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The Birmingham Stage Company is the resident company of the Old Rep Theatre. Its patrons are Sir Derek Jacobi and Paul Scofield. The company is unfounded and relies mainly on box office income. Company productions include Speed-The-Plow by David Mamet, The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. The present production…

Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany, the son of Hans Luther, who worked in the copper mines, and his wife Margarethe. He went to school at Magdeburg and Eisenach, and entered the University of Erfurt in 1501, graduating with a BA in 1502 and an MA in 1505. His father wished him to be a…

    He is the exact polar opposite of Heathcliff, with blond hair and a gentle character. Nelly Dean remarks that Edgar Linton is like seeing “a beautiful fertile valley after a bleak hilly coal country” (p. 91). His inheritance, unlike that of Heathcliff, is legitimate and he is an educated and well-mannered gentleman. In…

What is a moral? This is a question that has plagued philosophers for many years. Is it possible to have a set of universal morals? There are many questions that surround the mystery of morals. They seem to drive our every action. We base our decisions on what is right and what is wrong. But…

During pages 492-505, special light is thrown on the character of Mihailov and the characters surrounding him. Compared to other sections, this episode is not particularly important to the plot. It does not involve any fundamental aspects that drastically change the rest of the book, but reveals characteristics and more importantly clearly shows Anna and…

Several hundred years after he lived and worked, Rembrandt remains a “celebrity” of single-name status; chances are that several hundred years from now his work will endure while that of, say, Yanni might not. Of Rembrandt van Rijn’s 290 etchings, 85 are currently on view, along with additional prints of the era, at UVM’s Fleming Museum. The touring exhibition,…

The Dust Bowl of North America refers to a catastrophe in the early 1930’s when vast areas of the Midwestern and Western farm lands of America became wastelands. This occurred due to a series of dry years which coincided with the extension of agriculture in unsuitable lands. Droughts and dust storms caused by poor tillage…

Evidence for Cathy’s confinement in narcissism can be found in language describing her infantilism. She is referred to as a “wailing child”. (162) However, the most important evidence can be found in Cathy’s own speech when she says:- “But I begin to fancy you don’t like me. How strange! I thought, though everybody hated and…

We are starting to witness the beginning of a new era. It is full of information and technology, and it will decide how the future is going to be. But despite all our new inventions and ideas that show us how we”re better off than the generations before us, have we grown in any other…

ndmaids TalThe two novels, The Handmaid’s Tale and Anthem, are both haunting, first person tales of personal hardship in a closed and controlled society. In this essay I will point out many important similarities and differences between the two books, mainly the setting and the similarities between the two societies in which the stories take…