WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare was baptised in 26 April‚ 1564 and died in 23 April‚ 1616. He was an English poet and playwright‚ widely known as the greatest writer in the English language. He is often called England’s national poet. His surviving works consist of about 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare
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member of parliament and social reformer who was very influential in the abolition of the slave trade and eventually slavery itself in the British empire. William Wilberforce was born on 24 August 1759 in Hull‚ the son of a wealthy merchant. He studied at Cambridge University where he began a lasting friendship with the future prime minister‚ William Pitt the Younger. In 1780‚ Wilberforce became member of parliament for Hull‚ later representing Yorkshire. His dissolute lifestyle changed completely when
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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was easily one of the greatest playwrights of all time. He has written many plays including Romeo and Juliet‚ Much Ado About Nothing‚ Macbeth‚ and Hamlet. Shakespeare was also one of the proprietors to the Globe theater in 1589. Much of his work is still performed today. Shakespeare was born on April 23rd 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. John was an alderman of Scotland who had served as mayor in 1569. Neither of his parents could
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The trials brought Arthur Miller to write The Crucible‚ depicting the unfortunate events. Throughout The Crucible‚ a young girl named Abigail Williams uses her cunningness and deceitfulness to get what she wants. Her jealousness and lack of moral and ethics gives her the ability to condemn innocent beings to death‚ without any questions. Abigail Williams is seen as “seventeen and strikingly beautiful” (138). However‚ she is selfish‚ and an excellent liar. When questioned about what had happened
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Bryson Yamamoto William Wordsworth’s "I Wandered lonely as a Cloud" Critical analysis Your memories are your treasures‚ an accumulated amount of wealth that under extreme conditions remind you of the past and define the present‚ if it be good or bad. A picture for example‚ is a frame captured in the moving animation of time and is frequently regarded as being worth a thousand words. If one single frame‚ one dimension‚ one moment‚ something so short it can’t even be expressed by time‚ be valued
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John Chabala‚ Period 5‚ La 11H 12-19-14 Abigail Williams Author Millers play The Crucible. A small town in Massachusetts (in 1692) had a horrific event over a huge witch trial where over 24 people were killed; this eventually became known as the famous “Salem Witch Trials‚” the person who started the horrifying event was named Abigail Williams. As one of the main characters in the play‚ she is a very attractive young lady. However‚ her outwards personality seems to be bitter‚ spiteful and vengeful
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Machiavelli/Macbeth Essay In The Prince by Machiavelli he describes three different ways that a Prince can acquire the throne; these include good fortune‚ merit‚ and crime. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare the reader can conclude that Macbeth obtained the throne through crime only. He does this by influence from the three evil witches‚ betraying his loyal king‚ and setting up the guards. To begin with‚ in Macbeth three witches come to visit Macbeth and Banquo. Well they are there they inform
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to find an appropriate treatment. William Carlos Williams embodied this essence. To have experience‚ to have lost himself in the minds of his patients has given William Carlos Williams the ability to love and care for his patients‚ which is seen throughout his poetry. As many of us know‚ life as a physician is hard. Williams explains a time where he “couldn’t keep his eyes open a moment longer.” However‚ seeing his patient rid the weariness he had felt. Williams states his patient “called for attention
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Bible in question was the official Bible of the State of Tennessee‚ and that this was the King James Version. The defense attorney‚ Clarence Darrow‚ asked where were they to find an expert on the Bible who was acceptable to the court; Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan interjected “I am an expert on the Bible.” This was unheard of‚ a counsel for the prosecution offering to be a witness for the defense! After 8 days of trial‚ in which the jury heard no defense and nothing from neither the defendant
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Mapping the Soul -------With the freedom of poetic language‚ William Blake expressed his abhorrence of the Church’s deep-rooted stance on faith; such a stance on Christianity was considered blasphemous‚ but he could not be charged with a crime. He believed that with true spirituality‚ the individual could fully engage in their faith and attain eternal salvation without the intrusion of organized religion—for the Church is solely concerned with subduing Christians with an orthodox emphasis
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