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    of his growing power makes him see those around him as a threat and is willing to turn to murder to protect his title. He especially believes the noble Macduff family to be a grave danger to him. Furthermore the three witches are able to use their wit and cleverness

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    time. This play‚ which was written in a patriarchal society‚ can be applied to today’s modern audience in a post – feminist world. Shakespeare’s conventions have ensured the ongoing success and due to his use of sexual innuendos‚ satire‚ deceit and wit‚ the modern audience is willing to look beyond the language barrier. Shakespeare is deemed unique because he has taken personalities‚ situations‚ and events and has used various techniques which can be interpreted into different contexts to be enjoyed

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    humour is essentially universal. There is no real thought required in processing what is being read‚ said‚ or played out. Then there is the humour of Horace‚ the focus of this assignment. As previously mentioned‚ I find it difficult to detect the comic wit Horace employs in the creation of his satires. This is not entirely surprising since Horace is essentially writing for an audience that is familiar with his work. Many of us reading Horace’s works today are basically looking at his satires through the

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    appropriately. Without integrity‚ lawyers make more money and everything cost s more for us because those fees get rolled into the goods and services we use every day. In the book "The Speed of Trust " by Stephen M.R. Covey‚ not t o be confused wit h Stephen Covey‚ it makes a very good case f or t his. It basically says t hat lack of integrity and t rust in others slows life down and makes it more expensive. He also t ells a story of how Warren Buffet did a very large business deal based on

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    detentio n ha d bee n easie r o n him . Becaus e h e wa s stronge r tha n mos t o f us ‚ h e ha d bee n pu t i n charg e o f ou r wagon . On th e thir d nigh t o f ou r journey ‚ I wok e u p wit h a star t whe n I fel t tw o hand s o n m y throat ‚ trying t o strangl e me . I barel y ha d tim e t o cal l out : "Father! " Jus t tha t on e word . I wa s suffocating . Bu t m y fathe r

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    he is a greater solver of riddles than the blind Teiresias and his taunting of the seer for having failed in tackling the Sphinx. He speaks out of pride: “There was a riddle too deep for common wits; By mother –Wit‚ not bird loard” He probably would agree with the priest that he had achieved this “with the aid of a god”. Priest: “It was some god breathed in you to set us free”

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    another excellent poet‚ Sir Philip Sidney‚ whose diverse career in politics‚ diplomatic positions‚ writing‚ and the military made him a "Renaissance man" of the time. Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella is a prime example of Elizabethan poetry due to its wit and imaginative creativity.

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    Margaret Edson’s uses narration and symbolism in the play W;t to explore the theme of a soul working out its salivation. In the play Vivian is perceived as a woman who is shrewd‚ tough‚ serious‚ and strict. Vivian states‚ “I know all about life and death after all I am a scholar of Donne’s Holy Sonnet” (Edson 12). However‚ after Vivian is diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer and undergoes treatment she if forced to analyze who she has become. Edson allows the audience to see what Vivian perceives

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    pleasure‚ learning and art. Metaphysical poems are lyric poems characterised by use of wit‚ irony and wordplay. Wit and conceit were both aspects of a mental set shared by writers looking for connections between things. As well as manipulation of ideas‚ wit could be displayed in verbal expression. Compression and brevity were part of a poetic fashion called "strong lines". Wordplay and brevity were all aspects of "wit". Conceit is a poetic idea‚ usually a metaphor. There can be conventional ideas‚ where

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    Sonnet 116 Analysis

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    EARLY RENAISSANCE POETRY: THE POEMS Source Text: Ferguson‚ Margaret‚ et al (eds). The Norton Anthology of Poetry. Fifth Edition. New York: W.W. Norton‚ 2005. 1 Thomas Wyatt 1503 – 1542 The Long Love That in My Thought Doth Harbor1 The long˚ love‚ that in my thought doth harbour‚˚ enduring/lodge And in mine heart doth keep his residence‚ Into my face presseth with bold pretence‚ And therein campeth‚ spreading his banner.2 She that me learneth˚

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