William Shakespeare is one of the world’s most famous author’s who composed many different plays. One of his most popular plays is Hamlet‚ which is titled after the protagonist of the story. The plot is about Hamlet’s anger and rage in avenging his father’s death. In Act I‚ Scene V‚ Hamlet discovered that his uncle murdered his father. The time period between his father’s death and the visit of his ghost‚ Hamlet was mourning the loss of his father. However‚ from lines 91-112‚ there is a sense
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Hamlet Commentary This soliloquy‚ spoken by Hamlet in Act III‚ scene I‚ is the passage I choose for my commentary. Hamlet reveals the problem of whether to commit suicide as a question of “To be‚ or not to be‚” meaning‚ to live or not to live. He debates the consequences of both living and dying. Does it show more strength to struggle through life‚ “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune‚” without too much distortion or action on one’s part‚ rather than for one to try to stop their suffering
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The Sixth Amendment The 6th Amendment focuses completely on the rights of a person accused of committing a crime by the government. The 6th Amendment contains seven specific protections for people accused of crimes. These seven rights are: the right to a speedy trial‚ the right to a public trial‚ the right to be judged by an impartial jury‚ the right to be notified of the nature and circumstances of the alleged crime‚ the right to confront witnesses who will testify against the accused‚ the
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Darius henry The First Amendment In my opinion freedom of speech and First Amendment rights are crucial to higher education because For One‚ Freedom of speech is the right for an individual to speak their mind without interfering with the law and the First Amendment is the law respecting an establishment of religion ‚ the right to free expression‚ infringing on the freedom of the press‚ and freedom of belief. Which all ties into education itself sine the majority of it is sourly based on
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The Controversial Ending of Shaw’s Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is a play that has become a classic in today’s world. It is a retelling of an ancient story‚ of the same name‚ by the Roman poet‚ Ovid‚ in which a sculptor falls in love with a statue he carved. In Shaw’s story‚ Henry Higgins‚ an expert in phonetics‚ happens upon a poor flower girl with awful English and street manners named Eliza Doolittle. Throughout the course of the play Higgins transforms her into an elegant independent
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cultural issues of the time. Vogue has taken on controversial topics like civil rights. Most magazines were scared to publish such controversial articles‚ but not Vogue. Many of some of the fashion’s greatest fads have come from African American culture. Fashion magazines would send people out to primarily black areas to get ideas for new fashion trends. For example‚ Hot Pants in the 1970’s came from what women would wear in Harlem (Wilson). They first started by publishing articles on the
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Waiting for his play reenactment to reveal the true “conscience of the king”‚ Hamlet sparks an internal philosophical debate on the advantages and disadvantages of his existence and whether someone has the GOD given right to end his or her own life. At first read‚ Hamlet seems as if he is speaking of his own personal situation. But after re-reading and analyzing the soliloquy‚ nothing in the soliloquy relates it Prince Hamlet’s individual case. Prince Hamlet uses the
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The 21st Amendment The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the sale‚ manufacture‚ and trade of alcohol‚ and this amendment was canceled by the Twenty-first amendment. The 21st amendment allowed alcohol to be sold‚ manufactured‚ and traded legally as long as it abided by state laws. The Twenty-first Amendment gave the States complete control over whether
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The first soliloquy provides a contrast between the controlled and artificial dialogue he had exchanged with Claudius in the court. It is situated when King Claudius and Ma’am Queen Gertrude advocate Hamlet in “open court” to discard his feelings of melancholia‚ which they believe has taken over his mind as a result of his father’s death. For them‚ they believe that Hamlet has grieved enough already about his Father’s death. When we read a bit before the soliloquy‚ we notice that‚ that is when King
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The second amendment‚ The right to bears arms is one thing that makes our nation such a great place to live. Today in most countries it’s illegal to own a gun because of the government control over the people living there‚ most of these people don’t have their freedom and are told what to do everyday. The right to bear arms gives us the right to protect ourselves and give us the cosher of being safe‚ especially in todays world with all the wrong going on. Self defense is a major issue in the right
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