L I T CHA R T S TM GET LIT TM The Merchant of Venice Author Bio Historical and Literary Context When Written: 1596–8 Where Written: England When Published: 1623 Literary Period: The Renaissance Related Literary Works: Though some describe The Merchant of Venice as a comedy because it ends with the marriage of its heroes Portia and Bassanio‚ it can also be described as a kind of “revenge tragedy.” Typically‚ a revenge tragedy revolves around the quest of its central character to avenge a wrong
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Much Ado About Nothing - Act II Study Guide Scene i 1. What do Leonato and Antonio say to Beatrice to tease her? 2. In what ways are Beatrice and Benedick alike? 3. What does Beatrice have against marriage? 4. As the people enter the ballroom‚ how do they pair off? 5. How does Beatrice insult Benedick? A little latter‚ how does the reader know that Benedick is upset? 6. Don John sees his brother speaking of love to Hero. Then he sees one man still wearing a mask‚ and he learns from Borachio
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readers who have some knowledge of Bishop’s biography would assume that the poem reflects the time in her childhood when she lived in Nova Scotia‚ after her mother had been committed to an asylum (Sanger 47). The story begins in a kitchen on a rainy afternoon in September‚ with both the grandmother and the child having tea and reading the almanac. While the grandmother tries to remain cheerful and “protect” the child‚ she fails as her tears give away her sadness (Bishop 1-12). The grandmother was portrayed
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Experience of Attending Harborfest When I first received the information about Harborfest‚ my husband and I decided to take a day off on June 8‚ 2013 (Saturday) to attend the event. We reached at Downtown Norfolk‚ Virginia Waterfront at 4.30pm. I saw a lot of people gathered in front of the waterside. They seem to enjoy the festival. I grabbed an event information book from the visitor information counter on the way I visited from booth to booth. I learned that it was the 37th Annual Norfolk Harborfest
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Gatsby’s party coming to an end reveals his latent loneliness; he has a marvelous house and plenty of money‚ but once the party is over he can no longer hide how emotionally detached he is. Gatsby being surrounded by grey in my painting shows how even though he keeps himself surrounded by interesting people and expensive possessions
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On the contrary JB mentions that he thinks that Miriam Margolyes portrayal of the nurse is fantastic‚ but there are also some of the actors that could have been spared. I.e. Brian Dennehy as Lord Montague‚ Paul Rudd’s Paris and Jesse Bradford’s Balthazar. JB does not think that this movie is memorable‚ but
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a fat cadet‚ nicknamed “Piggy” (Danuel Pipoly)‚ finds a conch seashell and takes it to the grouped cadets‚ who adopt it to signal the right to speak and be heard by the group. The senior cadet‚ and one of the elder boys‚ Cadet LT. Colonel Ralph (Balthazar Getty)‚ organizes a meeting to discuss surviving their predicament. Ralph and Jack (Chris Furrh) emerge dominant‚ with Ralph’s seniority in rank making him the one in charge. Tensions begin to grow between Ralph and Jack‚ however‚ and the group gradually
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and sees the dead man in the bedroom where he is lying. "He was wonderful‚ beautiful. While they were laughing and while the band was playing‚ this marvel had come to the lane." Crying she tells her brother who is looking for her: "‘It was simply marvelous. But‚ Laurie - ‘She stopped‚ she looked at her brother. ‘Isn’t
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Friar John wasn’t able to get the letter delivered to Romeo‚ so Romeo received different news from Balthazar. When Romeo got to the tomb Paris was out there and Romeo ended up killing him. When he saw that Juliet dead he thought he had nothing else to live for so he killed himself. Juliet awoke to find dead on the floor‚ and couldn’t bare to live without
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The majority of my life has been smooth-sailing. For most of my life‚ I was told not to meddle in other people’s affairs and to not think too much about what others say. As a result‚ I would say that I have faced very little struggles. In the article “Nerd Alert: Reading is Good For Your Health‚” the author Jen Christensen describes aspects of reading that may be beneficial towards our emotional and mental health‚ including how to face those struggles that I never had. Instead‚ I read books for the
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