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bowlingkid09
bowlingkid09
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College - Junior

Brabantio's "This accident is not unlike my dream" is similar to what statement by whom in an earlier Shakespearean tragedy?

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Posted by bowlingkid09 on Tuesday October 28, 2008 at 11:49 AM and tagged with brabantio, othello.

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  1. skerkhoff
    skerkhoff Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

    I'm not sure but try Hamlet.  Hamlet's father's ghost tells Hamlet about a dream in the first act. 

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    Posted by skerkhoff on Saturday November 1, 2008 at 8:56 PM


  2. kmieciakp Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    Shylock, in The Merchant of Venice, tells his daughter to lock up his house's "ears--I mean my casements"--that is, his windows, worried that he will be robbed, "for I did dream of moneybags tonight."  Ironically, his dream is prophetic, for his daughter robs him and runs off in the middle of the night to marry the Christian Lorenzo.  As she throws his fortune out the window: "Catch this casket, 'tis worth the pains," Jessica tosses away all her father's valuables--his daughter and his ducats--ironically and inadvertently robbing herself of her own worth and identity as well.

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    Posted by kmieciakp on Monday November 3, 2008 at 11:26 AM