What is happening in Act 3 Scene 5 of As You Like It?
After Rosalind and Celia leave, Phebe decides to keep Silvius around so she can talk to him about love. She gives a lengthy description of Ganymede’s attributes, equivocates on whether she loves or hates him, and then orders Silvius to deliver to Ganymede a taunting letter that she plans to write.
What is the purpose of Act 3 Scene 5?
Act 3, Scene 5 mainly serves to increase the suspense and establish a mood of darkness and violence. In this scene, Hecate confronts the Weird Sisters about their interference with Macbeth.
What though have no beauty?
Rosalind as Ganymede insults Phoebe’s looks, saying, “What though you have no beauty/As, by my faith, I see no more in you/Than without a candle may go dark to bed”(3.5. 60) which insinuates that Rosalind/Ganymede doesn’t believe it likely that someone as unattractive as Phoebe is likely to receive more offers of love.
Who falls in love with Ganymede?
Phoebe
When Rosalind intervenes, disguised as Ganymede, Phoebe falls hopelessly in love with Ganymede. One day, Orlando fails to show up for his tutorial with Ganymede. Rosalind, reacting to her infatuation with Orlando, is distraught until Oliver appears.
Why does Touchstone marry Audrey?
Audrey may be a simple, uneducated country girl, but she evidently very much prides herself in her virtuous chastity and is not likely to relinquish her virtue very easily. What’s more, Touchstone is really only interested in a relationship with Audrey for the sake of satisfying his lustful desires.
What do Romeo and Juliet argue about in Act 3 Scene 5?
Juliet tries to convince Romeo that the birdcalls they hear are from the nightingale, a night bird, rather than from the lark, a morning bird. Romeo cannot entertain her claims; he must leave before the morning comes or be put to death.
What does Hecate’s speech reveal?
Hecate is seen as the supreme witch in Macbeth. That being said, Hecate’s monologue illustrates the theme of fate that is intertwined throughout Macbeth. She, only, knows the true fate of what is to come. Macbeth has seen what he believes to be his fate, or destiny-as provided by the witches’ first prophecy.
Who is too good to pity?
Out, treacherous villain! Thou call’st on him that hates thee. It was he 105 That made the overture of thy treasons to us, Who is too good to pity thee.
Who said love is merely madness?
William Shakespeare
Quote by William Shakespeare: “Love is merely a madness; and, I tell you, dese…”
What do we learn from Hecate’s speech to the witches in scene 5?
In Hecate’s opinion, he is. She tells the Witches that Macbeth “loves for his own ends” and prophesies that Macbeth “shall spurn Fate,” recalling the words “disdaining Fortune” from Act I.
What is Hecate’s plan for Macbeth?
Hecate wants the witches to meet Macbeth as she is planning for them to cast the spell on Macbeth that she has prepared. This spell would give Macbeth illusions and make him feel invincible thus being over-confident and leading to his downfall. In Macbeth it is evident that the witches speak in rhyming couplets.