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    William Shakespeare is known for his ability to use literature‚ and to use his words in a way many meanings can be drawn. Because of the beauty of his work and many interpretations of his literature‚ he has stood the test of time. William Shakespeare simultaneously used tone‚ word choice‚ and structure to make each sonnet unique. All of Shakespeare’s sonnets are coordinated to have fourteen lines divided into three quatrains and one couplet. The quatrains are usually different ideas with separate

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    dispute whether or not the sonnets are actually written by William Shakespeare‚ the strongest argument for this is the phrase "BY.OVR.EVERLIVING.POET."‚ in which some‚ the most notable being the entertainment lawyer and author Bertram Fields‚ argue that this would mean the author would be dead by 1609‚ while William Shakespeare lived until 1616.[1] The 154 poems were most likely written over a period of several years and published in the 1609 collection. These were all in sonnet form and previously unpublished

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    Stevenson English II November 6th‚ 2012 Shakespeare William Shakespeare is one of the most well respected and time honored man of all time. His unique style‚ mysterious life and amazingly written sonnets make him the most studied and analyzed men to ever walk the planet. William Shakespeare‚ born in Stratford-upon-Avon‚ he was baptized on April 26th 1564‚ but his actual birth date is unknown. Shakespeare was the third child of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. William had two older sisters

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    Shakespeare and Tolerance

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    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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    Mid Sweden University Department of Humanities English Studies The Evil in Dorian Gray: A Psychoanalytic Study of the Protagonist in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Rosanna Eklund English C / Special Project Tutor: Joakim Wrethed 2007-02-14 Table of Contents Introduction Previous Research The Victorian Era and Aestheticism About the Author The Psychoanalytic Theory Dorian Gray and the Conscience Dorian Gray and Consciousness Dorian Gray and the Unconscious Dorian Gray’s Path to Degradation

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    Spenser's Sonnets Analysis

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    Elizabethan age‚ love sonnets were usually written by men communicating their love for unattainable women and displaying courtly love. However‚ Spenser’s Petrarchan sonnets from the Amoretti sequence break conventional love poetry in many ways and challenge the usual pessimist look at love to give it a buoyant look. Spenser then sets his own approach of love to the Amoretti sequence by describing his courtship and eventual marriage to the object of his love‚ Elizabeth Boyle. In sonnet 75‚ Edmund Spenser

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    large number of countries with a wide variety of native languages. In the modern world‚ thanks to the Internet‚ English continues to spread as the major medium through which both small businesses and large corporations do business. Other People Are Reading The Advantages of Learning English The Importance of Communication in the Modern World English as a Common Business Language England began to develop overseas colonies as early as the 12th century in Ireland‚ and soon expanded to the New

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    Sonnet 43

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    “I have hated words and I have loved them‚ and I hope I have made them right.”  ― Markus Zusak‚ The Book Thief “Like most misery‚ it started with apparent happiness.”  ― Markus Zusak‚ The Book Thief “I wanted to tell the book thief many things‚ about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask

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    Milton's "Sonnet 19"

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    Milton’s “Sonnet 19” and the two parables from the Bibles John Milton’s work “Sonnet 19” alludes to the two parables in the Bibles: “The Parable of the Talents” and The Parable of Workers in the Vineyard”. Milton’s allusion to the two parables shows how religious he is and conveys his religious thoughts: everyone has to serve God as well as his guilt and depression that he could not serve “his Maker” by creates poems anymore because he became blind. Moreover‚ as the parables is the story or message

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    expressing your love to someone‚ through a sonnet. A sonnet is a fourteen line poem using a formal rhyme scheme. William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ playwright‚ and actor widely recognized. One of his most famous works is the 154 Sonnets. These sonnets are about passage of time‚ love‚ beauty‚ and mortality. In the sonnets his view of love is different. In sonnet 118 he is talking about his waywardness and unfaithfulness. William Shakespeare’s view of love in sonnet 118 is uncontrollable. He explains

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