Knowledge comes‚ but wisdom lingers. Lord Tennyson Frailty‚ thy name is woman! Shakespeare In the end‚ everything is a gag. Charlie Chaplin The best love affairs are those we never had. Norman Lindsay Brevity is the soul of wit. William Shakespeare Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. Will Rogers Fortune favors the brave. Virgil I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short. Blaise Pascal Great works are performed
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concerns which are often regarded as societal ideals. George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man is a pleasant and humorous attack on both. Shaw uses humor as “a vehicle of thought” thus tending to “obscure his subtle satire on war and the genteel classes and his exploration of the romantic-realist spectrum in human disposition” (Davis 274). These romantic ideals make up the essence of the play’s satirical instances and develop the theme of realism. Shaw satirizes romanticism within Arms and the Man by contrasting
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Just because Shakespeare is the best doesn’t mean he didn’t make some mistakes. I’m not alone in thinking this. William Gibson and Austin Pendleton‚ among others‚ have pointed out some of the Bard’s--what shall we call them?--technical infelicities. Here are a couple that bug me: I think there is a misplaced speech in Hamlet which has resulted in much unnecessary confusion. You’ll remember that in Act I Hamlet meets his father’s ghost‚ who tells his son that he was murdered by Claudius. Hamlet is
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Book Report In the book‚ “How to Develop-Self Confidence & Influence People by Public Speaking” The main takeaway from this book is that Dale Carnegie shows how improving public speaking and improving self-confidence are a function of preparation‚ education‚ determination and practice. There is no short cut to a better you - rather a long path of self-improvement. He shows you how to develop poise‚ improve your memory‚ begin and end a talk‚ Interest and charm your audience‚ improve your diction
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As humans‚ emotional reservations ultimately hinder an individual’s logical reasoning. In his work Saint Joan‚ George Bernard Shaw depicts the trial of Joan of Arc‚ leader of the French into victory against the British and yet ultimately the defendant on charges of heresy. Through slippery slope‚ an appeal to credibility‚ and inductive reasoning‚ the Inquisitor of the Church vindicates Joan’s execution to the court on the grounds that punishment for any form or magnitude of sin is justifiable. The
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learning is old‚ whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” - Henry Ford “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind‚ it doesn’t matter.” - Mark Twain “No one is so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.” - Henry David Thoreau “Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old
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Shaw was an unashamedly didactic writer. Does Shaw’s use of humor and wit in this instance enhance or detract from the demonstration of a serious philosophical dilemma? George Bernard Shaw was a didactic playwright who seeked to instruct rather than entertain in his works. Furthermore‚ his use of humor and wit in this extract from Act II enhances the demonstration of the serious philosophical dilemma. The dilemma consists of Dr. Ridgeon having to decide whether to give the cure to Blenkinsop
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ENGLISH - II (For Candidate Admitted From Calendar 2007 Onwards) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 75 PART – A Answer All the Questions: 10 X 2 = 20 1. Define prose. 2. What does the term one act play mean? 3. Write about the author George Bernard Shaw. 4. What is meant by composition? 5. Write down the definition for sentence. 6. What is note making? 7. State any two examples for simple compound sentence. 8. What are the types of clauses? 9. What does the term reported
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Treat others the way you want to be treated was the basic classroom rule we were all taught when we were younger. People often fail to realize that this rule still applies to us as we get older. A quote from George Bernard Shaw says” The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them‚ but to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity”. Meaning‚ it is our heartlessness that allows us to feel indifference towards others; it steals the harmony in the world. Octavia Butler allows
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natural and important to them—they are confined to barren cages‚ socially isolated‚ and psychologically traumatized. The thinking‚ feeling animals that are used in experiments are treated like nothing more than disposable laboratory equipment. George Bernard Shaw‚ an Irish critic and political activist‚ once said “Vivisection is a total evil because it advances human knowledge; it does so at the expense of human character.” Nowadays‚ the development of new procedures has changed the need to test on animals
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