AP Literature and Composition 3 April 2013 Socialism and Shakespeare Throughout the entirety of Shakespeare’s play‚ Hamlet‚ if one looks carefully‚ one can see many aspects of Marxist thought prevalent in the story. To effectively analyze a story through a Marxist critical lens‚ the reader needs to pay close attention to how characters of different classes interact with one another‚ especially in respect to class oppression and social inequity‚ particularly if the actions or words of a character
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Against the pull of its patriarchal love fantasy‚ Jane Eyre presents an equally passionate protest against patriarchal authority. Do you agree? Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte was published in 1847 and was met with instant criticism and public disapproval in the Victorian society. The Victorian woman had a restricted‚ narrow existence solely as the ‘angel of the house’‚ the wife and nurturer. By lending a powerful voice to the girl governess‚ Jane Eyre‚ Bronte attempts to break away from feminine
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Sun Tzu - The Art of War A mysterious Chinese warrior philosopher compiled this book over 2‚000 years ago. It was translated into English by an author named‚ Thomas Cleary‚ who holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He is the translator of various works in Buddhist‚ Taoist‚ and I Ching studies. It is still the most prestigious and influential book today for study by politicians and military strategists everywhere. The main theme of this book is to "To Win
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leaders from those that were Christian born between the ages of 12 and early 20’s. Lybyer (1913) states “The Ottoman system deliberately took slaves and made them ministers of state; it took boys from the sheep-run and the plow-tail and made them courtiers and the husbands of princesses; it took young men whose ancestors had borne the Christian name for centuries‚ and made them rulers in the greatest Mohammedan states‚ and soldiers and generals in invincible armies whose chief joy was to beat down
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As Don Williams Jr. once said‚ “Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal.” Throughout time and history‚ generation after generation have trouble answering common and recurring questions pertaining life‚ death‚ and love. These recurring and troubling questions‚ known as universal questions‚ provoke deep thought and debate amongst cultures. While in today’s society many search for the answers to these questions on their computers‚ cell phones‚ or tablets‚ back in ancient
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bartolomeu dias Early Life Why on earth would a person sail around the southernmost tip of Africa without modern sailing technology such as GPS? Bartolomeu Dias was such a person to accomplish his great voyage around the Cape of Good Hope. He was born in Portugal around 1450 and was a Portuguese navigator and explorer and was known as the first European who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa and reached the Cape of Good Hope. Bartolomeu Dias’ achievement had ultimately led to expansion
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HAMLET Settings The main setting is Elsinore Castle in eastern Denmark‚ on the Oresund strait separating the Danish island of Sjælland (Zealand) from the Swedish province of Skåne and linking the Baltic Sea in the south to the Kattegat Strait in the north. Elsinore is a real town. Its Danish name is Helsingor. In Shakespeare’s time‚ Elsinore was an extremely important port that fattened its coffers by charging a toll for ship passage through the Oresund strait. Modern Elsinore‚ or Helsingor‚ is
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Family Background and status Xerxes was born a royal prince and would have had all the respect and prestige associated with his status. He was not the eldest son of King Darius I. Darius had three sons by another wife whilst he was still but a lord. For Darius to strengthen his calm to the Persian throne‚ Darius married Atossa ‚ the daughter of Cyrus the Great. Xerxes was the eldest son of this union. This made Xerxes the son of the king‚ grandson of the founder of the empire and the son with the
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A River About The poet Attipat Krishnaswami Ramanujan was an Indian playwright‚ folklorist‚ and poet author who wrote in both English and Kannada. Ramanujan ’s work shows that cultural tradition in India is a conflict between the colonial English identity and post-colonial ethnic identities. As a poet‚ he is known for his avant-garde approach and atavistic poetic arguments rather than innate genius. His major works include: Hymns for the Drowning‚ Speaking of Siva‚ and A River etc. In 1976‚
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