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    Even if they aren’t as defined as they were one-hundred or two-hundred years ago they are still present in society today. People within the same class‚ most of the time economic‚ tend to live around‚ work or go to school with‚ and hang out with other people of the same class and that has always been that way; possibly even more so in the book Jane Eyre. Classes were even more separate than they are today when the book was written and published back in October of 1847. It was highly unlikely and

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    normalities are still applied and used today. Some of those morals‚ practices‚ and norms from back then are actually frowned upon in today’s society. You may be surprised to hear that some of the frowned upon actions from their time are actually still being practiced in countries other than America. You may also be surprised with the now acceptable normalities of today’s society. Either way‚ you most likely have your own opinion on what should and shouldn’t be accepted in society today and if you were

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    Ancient Greece Olympics Today’s Olympics have changed a lot. The Olympics in Greece focused mainly on the gods. The Greeks made sacrifices to the gods on the first and third day of the Olympic Games (Ancient). That is not how they focus today at all. In fact‚ many people don’t believe in the gods being more than myths made up by desperate people in desperate times. The athletes have changed as well‚ there are female athletes as well as male athletes in today’s Olympics. There used to be only free

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    They have almost changed the dream into revenge. The “American Dream” today doesn’t exist in the same way it use to. People today aren’t dreaming and working for their dream like they once did. They now expect it‚ they think it should just be given to them‚ because they are American. They know longer want the possibility of these great dreams‚ and the ability to work towards and accomplish them. Today‚ the people expect everything to be handed to them on a silver platter. They say they

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    Goodmorning Ladies and Gentlemen‚ today I am here to talk to you about how Romeo and Juliet is relevant today. More specifically how the theme of love displayed is relevant in modern society. Love‚ its everywhere. Its human nature to love and be loved. Whether its the 1800s or the year 3013 love will never go out of fashion. The first notion of love in the play is when Romeo is infatuated with Rosaline. His love for her is quick‚ childish and unrequited. Shakespeare presents Romeo as merely being

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    Shakespeare may have used elaborate poetic phrases to express his emotions‚ today we express our emotions with an emoji. Ladies and gentleman‚ today I’ll be discussing why Shakespeare’s King Lear is still popular today specifically for the reasons that he has been able to capture common human emotions and that themes which are still relevant today are involved in his play‚ for these reasons I believe that Shakespeare has been able to successfully transcend time and be praised as a timeless classic

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    Shakespeare Sonnet 116

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    William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 found on page 1182 of The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Volume1B: The Sixteenth Century‚ The Early Seventeenth Centry‚ 2nd edition(New York: W.W. Nortion‚ 2000) is one of his most famous sonnets to conquer the subject of love. While there is much debate concerning the tone of this sonnet‚ Shakespeare’s words speak of transcendent love not very commonly considered in popular poetry at the time. He used the Petrarchan sonnet style in Old English popular

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    Shakespeare Sonnet 138

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    William Shakespeare’s poetry entails complex language and hidden meanings. Shakespeare is famous for his ability to author a web of images that creates layers of interpretations and understandings. In Sonnet 138 however‚ Shakespeare is more direct in describing his relationship with his lover by avoiding imagery and metaphors‚ explaining to the reader that this seemingly unconventional relationship is indeed justified. Shakespeare constructs a persona of the speaker in a way that establishes a casual

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    sonnet 116 by shakespeare

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    Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare Shakespeaare’s sonnet 116 is a part of his 154-poem sonnet sequence. First 126 sonnets addresses to a young man and the rest of them addresses to “the dark lady” who betrays the speaker with the young man in the first 126 sonnets. The iambic parameter and refrains used in the poem are the musical components in the sonnet and in order to draw the attention of the listeners or readers of the poem they are reinforced with the repetition of certain sounds in the first

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    Shakespeare Sonnet 1

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    Shakespearean Sonnet 15 Explication A Shakespearean sonnet consists of fourteen lines‚ each line containing ten syllables written in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter is a pattern in which a deemphasized syllable follows an emphasized syllable; this pattern repeats five times per line. The rhyme scheme in Shakespearean sonnets is a-b-a-b‚ c-d-c-d‚ e-f-e-f‚ g-g; the last two lines are a rhyming couplet. Shakespeare’s fifteenth sonnet‚ a procreation sonnet addressed to a young man‚ is a

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