Explication of Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Richard III O, Curséd be the hand that made these holes. 15. ... In 1.2 of Shakespeare's Richard III, Lady Anne changes from hatred to consideration of Richard's "love.... This anaphora of "cursed" makes the intention of her soliloquy clear, and they also unknowingly reflect the theme of the play of how Richard and those around him are and will be cursed. ... The child, like Richard, is "ugly" and "unnatural," which mirrors Richard's physical appearance, but these terms also make ...

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Later in Act III, Henry IV chastises Hal for not being respected in the public opinion in the way Hotspur is. ... What never-dying honour hath he got-(III.2.105-106). ... But alas, he surprises us all with a assertive soliloquy in which he sets the stage for his future growth. ... (III.2.18-21) Not only does he say he is changed and promises the king to be more himself, he makes a vow to seek out Hotspur and redeem himself for his past actions. Hal concludes his oath with a promise, "And I will die a hundred thousand deaths Ere break the smallest parcel of this vow- (III.2.158-159). ...

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When the dauphin teaches the duke and Huck Hamlet's soliloquy, he confuses lines from Richard III and Macbeth and simply misquotes Hamlet. Even in the first and most famous line of the soliloquy where Hamlet should say "To be, or not to be; that is the question," the dauphin teaches it "To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin" (Twain 152). ...

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