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    After reading the rather confusing (and extremely hostile) essay "Shakespeare‚" it’s not hard to tell that the author calls for an eradication of William Shakespeare’s plays from English classrooms. The author feels that many of Shakespeare’s great plays‚ including Macbeth‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ and Twelfth Knight‚ are irrelevant to today’s society. Although the language in this essay is extremely convoluted and tangled‚ as I am sure everyone has noted‚ I believe that I have found the quintessence of

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    described as the advocacy for equal treatment towards women’s rights. Different aspects including ideologies and political movements create a range for the goal of feminism‚ to launch an era of political‚ social‚ and economic equality of sexes. Shakespeare tackles the idea of the treatment of women and gender roles in many of his sonnets‚ plays and other forms of literature. Oddly‚ most of Shakespeare’s depictions of women are opposite to what is stereotypically known by society. The personalities

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    Is the “Synoptic Puzzle” really a problem? The Gospels of Matthew‚ Mark‚ and Luke have been identified as having strong similarities‚ are often grouped together and understood to be related to each in a special way; other than the way they are related to the Gospel of John. In effort to compare the Gospels similarities and differences a tool‚ synopsis is utilized (Mark Powell‚ 93). A synopsis (from the Greek syn‚ “with” + opsis‚ “seeing”) presents parallel texts from each of the Gospels side by side

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    an Elizabethan or Jacobean text? Contextual study Acting level 2 Penda Madeleine Faal 19th april 2010-04-18 Word count= Pages of essay I want to start with an introduction to the main Elizabethan text: Shakespeare organised reality by stylizing it. Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet arranges various materials and conventions that his audience was already familiar with- a popular story‚ elements of Elizabethan romantic comedy‚ the technique of Petrarchan love poetry. As an actor we have

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    Toulmin model of argumentation. I think that Shakespeare argues that we create the monsters we fear and only we can

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    chc A TERM PAPER IN THE ENGLISH LITERATURE I. POEM ANALYSIS: Sonnet 41 by Shakespeare 1. Persona- The poem is about a youth and her personality. The youth is identified as young and beautiful and her beauty (or pleasing personality) ---as in‚ “Beauteous thou art”--- makes her susceptible to temptations thus‚ causing him to commit sins. The persona could be the poet himself accusing a beloved girl for her mistakes in life which are really expected. 2. Addressee- The persona is addressing

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    scripts‚ the main plot is fairly serious until the final act; whilst the sub-plot has a merry‚ happy feel until it takes a brutal twist and the end of Act III. Watching both plots unfold makes exciting viewing for the theatre-goers‚ therefore Shakespeare continues them throughout the entire play‚ bringing them together whenever it suits the occasion‚ such as in the events of Act III Scene Two; during the set-up of the Malvolio ‘prank‚’ before finally combining them in the chaotic conclusion that

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    "Dover Beach" by Arnold: Irony‚ Images‚ and Illusions In the poem "Dover Beach" by: Matthew Arnold there is a lot of irony‚ appeal to the auditory and visual sense‚ and illusions. The tone in this poem is very sad and dismal‚ but he shows us how to keep faith and hope in spite of that and how important being honest‚ true‚ and faithful to one another‚ really is. Throughout this poem ‚ Arnold mentions all of these traits and ties them all together. The irony in this poem is the main plot

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    How far do you think Shakespeare presents Romeo and Juliet as victims of fate? “Romeo and Juliet” is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1597‚ when people believed that their lives were controlled by fate‚ like a force or spirit that decides the course a person’s life should take. They believed in magic‚ horoscopes and that the Sun‚ Moon and stars could change their destiny. In this play Shakespeare presents Romeo and Juliet as victims of fate in many different ways; as a result it is

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    No fear Shakespeare to Titanic For this project we had to compare the No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet graphic novel‚ to the movie “Titanic”‚ both the movie and the book were very interesting. They did have some major things in common‚ as well as some big differences. One thing interesting in common with both the movie and the book are the initials R and J‚ these are the initials of both the main characters in the separate stories; Romeo and Juliet and Rose and Jack. But that is only a small

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