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It is rare these days to read a scholarly book that is as beautifully written as Peter Thomson’s Shakespeare’s Professional Career. To enter the overtrodden ground of Shakespearean biography and politics can be a daunting prospect for reader and writer alike, but Thomson, with his lively pen and sharp, witty mind, makes it easy and…

The city of Orzo is located in Central Italy. Orzo is set on a steep hill rising from the floodplain of the River Aaron. In the upper part of the town are the cathedral, the town hall and the Medici Fortress, from which the main streets branch off towards the lower part as far as…

To what extent did Kafka use comedy/irony to develop his tragic, cynical view of society and family?Gregor Samsa, a young traveling salesman who lives with and financially supports his parents and younger sister, Grete, wakes up one morning to find “himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin” or insect. At first, to my…

One change to the internal arrangements of the house was created by the Prince’s increasing bulk. His bedroom was moved down stairs. Summary Did the pavilion reflect fashionable tastes in: Architecture and design? Fashionable – no. The external design does not follow a trend or create one. It was radical for England. It was appropriate…

Rights, Responsibility and the Real Deal by Jeremy Butler The Right to FreeSpeech is Protected Ideas are the backbone of democracy. However we see fit toexpress those ideas is a right provided in the Constitution of the UnitedStates. No matter the format of that expression someone will find them offensiveand seek to stop that expression….

The voice was written in the same year Hardys beloved wife Emma died. So the poem focuses on his heartache and loss over her. It shows his depression and how he mourned, we feel for him because he uses imagery and complexity in the poem to give us an idea of how he felt. From…

“The knowledge that we value the most is the knowledge for which we can provide the strongest justification. ” To what extent would you agree with this claim? When asked what the knowledge you value the most is, some might say the knowledge learned has a strong justification, and/or proof. While others may state that,…

Junior has been beaten up. He’s lying on the kitchen floor of his mother-in-law Nora’s rundown house in a bad urban neighborhood, bleeding. As Junior’s wife Gail shouts for 911 to “Hurry, Dammit!”, Nora gives Junior a command: “Look at yourself. You’re on the floor. We need you off the floor.” To motivate Junior, Nora…

Who really wrote Shakespeare’s works? One of the most well-known writers in history is also one of the most controversial writers. William Shakespeare has been credited to thirty-eight plays, but did he actually write all of them. The debate whether he wrote all of his plays has been debated for generations. One of the main…

What is a hero? A hero is a person noted or admired for nobility, courage, or outstanding achievements. In the two stories I read the two main characters, although much different from each other in rank, had many things in common. In the story Field of Rice- Buck, the character Wang San represents the traditional,…