When is macbeth first soliloquy

In his first soliloquy, Macbeth cannot decide whether to kill Duncan in the hope of taking his place as king. However he realises that there would be many consequences.

In his second soliloquy, at the end of Act 2 Scene I, he sees a dagger, hovering in mid air. The bell rings, and he leaves to kill Duncan. This is a good show of conscience from Macbeth. The images they employ in their soliloquies tells us of their imaginative capacity and how it is in relation to their scope for ambition. It elucidates the depth of the play and through these, we also understand how we, in the end, may think of our own actions in our own lifetime.

Soliloquy in this play reveals the true characteristics of the persons in the play and how we mortals go through constant conflicts and to be weak is to give in to the lure of the evil on this earth. Skip to content. Next Lesson Key Quotes. He educates himself and on repeated occasions tries to approach people in society, however, is rejected every time because of his monstrous appearance.

As a result, the creature becomes enraged at humanity and Frankenstein's unfair treatment towards him and consequently exacts revenge on Frankenstein and his family. The essay topic we'll be looking at today is, Our sympathies in this novel ultimately lie with the creature.

So in previous videos, we've looked at keywords, how to identify them and how to define them. Since it's pretty straightforward for this essay topic, I thought I would skip that part and then go into the more nitty gritty with the body paragraphs. But, if you are unfamiliar with these steps, then I'll link them in the card above and also in the description below so you can have a look at how I went ahead and did the keyword section in my planning, now back to the prompt. Unequivocally within Frankenstein, Shelley portrays sympathy as spread throughout the text through depicting the creature as innately human through his desire for relationship and the challenges he faces at the hands of the prejudice enlightenment society he's born into, Shelley elicits sympathy for his situation.

However, through the notable absence of the female gender throughout the text, Shelley portrays those silent within society as most deserving of sympathy. So, with this in mind, here are the potential paragraphs in response to this prompt. Paragraph one, Shelley's depiction of the creature as innately human motivates support for his challenges at the hands of a prejudice society.

The action of the creature to open his dull yellow eye, symbolic of his nature as a human being alongside a green wrinkled on his cheeks, with one hand stretched out, indicates his simple desire for paternal connection. Through constructing the creature's actions as innately human Shelley acts proleptically of the inequitable experiences the creature will experience throughout the structural architecture of the text.

And through doing so, depicts his character as worthy of support. Similarly, through the metaphor of fire, Shelley explores the duality of progress and innovation of which the creature desires. The fire, one that gives light as well as heat, yet also causes a cry of pain, indicates the hardships of the creature in his isolation, whereby, his forced to withdraw from his desire for education.

Upon viewing himself in a pool, the creature becomes "fully convinced that I was in reality [a] monster" with the consequent sensations of despondency and mortification granting the reader the opportunity to sympathize with the creature in order to indicate the intensely negative social prejudices that are inflicted upon the creature.

So you can see that we've looked at symbols of the creature's nature and the metaphor of fire to support our topic sentence. Using literary techniques is what's going to make the difference between you and another student who might be saying the same thing. Because when you look at literary devices, it means that you're reading just beyond the lines, just beyond what's in front of you.

You're now introducing your own interpretation, so you're looking at fire and thinking about what that means in connection to the text, and why Mary Shelley would use the term of a fire and revolve her discussion around that.

So let's see how we keep doing this in the next body paragraph. Paragraph two, Shelley indicates the significance of relationships as a key element of human nature that the creature is denied, motivating affinity from readers. In replacement of human relationships, the creature rather seeks comfort within the natural world.

The metaphorical huge cloak that the creature takes refuge within indicates this, illustrative of an ecosystem, the forest allows the creator to surround himself with life. The subsequent attempts to "imitate the pleasant songs of the birds" reveals the desperate urge of the creature for companionship as he is abandoned by the paternal relationship represented by Victor Frankenstein, which forms a core of human relationships.

Again, here we've discussed the metaphorical huge cloak and its connection with the forest, I strongly encourage you to have the goal of discussing at least one literary device per body paragraph. And no, there is no such thing as talking about too many literary devices because it's really just about whether or not your argument is concise and whether or not you're backing that up with evidence.

