Gambling was a favourite past time in the Elizabethan era. Anther word for gambling is gaming. Gambling is games that you bet money in the hope of winning more money back. These games ranged from board‚ card and dice games. Gaming/gambling were sometimes played in theatres such as the ones that Shakespeare’s plays were in. Other popular venues were gambling dens and houses. Although the stereotypical gambler is a poor man spending his wages‚ Queen Elizabeth I did like to play these sorts of
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I wrote this prior to my first GCSE controlled assessment‚ Enjoy. (It’s more of an analysis than an essay but could still help you.) The scene begins with a mock conflict between Mercutio and Benvolio‚ Mercutio’s rapier wit contrasts starkly with Benvolio’s pedestrian honesty. The banter of the Montague boys is goog natured irony. The scene opens with Benvolio‚ the peacekeeper‚ begging Mercutio “I pray thee good Mercutio‚ let’s retire” Benvolio is trying to avoid conflict just as he did in
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The poet ‘A satirical Elegy on the death of a late famous general’ who is written by the poet and author Johnathan Swift who is known for ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ which was in the 18th Century. ‘Satirical’ is written about a late general who passes due to old age; Swift then creates a poem out of mockery and Iron about the general because of the war many soldiers and families suffered due to the tragic deaths‚ with this the General died of old age which Swift implies in the poem when saying ‘so inglorious
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Although Pericles does spend most of his time explaining why Athens is such a great state he does honour the fallen men of the Peloponnesian war. Towards the end of the oration he also mentions the women of Athens who have lost their husbands and sons to the war stating “Perhaps I should say a word or two on the duties of women to those among you who
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first Thane of Cawdor. It is this confidence that Duncan has in his thanes that result’s to be his nemesis. On the other hand‚ the Prince of Cumberland‚ Malcolm’s character was opposite to that of his father. In the quote‚ “Macduff‚ this noble... and honour” (IV‚ iii‚ 129-132) Malcolm tests Macduff to make sure he was not an ally of the enemy before placing his trust in Macduff. This contradicts his father’s belief that his subjects are trustworthy. In the following quote‚ Duncan tells us about the mistake
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to be that during the Olympic Games‚ all fighting stopped. No matter how long or how fierce a battle had raged‚ every soldier in the battlefield put down his weapons and travelled to Olympia‚ there they would compete in athletic games designed to honour Zeus and the other Greek gods. The festival and the games were held in Olympia‚ a rural sanctuary site in the western Peloponnesus a village in a sacred valley‚ approximately 500 km south west of Mount Olympus. For seven days before and seven days
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ANCHORING SCRIPT Rajnish Sir: Good evening to one and all present over here. I am __________ and he is my friend________________ It’s pleasure to start this auspicious occasion by heartily welcoming everybody. I welcome you all to fifth annual function of R.K. Vidyalaya. I heartily welcome our Honorable chief guest our Principal‚ Dear Teacher and all my friends. I further welcome the parents‚ relatives and lovely students. As you know today we all have gathered here for the annual day celebration
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Achilles does not agree to end his grudge with Agamemnon at the request of Patroclus as the great warrior views what Agamemnon has done – snatching his prize right from his grasp‚ the beautiful and clever princess Briseis – as an insult to his pride and honour. The fact that‚ according to the epic‚ Agamemnon did so in front of the rest of the Achaean army‚ only adds to Achilles’ humiliation. 2. Achilles agrees that instead of him casting away his grief and thinking of his fellow Achaeans who are being
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Hello I’m Tremayne McCarthy and welcome to Burning Poetry. This is the place where poetry lights the fire in everyone’s hearts‚ minds and souls. I must warn you that today’s poetry discussion‚ as the poet intended‚ will ignite a fire in you that nothing will put out. One of Owen’s most moving poems‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est‚” which had its origins in Owen’s experiences of January 1917‚ describes explicitly the horror of the gas attack and the death of a wounded man who has been flung into a wagon
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