a) On what date‚ and where‚ was Shakespeare born? Shakespeare´s birthday is unknown‚ but his baptism was on Wednesday‚ April 26th‚ 1564. April 23‚ 1564 is the day that most believe to be his birthday‚ but there are no records that state what day he was born. b) Describe Shakespeare’s education. Scholars believe that Shakespeare studied at Stratford Grammar School. There are no records to prove this‚ but Shakespeare’s knowledge of Latin and Classical Greek supports this theory. It’s unknown
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Njabulo S. Ndebele is known principally for his collection of short stories Fools and Other Stories (1983)‚ which won the 1984 Noma Award‚ and for his seminal contribution to literary debate in South Africa in the 1980s. Although his contribution has been relatively slight in volume‚ his influence on South African literature has been significant. This influence is due in large measure to his work’s divergence from much of the politicized black fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. In many ways Ndebele’s
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Betty Marie Tallchief was a good dancer. She was Native American. She came from an Osage. Betty Marie Tallchief was born in 1925. She spent part of her childhood on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma. When she was four she took her first ballet lesson. Ballet broke her out of her shell. This section of the story tells how she became to love ballet. She became a star in her hometown. She performed her ballet skills at county fairs and other places. She was natural good at ballet. Her being
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does it really mean to be a dancer? Anna Pavlova‚ Misty Copeland and Mikhail Fokin are just prominent examples of real dancers. For decades the only way to become a professional dancer was to be a ballerina and stand in a corps de ballet. Also taking the alternate route to do the impossible and be a principal dancer‚ which is better known as a prima ballerina. However in today’s society more jobs have been recently presented for dancers such as being a commercial dancer. The dance world is opening
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Lesson Learned As life goes on we all have a change in friends. Over time people change and the people we used to be friends with may not be the same people we want in our lifes anymore. I’m sure we all can relate to having that one friend who we thought was friend that taught us a vauleable lesson or two. For me it was Corey Dancer‚ not only a boyfriend at the time but someone who I considered a best friend. The lessons Ive learned from the friendship with Corey was; to accept people for who
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Memories After All From the middle of my life on‚ I have realized that my family has never been normal. As my life started off I lived in Fredonia. Then‚ I moved to Colorado and lived there for around three years. I also lived in Gillette‚ Wyoming but not for very long‚ and that is where I first started my dancing. Several years later‚ my mom and dad got a divorce and I felt like my life had been completely flipped and ruined. Music plays a big role in my life‚ because when I feel sad it helps me get
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parallels the life of the main character Martha. Osborne uses detail‚ emotion‚ and symbolism to support his claim. Throughout the story Osborne is descriptive when telling about Martha’s life and her surroundings. Martha see’s the color red many times like in her hotel room and in nature. The color red has many different meanings‚ like love‚ hate or anger. Because she just went through a divorce she feels anger and now that it has been six months she longs for more love in her life. Staying on the
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positive sides to rural living in terms of quality of life. For instance‚ living in a rural area allows residents to enjoy the natural world more easily instead of having to go to parks. In addition‚ people do not have to fight with the daily stresses of urban life such as being stuck in traffic‚ dealing with higher rates of crime‚ and in many cases‚ paying higher taxes. These absences of stressors can have a great effect on the overall quality of life and as one researcher notes‚ “People living in rural
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Hamlet’s Tragic Flaws It is part of daily living to experience tragedy; whether as an individual or to those around you; tragedy is a part of life. For some‚ tragedy happens for no apparent reason; one may be in the wrong place at the wrong time. For others‚ tragedy is the consequence of choices an individual makes. Tragedy is a common genre of writing. It involves a drastic change in fortune that is caused by a horrible mistake by a character. The character has the desire to change the present
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A dancer‚ choreographer‚ activist‚ and teacher; Katherine Dunham is by far a legendary woman. She was born on June 22‚ 1909 in Chicago to a French Canadian mother and an African American father. Unfortunately‚ when Dunham was around the age of four years old‚ her mother passed away. This caused her to have to live with other family members before permanently moving to Joliet‚ Illinois where her father worked at the dry cleaning business that he owned. As a child‚ Dunham always had a knack for
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