In his play King Lear‚ Shakespeare explores the consequences of subverting the natural order‚ and he does so through the immoral actions of his characters. Indeed‚ every character in the play‚ from Regan to Gloucester‚ subverts that order at some point. Characters like Lear and Edmund both disturb the natural order Lear and Edmund both with the wrong intentions‚ Cordelia on the other hand is one of the few characters who tries to sustain the natural order‚ but the great tragedy of the play is that
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On Finding A Small Fly Crushed in a Book- essay Charles Tennyson Turner is somewhat unfairly regarded as a lesser poet than his more famous brother‚ the Poet Laureate Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson. Although he was a vicar by profession and not known as a poet in his own lifetime‚ he wrote over 340 sonnets and‚ as “On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book” shows‚ was an accomplished writer in his own right. The poem is a sonnet‚ but an adapted one that has a rhyme scheme that does not exactly fit any
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DECALOGUE" by Apolinario Mabini First. Thou shalt love God and thy honor above all things: God as the foussntain of all truth‚ of all justice and of all activity; and thy honor‚ the only power which will oblige thee to be faithful‚ just and industrious. Second. Thou shalt worship God in the form which thy conscience may deem most righteous and worthy: for in thy conscience‚ which condemns thy evil deeds and praises thy good ones‚ speaks thy God. Third. Thou shalt cultivate the special gifts which
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"Brother wolf‚ thou hast done much evil in this land‚ destroying and killing the creatures of God without his permission; yea‚ not animals only hast thou destroyed‚ but thou hast even dared to devour men‚ made after the image of God; for which thing thou art worthy of being hanged like a robber and a murderer. All men cry out against thee‚ the dogs pursue thee‚ and all the inhabitants of this city are thy enemies; but I will make peace between them and thee‚ O brother wolf‚ is so be thou no more offend
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I have been so blind so long‚ now I see. How managed thou to hide the stinking truth? Why art thou so eager to forsake me? Wherefore didst thou doest this to me? What have I done to deserve such betrayal? My faith and trust were in the pitch of dark I finally see the light –but too late. I curse thee to the heavens or to hell Whichever one makes you sicken the most. Thou shall suffer for thy treacherous sins. How can I avert thee from thy mortal course? Witches‚ foul hags‚ you foresaw
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rewritten them in a more personal or modern language‚ or in order to apply it to a more modern or personal situation/event. One piece of literature that has been interpreted in many different ways is The Sick Rose‚ by William Blake. According to ‘Oh Rose‚ Thou Art Sick!’ Anti‐Individuation Forces In The Film American Beauty by David Hewison‚ some of these interpretations include‚ “…the corrupting nature of illicit sexual desire: the ‘dark secret love’ which destroys life as the demands of the flesh destroy
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In spite of an expression of defeat‚ what is the predominant emotional tone of the poem? O wild West Wind‚ thou breath of Autumn’s being‚ Thou‚ from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven‚ like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing‚ Yellow‚ and black‚ and pale‚ and hectic red‚ Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The winged seeds‚ where they lie cold and low‚ Each like a corpse within its grave‚ until Thine azure sister of the
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Arranged and produced by Dr. Behrouz Homayoun Far http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/far far@acm.org The Gulistan of Sa’adi Sheikh Muslih-uddin Sa’adi Shirazi Of what use will be a dish of flowers.. to thee Take only one leaf from this garden.. of me. A flower endures.. but for five or six days‚ The delight from my garden ..always stays. Arranged and produced by Dr. Behrouz Homayoun Far http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/far far@acm.org THE GULISTAN OF SA’ADI Sheikh Muslih-uddin Saadi
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Imagery · Eyesight Imagery Shakespeare’s King Lear is extremely full with eyesight‚ vision‚ and blindness imagery. As a matter of fact the blindness versus vision theme runs rampant throughout the story. King Lear begins his journey as a man who is "blind" because he cannot see beyond the fake and flattering comments that his daughters Goneril and Regan throw at him. He blindly and angrily cuts his favorite daughter‚ Cordelia‚ out of her share of land. Lear’s loyal servant‚ Kent‚ tries to get Lear
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Portia: Is thy name Shylock? Shylock: Yes. Portia: Of a strange nature is the suit you follow. (To Antonio): You stand within his danger‚ do you not? Antonio: Ay‚ so he says. Portia: Do you confess the bond? Antonio: I do. Portia: Then must the Jew be merciful. Shylock: On what compulsion must I? Portia: The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath: it is twice blest‚ it blesses him that gives and him that takes. It becomes the throned
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