Paragraph three. However, it is Shelley's depiction of the submissive female sex within Frankenstein that becomes most deserving of sympathy. Each female character is characterized as passive, disposable, and they're serving a utilitarian function, namely as a channel of action for the male characters within the text. Notably, the complete lack of absence of Margaret Saville, functioning only as an audience for Walton's letters exemplifies this.

Margaret's role within the text is simply to enable Walton to relay the story of Frankenstein and as such were the most necessary character of the texts whilst the most distant. This ironic dichotomy enables Shelley to exemplify the difficult role of the female within society, arising sympathy from the readership.

Here, even the purposeful emission of a character is discussed as a language technique. So, this type of literary device definitely tops the cake because you're literally looking at what's not even there. That's definitely reading between the lines. Frankenstein is a very complex novel, and sometimes that's what makes it a difficult text to study.

But, it lends itself to many unique interpretations and it's heavily dressed with heaps of literary devices or metalanguage, however you want to call it. So, that's what makes it an absolutely fantastic text for high school students to study.

If you wanted to find out more on how to nail a Frankenstein essay, then I'll link you to my blog just down below, because there are definitely more tips there to help you excel in this particular text. Thank you so much for watching, and especially even if you're not studying this text, I hope you've been able to take something away from this video. And I'm confident that you have because talking about literary devices is definitely a topic that isn't necessarily the fore front of discussion in classrooms, and it's something that a lot of people struggle with.

So, I hope you are able to walk away with a new goal in sight in order to improve your English essays. So, I will see you guys next time, thank you so much for joining me, see you guys soon. Metalanguage is language that describes language. The simplest way to explain this is to focus on part 3 of the English exam — Language Analysis. For a detailed discussion, see What is metalanguage?

A shallow introduction is like missing the start of your running race, or even worse arriving at a party just before it ends! Without being overly hyperbolic, here are a four essential tips that will ensure your assessor sees you as a high-scoring student right from your first sentence. Time and time again students fall into one of two traps. They either try to start each paragraph with a lengthy and often beautiful phrase trying to encapsulate every idea they plan to introduce in the paragraph.

Or on other occasions, they have no introductory sentence and instead launch straight into their poetry analysis. Your topic sentence is the frame for the whole paragraph so please, keep it clear, succinct, and relevant to the essay question. And here are three STRONG topic sentences for each paragraph of this essay note how I always link back to the topic of human experiences and link ideas between paragraphs.

What makes a poetry essay so unique is that your paragraphs are based on broad ideas rather than the motifs and behaviours of characters in novels. This means that when planning your essay you must ensure that each paragraph has only one idea and that each paragraph is based on a different idea. From there you can work out which poems best represent each concept to work out which poems you will use for each paragraph.

This is why I love poetry essays as planning for them is so easy! All you have to do is think of three or four different ideas for the essay topic and then find your textual evidence by working out which poems best reflect these ideas…. Here are the three ideas that I plan to discuss in each of my paragraphs of this essay as well as the poems I would use:.

It is so easy to fall into the trap of simply summarising the poetic techniques and language of the different poems rather than analysing their meaning and linking this directly to the essay question.

It will not only render your ideas and discussion ever more complex, but has the power to enlighten and stimulate your assessor and this is something we all want to do… right? Utilising the correct poetic metalanguage every time you introduce a new quote or line of poetry will ensure that your analysis remains both specific and detailed.

A mediocre conclusion is like leaving your assessor with an unpleasant aftertaste that unfortunately, will not go away. So please, finally give your conclusion the attention it deserves and follow these five tips to ensure you leave your assessor waiting for that mic to drop! Context, a topic explored in detail in our How To Write A Killer Text Response , plummets you back to the era of when your texts were set.

For example, think about your own context. Social media is just normality, pretty much everyone has it, uses it as a source of online communication.

So how does this shape your views and values? By having access to online information in this way, Gen Zers tend to be more passionate about social issues, because people of this age can leverage social media to voice their opinions or follow those who resonate with them.

Only 20 years or so ago, we only had giant media that voiced their own opinions via newspapers or TV. Think about the recent death of George Floyd, and the incredible ripple effect his death had on the world and the power of social media in the Black Lives Matter movement.

So looking at The Queen and Ransom , we want to dive right into their respective eras and understand how people thought and felt during these time periods. This helps us better understand what the messages Frears and Malouf are trying to tell or teach us through their works, enabling you to write better essays. Her shyness, broken family history, ongoing charitable efforts, and iconic fashion choices made her a royal favourite.

