This page intentionally left blank SHAKESPEARE AND TOLERANCE Shakespeare’s remarkable ability to detect and express important new currents and moods in his culture often led him to dramatise human interactions in terms of the presence or absence of tolerance. Differences of religion‚ gender‚ nationality‚ and what is now called ‘race’ are important in most of Shakespeare’s plays‚ and varied ways of bridging these differences by means of sympathy and understanding are often depicted. The full
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pleasant descriptions—White’s father comically rolling over in a canoe‚ the reverence for the silent lake in the early morning‚ the young waitresses‚ the walk to the farmhouse for dinner‚ the pleasures of boating and fishing‚ the taste of soda‚ the laughter of other campers clowning around in the rain—little hints of melancholy and uncertainty emerge as the essay develops‚ and lead toward the chill of death at the end. White seeks the calm of the lake because " . . . there are days when the
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A Hanging Analysis “A Hanging” by George Orwell is a powerful short story on capital punishment. A Hindu man from Burma was taken out of his cell and walked down to be hung. The story never explains why the man was ever arrested and sentenced to death. At the beginning‚ the narrator doesn’t seem to care about taking a man down to his death because he’s just doing his job. But when the prisoner goes around a puddle of water‚ everything changes. At this point‚ the narrator realizes that this
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I explained to Mrs. Quinn about my mom‚ and she understood why I had to leave. I gave Henry’s mom a call‚ and she instantly agreed to pick me up. Helena Morris was my second mom‚ and I loved that‚ because Helena Morris was one of the best mothers out there. She was fun‚ yet strict. Funny‚ yet serious. She wasn’t as young as my mother - who gave birth to me when she was only twenty - but she had the spirit of a teenager. I could talk to her like I would take to Henry‚ and she would understand me
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response to the news. Mr. Wordsworth than tells Jerome that a pig has fallen on him and “an inexplicable convulsion took place in the nerves of Mr. Wordsworth’s face” (179). Death is not a laughing matter‚ yet the housemaster is trying to hold back his laughter. After this incident occurs‚ the students at the school begin to call Jerome “Pig.” They do
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any simple meal into an event; it brings people together‚ and people together with the beauty of the outdoors. A picnic turns everyone’s simple offerings into a cornucopia of people‚ laughter‚ and simple but delicious food. The simplest of sandwiches becomes a gourmet feast when shared among the generosity and laughter of friends. Even better is the food that tastes so much better when it has been defended against an army of multi-legged creatures. Vini‚ Vidi‚ Vici‚ Yum Beyond that is the idea that
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The Positive Side of a Bad Day Ramon Hanson Everest University ENC1101 1/31/2013 The Positive Side of a Bad Day How do you do it? How can you stay in a great mood‚ so optimistic? My brother asked me one morning‚ you have been through loads of things over the past few years and yet you stay so grateful. My brother was right‚ I have been through a lot as of late‚ went through a divorce‚ unemployed a few times due to lack of work‚ migraines on a constant basis. Maybe I should be upset‚ maybe
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THE PENCIL BOX Nobody liked Jane. As soon as Emily Sweet found that copy of Anne of Green Gables—a three-hundred-page-long book! —in Jane’s faded purple kindergarten backpack‚ that was it. Any hope Jane had for a normal life‚ for swing on the swings‚ for making a life long friend‚ someone to share secrets and giggles with‚ someone to teeter totter with‚ was over‚ because nobody likes the smart girl. Nobody likes someone who totes a three hundred page long book to read on
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lost direction about what was coming. Everything she knew was that water stunned her. Luckily‚ she still kept her buoy. However‚ in the very next second‚ she found that her pant had been drifted away. When her friend realized that‚ they burst into laughter. How embarrassing it was! Their comment put Anna to the blush. She just wanted to be invisible from the world‚ especially in front of Tom. Fortunately‚ one of her friends found her pant at once and gave it to her. After 5 terrible minutes that she
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A Narrative Essay- Fresh Fish I can hear the snickers as I walk down the crowded sidewalk of Chinatown. The gossip at the vegetable stand. The grin of the fish man. The chatter from the seafood restaurants. Laughter is everywhere‚ like a dragon’s tail winding throughout the streets. I grew up speaking English‚ not Chinese‚ the language of my ancestors. The first word out of my mouth was mommy‚ not mah mah. When I was 3‚ my parents flashed cards with Chinese characters at my face‚ but I pushed
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