take care of the child.

He gets blinded by Regan and The Earl of Cornwall and his property taken away and given to his bastard son Edmund. He then wanders about accompanied by his other son Edgar, who's in exile. When Edgar reveals his identity, Gloucester has a heart attack and dies.

In Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Demetrius is in love with Hermia, but Hermia hates Demetrius, as he won't leave her alone, tries to steal her away from Lysander and tries to force her to marry him by saying that she is his 'certain right'. He also previously wooed her best friend Helena, promised to marry her, and then left her as soon as he saw Hermia, so part of her hatred is loyalty to her friend.

A "love triangle" is when three people are involved with each other, either directly or indirectly. For instance, a man dating two different women who might or might not know about each other.

ermmm ... well normally a lady , however it depends on the play and the genre for example a comic play e.g a panto , a lot of the time women are played by men.

It was his job. That is one of the ways that he made his living.

Twenty-three years old.

Because they didn't have much in terms of setting and props to give you a scene, Shakespeare wrote in a ton of details - that way, the audience could know what was going on in the scene, and where they were, etc.

The word "have" is modern English. The Old English equivalent is "habban," the infinitive meaning "to have." Most of its meanings are the same as its modern descendant: to possess, hold, etc. A form of the verb can be used in compound tenses, just like modern English "have seen" and so on.

The play was written by Henrik Ibsen.

The tempest is about a group of people who get shipwrecked on a island (Miranda and prospero) and then they try and take over the island and enslave a native monster/man called Caliban and also imprison a island spirit called Ariel, after a few weeks Miranda stumbles across another person called Ferdinand and they both fall in love,

I'm not sure what happens in between but at the end prospero sets Ariel free and Ferdinand and Miranda gets married, and everyone is happy :) Xx

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Antonio and Bassanio's friendship is a very close one. Bassanio consider Antonio his best friend. I also think that Bassanio is also Antonio's best friend because Antonio lent money to Bassanio so he can pay his debts while living the high and fun life. Antonio even sacrifice his own life to Shylock so that Bassanio can have three thousands ducats to woo Portia, a rich heiress from Belmont. I think this part really says that Antonio does care about Bassanio and in a possible way he loves him like a brother. Antonio also Bassanio that all the money that he needed to pay Antonio that Bassanio did not need to pay him the money that he borrows a long time ago. Antonio is really a nice and kind friend and Bassanio is really lucky to have him. This part shows that Antonio is really kind and would sacrifice everything so his friend's happiness would be fulfilled. Bassanio on the other hand sometimes takes Antonio for granted. Bassanio even told Portia that Antonio is his best friend and he is the kindest and nicest man in Venice. Portia replied that she would like to meet him. But there is a scene where Bassanio wasn't gold - digger always that he also cares about Antonio too. Bassanio told Portia that he needed to save Antonio's life from the Jewish moneylender, Shylock. He said that he needed to save his friend's life first before marrying Portia. This part also shows that he is truthful to his friend. When Bassanio gave the ring, that Portia made him swear never to give it away, lose it or anything, to the lawyer who was actually Portia to reward the lawyer for helping to save Antonio's life. He was even willing to give the ring that his future wife gave it to him to show that he belongs to Portia and her wealth.Bassanio also felt worried when Portia told him that she had to sleep with the lawyer to get the ring back. This was the part that Bassanio showed that he was in love with Portia and not only with her wealth. But Portia eventually told Bassanio that she was the lawyer and Nerissa was the lawyer's clerk. Bassanio felt relieved and fooled by his wife. This part also shows that Portia's beauty also matches her brains. Bassanio also told the lawyer that he love Antonio more than his wife and the lawyer replied that you and your wife will argue if she were to hear this. This shows that Bassanio could not control his mouth and can not keep secrets. Antonio on the other hand also showed that he was easily gullible to think that Bassanio care for him but in fact Bassanio only wanted money. Although Antonio is kind, I also think he is too trustworthy. He trusts so must on his ship. He was very confident that his ships will return safely to land. But later rumors spread that Antonio's ship sank and it turned out to be true. I also thought that Antonio is a lonely man and have no self confident. But this part shows that he has a small spark of it in him. Antonio also told shylock that he was a dog, a non- believer, critic on his Jew clothes and more horrible things. This shows that Antonio can be a mean and unkind person to the Jews. I believe that through out the trial, Antonio and Bassanio characters have many sides. Bassanio turned out to be a nice man after all and Antonio can also be a horrible man after all. Their friendship had revealed some new characters about them.

Her nurse tells her in Act 1 Scene 5 at the very end.

"His name is Romeo and a Montague / The only son of your great enemy"

To which Juliet replies:

"My only love sprung from my only hate!"

The identity of Rumplestiltskin's son has not been revealed, but there are many people who believe that his son is Henry's father.

The immediate cause of the quarrel between Brutus and Cassius is Brutus saying that he believes Lucius Pella has taken bribes. Cassius is friends with Lucius and is angry that Brutus would accuse his friend.

Women are not stereotyped as "shrews" in this play. If it were so, then all the women in the play would be equally shrewish. But they are not. Kate is shrewish but the other women are not. Some really stereotypical characters are Gremio, the elderly suitor, who like all elderly suitors, is portrayed as being foolish, the lippy servants Tranio and Biondello, who are stereotypes drawn from the commedia dell'arte, and the lovers Lucentio and Bianca. Actually, Kate is the least stereotypical and most interesting character in the play.

The causes of Claudio's problems are both external and internal. The external cause of his problems is Don John, who is always feeding Claudio lies, first that Don Pedro has betrayed him, and second (and more convincingly) that Hero has betrayed him.

But as we and Don John find out from how easily Claudio falls for the lie that Don Pedro has wooed Hero for himself, Claudio is susceptible to suggestions that Hero will go for other guys apart from him. He is inclined to jealousy, to the suspicion that he is being cuckolded, and to react violently and cruelly when these suspicions are aroused. He could have behaved like St. Joseph who found himself in a similar situation and thought to "divorce her quietly", but he didn't.

Biff steals because from a young age, Biff was not taught the difference between right and wrong or allusion versus reality. He was taught that it was okay to steal as long as success comes from the stealing. For example, when Biff stole the football from his coach, his father simply laughed and said, "Sure, he's gotta practice with a regulation ball, doesn't he? Coach'll probably congratulate you on the initiative." Thus, Willy was showing Biff that it was okay to steal as long as success came from it. Another time, when Willy showed to Biff that it was okay to steal/cheat was when Bernard was trying to get Biff to study and Willy simply said "Bernard: Where is he? If he doesn't study! Willy: You'll give him the answers!" This is another incident when Willy shows Biff that it is okay to cheat if it leads to success. Biff also feels as though the world owes him something, so when the people around him do not give him what he's owed, he steals from them to punish them in a passive aggressive manor.

A written version of a play that is created by the playwright is called a script. A script is also the term that is used when referring to a film or television show.

Macbeth was very real. He was king of Scotland for 17 years from 1040 to 1057. The original King Macbeth's name was actual Mac Bethad meaning Son of Bethad. There are all kinds of people with the surname Macbeth living now. Google "Ryan Macbeth" if you don't believe me. It's a real name.

this was written by Hendrik Ibsen and published in 1881

Well, basically, this is not an easy question to answer. In essence, the whole play is made up of verses manifested especially in Becket and Chorus' speech, hence, this greatly enhances the richness of the language in the play. There are of course exceptions, as seen in the speech made by the 4 knights in prose. It's actually quite complicated if you really bother to analyse it.