Shakespeare is not my cup of tea :( Contrast the three videos of Hamlet’s Act I, scene ii, soliloquy that you found in your earlier Internet search. Consider differences in the reading of the speech and the interpretation of Hamlet’s character. Also, consider how the scene is presented and what impact that has on the presentation. Your answer should be at least 250 words.

Select the correct text in the passage. which two lines in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet foreshadow the tragic fate of romeo and juliet? friar laurence: so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after hours with sorrow chide us not! romeo: amen, amen! but come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight: do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare; it is enough i may but call her mine. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Is the following statement true or false? the topic sentence of a paragraph should indicate what the paragraph is going to be about. false true

Identify how chekhov’s background and beliefs may have influenced his short story “the bet”.