Writing Homework Help

I’m working on a literature discussion question and need a sample draft to help me learn.

Choose one of the following two prompts and answer with as much detail as possible. Your score on this essay is related to your ability to address all questions asked in the related prompt and your ability to connect the analytical portion of your response to the interpretive elements. It is encouraged to consider multiple interpretations of the analytical evidence if you can. This question is worth 50 points.

A. In Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Ferdinand declares the following:

Full many a lady

I have eyed with best regard, and many a time

The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage

Brought my too diligent ear

What figure of speech does Ferdinand use in this quotation? How does the figure of speech work here? In what ways does it relate to the plot of The Tempest, and how does it fit with the broader themes of the play? In particular, connect his speech here to the romantic/marriage plot in Shakespeare’s romance.

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B. As Prospero describes their family history to Miranda–in particular, the events which led to their time on the island–he uses the following figure of speech:

To have no screen between this part he play’d

And him he play’d it for, he needs will be

Absolute Milan.

Which character is being described here? And what kind of figure of speech is being used (please name the figure of speech)? How does the figure of speech work? What is being compared, and why is that comparison appropriate? How does this figure of speech reflect not only the story Prospero is telling, but the larger themes we find in The Tempest?