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    Shakespeare's Sonnets

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    Shakespeare’s Sonnets William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) is one of the greatest writers in the English language. He was a poet and playwright whose works have been translated into every major language and whose plays are still performed more often than the works of any other playwright today. His surviving works include 38 plays and 154 sonnets‚ which are often regarded as the greatest romantic love poetry ever written. Although Shakespeare’s Sonnets are widely believed to be the greatest romantic

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    Nature in Shakespeare’s Sonnets In Shakespeare’s fair youth Sonnets‚ the speaker uses imagery and metaphors from nature to describe man’s life cycle. While reading the Sonnets‚ it may seem at first that the main point of the Sonnets is that life’s purpose is to reproduce. However‚ after reading the fair youth Sonnets‚ it becomes clear that imagery from nature is used to prove that death is inevitable and should be accepted. The fair youth Sonnets are ordered in a specific way to resemble the

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    Love as an Entity

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    Love as an Entity There are different varieties of love‚ each with its own capabilities to invoke powerful emotions. An idealistic love is a form of love which in many ways is quixotic and lacking essential attributes‚ proof of which can be found in the works of Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Ralegh. Another potent form of love is pure love which is unconditional and timeless as expressed by Shakespeare and Elizabeth Berrett Browning. On a different note‚ a twisted love is flawed and bound

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    my last farewell

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    My Last Farewell (Mi Ultimo Adios) Farewell‚ dear fatherland‚ clime the sun caress’d‚ Peal of the Orient seas‚ our Eden lost! Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life’s best‚ And were it brighter‚ fresher‚ or more blest‚ Still would I give three‚ not count the cost. On the field of battle‚ ‘mid the frenzy of fight‚ Others have given their lives‚ without doubt or beed; The place not matters—cypress or laurel or lily white‚ Scafold or open plain‚ combat or martyrdom’s plight‚ ‘Tis

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    Die Michael Lassell portrays himself as a straight man in his poem “How to Watch your Brother Die.” In reality he is a 21st century gay poet. The poem tells the story of a man‚ this being the straight narrator‚ who is called across the country to visit his brother as he lies on his deathbed. Later in the poem we learn the dying brother is suffering from HIV‚ and had been disowned by his brother because of his homosexuality. As the poem goes on‚ the narrator creates a unique and close relationship

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    Music Appreciation Final

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    Jenkins‚ Lauren IIA. In order to differentiate between program music‚ symphonic poem‚ concert overtures‚ grandiose‚ or miniature compositions‚ we first need to go over each one individually. Each type has its own unique characteristics. Program music is a term for instrumental music written in accordance with a poem‚ a story‚ or some other literary source (Kerman‚ Tomlinson‚ 233). Program music was not new in the Romantic era but it made music even more expressive because it

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    used in Shakespeare’s assigned sonnets‚ Herrick’s “To the Virgins‚” and Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress.” Although their images differ‚ what do all these poets seem to be saying about time? Be specific when referring to the poems. The imagery is very different‚ but all of the poems and poets seem to be saying time is important in life. In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 he says‚ “And every fair from fair sometime declines‚” when explaining the inevitable decline in appearance of his friend (Line 7). In Shakespeare’s

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    Gay Men Born Gay

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    973763-1‚00.html Are Gay Men Born That Way? By Christine Gorman;J. Madeleine Nash/Los Angeles Monday‚ Sept. 09‚ 1991 Gay men often claim that even as children they knew they were somehow "different" from other boys. Many say that sense even preceded puberty. And yet‚ though researchers have tried for decades to identify a biological basis for homosexuality -- which seems to be present in all human societies -- they have mostly come up dry. Tantalizing clues have surfaced: gays are more likely to

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    I have a client whom I know to be HIV positive. I also know that he is sexually active and has not told any of his partners about this. Isn’t it my ethical responsibility to inform someone that he is‚ in effect‚ dangerous to others? Even if I am not a counselor‚ I would not be able to live with the fact that I have such an information and am putting some other life at risk. As a medical doctor‚ I was also bound by my Hippocrates oath to serve and bring no harm to others‚ “I will apply dietetic

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    There can be little doubt that the Planeta Paz initiative represented a key turning point for the LGBT sector. On the one hand‚ in a pioneering gesture‚ it boldly posited a role for gender and sexuality-related activism in the peace process; on the other hand‚ it provided the collectives and individuals who comprised the LGBT sector with vital spaces for discussion. It was in those spaces that the acronym LGBT was first used and the advantages and limitations of such a designation discussed. While

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