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In Act 3, scene 1, we see Caesers death by the conspirators. We also see Antony’s reaction. When Antony finds out about his death, he is very shoked and feels guilty. “O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth.” Antony walks in to the room and feels guilty straight away. However, he wasnt there at…

How has Shakespeare shown Antonys reaction to caesars murder? In act 3, scene 1, Antony discovers about Caesars death. Shaplkespear uses alot of figurative language to show Antonys reaction to the death of Caesar. “O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth”. This quote suggests that Antony believes that Caesar was so powerful, he was…

In the scene of Caesars death, Shakespeare uses Caesar’s Hubris against him. This creates a lot of tension in the scene. Caesar says “Doth not Brutus bootless kneel” moments before the tragic event. He also says “Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus?” This quote is figurative language as he believes that he will become one…

In Scene 2, Act 2, Caesar is at his house with his wife Calpurnia. Calpurnia has just persuaded Caesar to stay home because she was having bad dreams. However, the senats are planning to get caesar to go to them. This is because they are planing to assasinate him. The senats uses Decius Brutus to…

Shakespeare has used Brutus’s character to show the hate for Caesar. He does this through symbolism and imagery. He also talks about Mark Antony in act 2, s ene 1. I believe that Brutus has high intentions to kill Caesar but to leave Mark Antony alone. “And for Mark Antony, think not of him; for…

Come on, come back. In the dark misty night on the sandy beaches of Austerlitz, there lays a girl. A girl with blonde hair scattered over the floor. The green uniform of a soldier laying on the floor beside her.

The poet explains that love and pain are linked together. When there is love, there is always pain. This is because in stanza 2, there are words associated with both love and pain. “Two burning rings”. This quote has a mixture of love and pain as the rings are love and burning is pain.

“I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us.” Throughout the passage, Lee uses miss Maudie to describe the people in Maycomb. I can see Miss Maudie’s view on Maycomb county. Maudie says that only men like Atticus do the…

In this passage, Miss Maudie says that ‘we’re so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we’ve got men like Atticus to go for us.’ This states that Miss Maudie thinks that Maycomb County is isolated from everywhere in America. I believe that she also thinks that Maycomb is racist and can…

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