Alexander McCall Smith is the author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and many other books. He was born in Zimbabwe and moved to Scotland when he was 17 to continue his education. He earned 2 degrees in law and then began teaching law. Afterwards‚ he went back to Africa‚ and in 1980 he went to Botswana. While he was in Botswana‚ he founded a law school and he began teaching there. The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is the first book out of a series. The setting of the novel is the country of
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In the story Lady Macbeth role in the story is significant‚ she is an evil‚ ruthless‚ and ambitions Person. She is responsible for the murders that her husband commits because she was blood-Thirsty for the crown. In fact she then becomes more eager to get the crown than Macbeth Himself and then soon realizes that once you commit one violent act there is no way of ever turning back. An analysis of Lady Macbeth reveals that she is a powerful character who adds complexity and depth to a play about murder
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Leonardo Da Vinci painted “The Lady With An Ermine” in 1490. “The Lady With An Ermine” is a portrait of Cecilia Gallerani. Cecilia Gallerani was the favourite and most celebrated mistresses of Ludovico Sforza‚ known as Ludovico Il Moro‚ Duke of Milan. She was the subject of Leonardo’s painting “The Lady With An Ermine”. While posing for this painting Cecilia invited Leonardo‚ who was working for Sforza as court artist‚ to meetings at which Milanese intellectuals discussed philosophy and other subjects
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happiness or in most cases pleasure in other women other than their wives. Most of the time‚ these men will just use other women to fulfill their needs that they might not get from their wives‚ but what happens if they fall in love? In the short story “The Lady with the Dog” by Anton Chekhov‚ Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov finds himself falling in love with Anna Sergeyevna. He realizes that he has deceived himself for many years and finds that his desire for life is rekindled by Anna’s love‚ and everything compared
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The Impactful Setting of “The Lady with the Dog” Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Lady with the Dog” has a setting that is very impactful on the story. The setting of this story is in late nineteenth century Russia and takes place in three of its cities. Yalta‚ Moscow‚ and S- are influential parts of the setting that have affected the way the reader interprets the mood and tone of this short story. Yalta is a resort city by the Black Sea for the wealthy‚ elite russians. Yalta is very similar to
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beauty . . . and frolicsome as the young fawn: Simile comparing the young lady to a fawn. * And in sooth some who beheld the portrait spoke of its resemblance in low words‚ as of a mighty marvel‚ and a proof not less of the power of the painter than of his deep love for her whom he depicted so surpassingly well: Irony‚ in that observers believe the painting testifies to the artist’s love for his wife. * the spirit of the lady again flickered up as the flame within the socket of the lamp: Simile
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Who would you choose‚ The Lady or the Tiger? In Frank Stockton’s short story‚ The Lady or the Tiger‚ the author leaves the ending in a very precarious way. The author‚ Frank‚ leaves the story ending up to the reader. The princess should have the most sympathy in this short story. She is the daughter of a barbaric king who has made his own justice system that he feels is fair. The king puts the accused into an arena where they decide their fate. The princess has to make a brutal decision of seeing
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Shakespeare. The protagonist of the story is Macbeth. He starts out as a brave‚ noble warrior‚ but by the end he is a disgrace to his nation. In the beginning his guilt is almost too strong to bear‚ but by the end he only cares about being the king. Lady Macbeth is almost as important to the story as her husband. She seems heartless at first‚ but her guilt takes over in time. The main antagonist to Macbeth is probably Malcolm. Malcolm is the rightful heir to the throne and leads the army that takes
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Lady Macbeth is a character in Shakespeare’s Macbeth (c.1603–1607). She is the wife to the play’s protagonist‚ Macbeth‚ a Scottish nobleman. After goading him into committing regicide‚ she becomes Queen of Scotland‚ but later suffers pangs of guilt for her part in the crime. She dies off-stage in the last act‚ an apparent suicide. The character’s origins lie in the accounts of Kings Duff and Duncan in Holinshed’s Chronicles (1587)‚ a history of Britain familiar to Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s Lady
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LADY MACBETH Throughout the play Lady Macbeth transforms from a strong ambitious woman into a crazed‚ power obsessed psychopath‚ who eventually lets her hunger for royalty get the best of her. In one beginning of one play lady Macbeth is of high honor who along with her husband‚ is very well respected among other people. She quickly becomes obsessed with the feeling of being superior she gained and starts to itch for something more‚ she tries to persuade her husband into killing King Duncan so
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