The play ‘Macbeth’ was believed by scholars to have been written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1603 and 1606. Shakespeare’s date of birth is unknown but he was baptised on 26th April 1564 and died on 23rd April 1616‚ aged 52. He was an English poet and playwright with 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ 2 long narrative poems‚ and several other poems which all consist of his surviving works. His plays have been translated into every major language and are performed more than any other playwrights around
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‘MY FAIR LADY’ Henry Higgins is a professor of phonetics and believes that an important factor in establishing one’s own social status is by the way a person speaks and presents themselves. Every division of a society is marked by linguistic differences but Higgins believes that there is a perfect and proper approach to the English Language. Higgins speaks Standard English which is a widely accepted form of English in the United Kingdom also known as Received Pronunciation (RP). Non-standard grammatical
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GYY75UU8JKIKL‚EREDEGTDX CBCD NR‚C“The MMMoooooooooo‚MK lost of a brother” Nothing brought more happiness than her mother but when it came to her dad she felt like she was with nobody except that it was difficult to talk to her dad because he didn’t like to speak. But she never felt like that before with her mom until today. Some voice was telling her just to stay with her mom but Alice knew something bad was coming. “Hey Alice what are doing outside in this rainy cold day?” “Hmm...” said Alice She
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The No.1 Ladies Detective agency 1. State the title‚ author‚ and number of pages. Ans: The No.1 Ladies Detective agency‚ Alexander McCall Smith‚ number of pages 235. 2. Tell what the book is about. Describe the setting. Ans: The book is about a woman named Mma Ramotswe‚ who wants to open a detective agency by using the money her deceased father left. All she wanted to do was help her people by solving their problems. All her cases take place in beautiful place called Botswana‚ in Africa. Mma
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As he stood in front of the door‚ the door that either held the Lady or the Tiger‚ his mind was surprisingly calm. He knew the princess would make the right choice. He trusted her; he loved her. His hand felt the cool metal of the doorknob. He heard it click as it was turned as if the silence of the arena wasn’t already enough to make the hair on the back of his neck stand up. He wasn’t nervous‚ no. As he gently pulled on the cloth-silenced door‚ he merely wondered what fate the princess chose
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Why God‚ can I not have my own conscience? Ok‚ get it together Macbeth. I can do this. All I have to do is kill King Duncan. All that is required of me is to sneak into his room and stab him to death. Thinking of this plan reminds me of Lady Macbeth’s cleverness and brilliance. She constantly makes me question my manhood and intellect. But I know she has my best intentions at heart. Don’t lose focus at the goal Macbeth. Just kill Duncan. I deserve to be king. But Duncan does not deserve
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Anton Chekhov in “the Lady with the Dog‚” brilliantly displays the quest of one man to find happiness. Anton Chekhov’s short story‚ The Lady with the Little Dog‚ is the simple story of a philandering married man who finally falls in love with an unhappily married woman with whom he has an affair. Though it is a remarkably simple plot‚ the story is compelling to read because Chekhov’s use of two effective plot devices with diction and symbolism. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the small seaport
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Themes in ‘Macbeth’. Order/Disorder. * Disorder introduced with the arrival of the witches in horrible weather. * ‘In thunder‚ lightning‚ or in rain?’ * The Thane of Cawdor threatens established order‚ ironic as the new Thane of Cawdor also betrays the King. * ‘Assisted by that most disloyal traitor‚/ The Thane of Cawdor‚ began a dismal conflict’ * The witches prophecies tempt Macbeth into disrupting natural order. * ‘If good‚ why do I yield to that suggestion‚/ Whose horrid
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First Entry - After Lady Macbeth receives Macbeth’s letter I just received a letter from Macbeth telling what had happened after the battle‚ “I met weird witches on my way back after the victory and I realized that they tell prophecies. While I stood rapt in the wonder‚ messengers from the King appeared and announced that I had just been named as the thane of Cawdor‚ which was one of the titles that the witches had previously mentioned when they called ‘Hail‚ king that shalt be.’(Act I‚ scene v‚
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“The Lady of Shallot” begins with a description of a field by a river that leads to Camelot. Then‚ there is an island in the middle of the river called the Island of Shallot‚ with a castle on it. In the castle lives the Lady of Shallot‚ who no one every sees but sometimes hear. Part two describes the Lady of Shallot. She is cursed and weaves. She cannot look out of her window‚ but she can see through a magic mirror. She weaves what she sees. Then‚ Sir Lancelot rides by the island‚ when the Lady sees
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