collection of love sonnets written in vernacular Italian. Petrarch’s friend‚ Giovanni Boccaccio‚ was a pre-eminent writer whose fiction‚The Decameron is regarded as one of the earliest works of prose writing in Italian. Boccaccio was the master of the spoken language and of the swift‚ vivid‚ narrative style which is free from the abundance of ornament. He was also a master of the classical models of select vocabulary as seen in his prefaces to the days and the individual stories. These two aspects of
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schedules made finding practice time very difficult and I am truly in awe of how community theatre is able to produce such wonderful performances with so many varied schedules of volunteers. This project taught me the story of The Fisherman and His Wife‚ a story that I was surprised to have had never heard before. Discussing the story with the group was very helpful and insightful in the understanding of the driving concept of the story. I really enjoyed our interpretation of it through the concept
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Is this the end for Marc Ching and his wife‚ and the mother of his children‚ Linda Ching? Like we haven’t heard this kind of story before. With a loyal wife at home with the kids‚ Pretty boy gets a little money and fame and then receives a lot of undeserved attention from gorgeous news reporters‚ rich single woman‚ 20 somethings who would like nothing more than to be a ’groupie’ add the fact that a ton of cash is missing from his foundations bank account and you get serious marriage troubles.
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A letter from Banquo to his wife To my dearest‚ I am gratified to report of our triumph. It was a tough battle‚ that we have fought for our pride and success. Macbeth hast shown once again valor and mettle. Without his support I am certain we would hast surrendered long ago. I am grateful of our great victory. It hast unquestionably revived moods and lives. Whilst we wast coming back from the battle on a murky night some creatures that wast so withered-looking and so
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Edgar Allan Poe “The Oval Portrait” : THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MAIN STORY AND THE EMBEDDED ONE. “The Oval Portrait” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe involving the harrowing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. The final version of the text is a revision of an earlier story known as “Life in Death”. Poe improved his novella by eliminating narrator’s penchant for opium and modifying the conclusion. It allowed him to achieve purely didactic piece of writing
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today‚ like Giovanni Bellini. Giovanni Bellini is a very well known artist for making many beautiful pieces of art. Most of his art was religious and included many famous holy characters like Jesus and The Virgin Mary. He has a wide background connecting to artists‚ he was born into a family of great artists and painters. This made him strive to be one like his other close family members. Not many people knew much about his artistic abilities until his very first pieces of art. Giovanni Bellini’s
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First written in the 1880s and extensively revised in 1908‚ The Portrait of a Lady is often considered to be James’s greatest achievement. In it‚ he explored many of his most characteristic themes‚ including the conflict between American individualism and European social custom and the situation of Americans in Europe. James proclaimed that “The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent reality.” Plot was for him but the extension of character. The novel must
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The Plague is a disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis. It is responsible for killing millions of people in the Middle Ages. However‚ today we have a cure for it. The author Giovanni Boccacio wrote The Decameron to report‚ warn‚ and record the disease. He wanted people to be aware of what happened. The disease spread from place to place‚ animal to human‚ human to human. The people around it were aware that it was spreading and understood that is was “contagious”. As a result‚ they got rid
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the thematic regularity of most operas of his time‚ Mozart’s Don Giovanni‚ presented Europe with a brash new outlook of nobility. The opera’s plot‚ based around the licentious actions of Spanish aristocrat Don Giovanni‚ begins with Giovanni’s rape of Donna Anna‚ the future bride of Don Ottavio‚ and subsequent murder of her father. From the commencement‚ it is apparent that Giovanni follows his own set of perverted morals unlike those common to society. His servant Leperello‚ conversely‚ embodies Giovanni’s
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home about. He goes about his insignificant life completely devoid of any ambition or wherewithal to advance his lot in life. He works as a mere office clerk in a not-too-prestigious office‚ he can barely talk women‚ and has the most curious and annoying habits. He is by no means assertive‚ and lets the scum of the earth walk over him. Even his man-servant Petrushka has no respect for him. He is a homely as a mule‚ with about as much hair as one… well except for on his head. He is as short as he
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