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KING LEAR

It is said by Lear that it would have been better if Cordelia ¡§hadst not been born than not t¡¦have pleased me better¡¨, but France supports her by referring to her as ¡§Fairest Cordelia¡¨ to put her into a better light. As France is portrayed as a ¡§true gentleman¡¨ his views and opinions are ...

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The Scarlet Letter Essay

"But (Hester) is not the protagonist; the chief actor, and the tragedy of The Scarlet Letter is not her tragedy, but Dimmesdales. He it was whom the sorrows of death encompassed..... His public confession is one of the noblest climaxes of tragic literature." This statement by Randall Stewart does ...

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Discussions On Darwin

Man, due to a force unknown to him for millions of years, rose to the very top of the organic scale. Only in the past one hundred years have men finally put aside their Biblical and mythical tales about creation, and looked to the facts in order to piece together a logical explanation for the ...

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Eleanor Aquitaine

In 1122 William X and his wife Aénor of Châtellerault had a daughter be the name of Eleanor who also called herself Aliénor. She grew up in the presence of her father and the troubadours of the court. A young lady who strengthened every situation and marriage she was in and promoted the artistic ...

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Beowulf

Since the dawn of time, the forces of evil have always tried to gain an upper hand over the forces of good. The battles between these two forces have transcended time in both different forms and in different places. Every culture since the birth of man has background stories of creation and the ...

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Cyrano De Bergerac

Every generation has its own heroes that display, what they believe to be, ideal characteristics. While each is different in their own way, many of these role models share similar qualities. Most tend to have courage, strength, compassion, or another respected trait, but this is not necessarily ...

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Biography: Jefferson, Thomas

1743-1826, intellectual, statesman, and third president of the United States. Although Jefferson served as governor of Virginia, minister to France, secretary of state, vice president, and president, he is remembered in history less for the offices he held than for what he stood for: his belief in ...

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Taoism

is one of the two great philosophical and religious traditions that originated in China. The other philosophy native to China is Confucianism. Both and Confucianism began at about the same time, around the sixth century B.C. China's third great religion, Buddhism, came to China from India ...

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Is Hamlet Mad?

Perhaps the world's most famous mental patient, Hamlet's sanity has been argued over by countless learned scholars for hundreds of years. As a mere student of advanced-level English Literature, I doubt I can add anything new to the debate in 2000 words, but I can look at the evidence supporting ...

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New Atlantis By Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon was the founder of the modern scientific method. The focus on the new scientific method is on orderly experimentation. For Bacon, experiments that produce results are important. Bacon pointed out the need for clear and accurate thinking, showing that any mastery of the world in which ...

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The Underdogs

Demetrio Macias’, Hope for the Commoners In written by Mariano Azuela, we are introduced to a character that strongly symbolizes the fuel of the Mexican Revolution. Heroes like Demetrio Macias brought the Serrano’s hope of giving them what they felt they truly deserved. Although Demetrio ...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The House Of The Dead

Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on Nov. 11, 1825. As his father was a former military surgeon, Dostoyevsky grew up in the noble class. He entered the military engineering school at St. Petersburg at age 16. Shortly after graduating, he resigned his commission and devoted all ...

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Hamlet: Theories Of Hamlet's Delay In Killing Claudius

There are several theories about why Hamlet, the main character of Shakespeare's masterpiece, Hamlet, delays in killing his Uncle, King Claudius. As the son of a murdered noble, Hamlet is obligated to avenge the death of his father. However, the act is never performed until the end of the ...

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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: Test Of One Knight's Chivalric Attributes

Loyalty, courage, honor, purity, and courtesy are all attributes of a knight that displays chivalry. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is truly a story of the test of these attributes. In order to have a true test of these attributes, there must first be a knight worthy of being tested, meaning ...

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Alchemy

Honors English 1 The art and science of transforming base metals into the noble metals, silver and gold. This is the most common definition of the word , the word however means working with melted metals. There is more to then just the transmutation of metals, it also includes medical science. ...

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Hamlet: A Revenge Tragedy

William Shakespeare's Hamlet can be defined as a revenge tragedy. In Shakespeare's tragedies the reader sees a noble, heroic central character who is destroyed because a defect in his character either causes him to involve himself in circumstances which overpower him, or makes him incapable of ...

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An Exploration Of Femininity I

n Shakespeare's Tragedies. In a patriarchal structured society femininity and the female are restricted or defined by the socio-cultural precepts imposed by the male hegemony. Therefore, in order to examine the feminine as presented in Hamlet and other plays, I believe, we must have at the ...

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Buddhism

is a religion founded by an ex-Prince Siddhartha Gaumata. Gaumata was a prince who was brought up in a perfect surrounding. When the prince left the palace he saw all the poverty. At the age of twenty nine, the prince left his wife and his infant son to meditate and practice Yoga to find peace ...

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Darkness; Beacon Of Chaos In Macbeth

Darkness in our society is indicative of evil. For instance, a black cat, a dark night, and a dark place are all symbolic of diablerie. Authors use these symbols to describe an evil character or setting. William Shakespeare employs the imagery of darkness in Act 4 of his play Macbeth to describe ...

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Honor Killings

The Illiad is a poem which takes place in the tenth year of a war between the Trojans and the Achains. Most of the poem talks about the battles taking place within that specific time period of war. Does Homer portray these events as a glorification or condemnation of war? Well, he does sort of ...

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