more intelligent and stronger [than man]” caused the massacre of the entire human race possible almost instantaneously because they were made with the intent to establish a society that defies God (Capek Act 2). On the other hand‚ Robots Primus and Helena created by Dr. Gall with the intent to achieve human perfection becomes the key to the continuation of humanity. Although it may initially seem that the Capek is comparing the positive and negative outcomes‚ the fact that both extremes are caused
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1. Contributions of William Shakespeare to English Literature William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s preeminent dramatist. His surviving works consist of 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several shorter poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. William Shakespeare’s influence extends from theatre
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hands (along with her chaste purity) (II.3.sd) to cover up the rape visited upon her by Chiron and Demetrius. Titus gives his left hand in an attempt to spare the lives of his sons Quintus and Martius (III.1.192)‚ only to receive their heads after their innocent conviction to death for the deeds of other brothers (III.1.237). Those six body parts join the allusion of the decapitation of Chiron and Demetrius (V.2.189) and the bodies of Tamora‚ Titus‚ and Saturninus that cover the stage in Act V to create
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In the time of A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Queen Elizabeth was the authority that ruled England. She became a very important figure to the 16th Century. Tensions arose out of her control of both State and Church. Jennifer Clements’ describes the tension‚ as “anxiety about female dominance and male inadequacy‚” (Clement). Titania‚ the fairy queen‚ holds the power over the fairies and the natural world‚ while Oberon holds a power similar to that of Theseus‚ a power that resides in the power of status
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Lost Letters of Pergamum is about Antipas who was an older Roman nobleman‚ who in his younger days was a landowner in Galilee. He spent most of his time in the cities of Tyre and Caesarea Maritima. Due to health problems he left his business and hometown for Pergamum. At the beginning of the correspondence Antipas is simply an upper-class Roman‚ doing what many in his position do‚ namely‚ maintaining and enhancing his own position in society through acts of benefaction‚ participation in associations
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This was another way in which the Olympic Games shifted in emphasis away from the city-state. If Demetrius of Corinth won the running race‚ then he was celebrated as Demetrius and not Demetrius of Corinth. This was to make sure that battlefield prejudices didn’t spill onto the Olympic athletic fields. The ancient Olympic Games were primarily a part of a religious festival in honour of Zeus‚
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Discuss the character of Jimmy Porter in Look back in anger explaining how you feel about him as we move through the main action of the play. Have your ideas changed about him by the time we reach the play’s final scene? Jimmy Porter is the play’s main character. He is the "Angry Young Man" who expresses his frustration for the lack of feelings in his placid domestic life. Jimmy can be understood as both a hero for his unfiltered expressions of emotion and frustration in a culture that propagated
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I have chosen to close read Act V‚ Scene iii as I believe it is the most significant scene in the play. The language forms‚ thematical inclusions and possibilities for staging all add to its importance. Titus Andronicus is often called “Shakespeare’s bloodiest spectacle” and this is one of the most gruesome conclusions written. The scene in question is the moment when everyone is together at Titus’s Roman
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are identified by inscriptions beside the saint’s heads or somewhere within the roundel. In the north bay in the upper register‚ there appears three regal standing figures: Saint Irene‚ Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara (fig. 1)‚ which correspond to Helena and Constantine in the south. All three carry small white crosses. The figure of Irene is crowned‚ wears a purple costume‚ or the imperial garb‚ and holds an orb on which is engraved a cross on a stepped pedestal. This iconography refers to themes
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Constantius Chlorus. Constantius belonged to one of the Leading families of Moesia and his mother was a niece of the capable and soldierly Claudius‚ the conqueror of the Goths. Constantine’s mother Helena is said to have been the daughter of an innkeeper o Drepanum‚ and later became known as St. Helena the Christian Empress. There is‚ however‚ nothing to support the assertion sometimes made that she was already baptized before Constantine’s birth and her early influence ultimately brought him to
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