At the time, public opinion of the royal family was greatly influenced by tabloid papers - after all, there was no Instagram for the royals to tell their own story. In the competitive fight to snap the most profitable photos of Diana, the paparazzi invaded her most private moments, taking shots of her kissing Dodi Al Fayed while on holidays, and sunbathing topless at her hotel in Spain.

The public turned against Britain's press and photographers, and the overwhelming outpour of grief is a testament to the injustice the public felt on behalf of Diana. With this, you can understand why change is one of the biggest themes discussed when comparing these two texts. Moving back a further years earlier than The Queen , Ransom is a retelling the Trojan War, one of the most famous events in Greek mythology.

To truly understand random, you must first familiarise yourself with Greek mythology, the Trojan War, and The Iliad. Essentially a collection of stories about gods, heroes and other creatures, Greek mythology was used by ancient Greeks to explain the existence of the world. Notice how the gods Iris, Hermes appear when Priam needs help and advice throughout Ransom. The reason why Greek mythology is still prevalent in modern society is that the lessons taught in these stories are still applicable today as they depict universal truths about human qualities such as our strengths and flaws.

Without you even realising it, our world today is filled with references to Greek mythology. Just kidding. Or take the first God of War game , which follows the story of Kratos whose ability to be a loving father is overpowered by his anger and desire for vengeance. Now we narrow things down to one of the most legendary Greek myths - the Trojan War. The myth begins with Zeus , the father of all gods, and his brother Poseidon lusting after the goddess of water, Thetis.

Alarmed at this possibility, the two gods arrange for Thetis to marry Peleus, a mortal. Furious at this insult, Eris arrives at the wedding with her own plans. Naturally, all goddesses want to claim the prize. Eventually, the choice is narrowed down to three of the most beautiful goddesses: Aphrodite , Athena and Hera. Unable to reach a decision, they turned to Zeus to judge who should win the title. However, Zeus refuses to do so and instead, elects a mortal with good judgment of beauty to make the choice.

This mortal is Paris, Prince of Troy and whose birth produced a prophecy that he would one day bring misfortune to his people and town. The three goddesses approach Paris with not only their beauty but also bribes. Hera offers him power and control over Europe and Asia, Athena promises that she will make him a great warrior while Aphrodite proposes to him the most beautiful woman on earth.

Since Paris is more interested in women than power and war, he awards Aphrodite with the golden apple. After a diplomatic mission to Sparta, Paris elopes with Helen, who falls in love with Paris upon their first encounter literature concerning this part of the story remains ambiguous.

His brother, Agamemnon recruits and leads the Greek army into battle against the city of Troy, and thus begins the Trojan War. Although he is a fighter for Agamemnon, their relationship is strained after Agamemnon demands that Achilles give up his beloved war prize, Briseis. Since Agamemnon desires Briseis for himself, this enrages Achilles to the point where he refuses to fight in the Trojan War.

This leads to dire consequences for the Greeks as they lose many men in battle and are forced to retreat to their ships after the Trojans successfully turn the tide of the battle. At this point, he encounters and is killed by Hector, the prince of Troy and leader of the Trojan army. In their next battle, Achilles kills many warriors and the Trojans are forced to retreat back to the safety of their walls.

In a fierce battle between the two greatest Trojan war warriors, Hector was killed. Malouf begins the Ransom story here. The gods agree that this blasphemous behaviour cannot continue and send the god Hermes to guide king Priam, father of Hector to the Greek camp.

Once in their camp, Priam falls to his knees and pleads Achilles for the body of his son. Appreciating the differences between The Iliad and Ransom storyline will lead to a better understanding of the themes and symbols in Ransom. In The Iliad , this journey is explored only momentarily and focuses more on the presence of Hermes.

The inclusion of the new character Somax in Ransom also offers a new perspective on this old tale. Take a look at our study guide below! How to Write a Killer Comparative Ebook. Ransom Study Guide. This blog covers choosing the perfect topic for your next Oral Presentation. Similar presentations. Upload Log in. My presentations Profile Feedback Log out. Log in. Auth with social network: Registration Forgot your password? Download presentation. Cancel Download. Presentation is loading.

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