Albert Arnold "Al" Gore‚ Jr. (born March 31‚ 1948) served as the 45th Vice President of the United States (1993–2001)‚ under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election. Gore is currently an author‚ businessman‚ and environmental activist. He was previously an elected official for 24 years‚ representing Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–85)‚ and later in the U.S. Senate (1985–93)‚ and finally becoming Vice
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Many people wonder if Shakespeare is still relevant in the 21st century. Think about this: the issues Shakespeare wrote about were issues that many people have to face in their lifetime and have remained unchanged. His themes are also timeless themes which means they will never go out of date they will be relevant forever. Shakespeare‚ therefore‚ is still very relevant and should be continued to be taught in high school. Shakespeare’s themes in his play are timeless‚ themes such as love‚ friendship
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Jackson 4/2/13 African American History Matthew Alexander Henson “It’ll work‚ if God‚ wind‚ leads‚ ice‚ snow‚ and all the hells of this damned frozen land are willing.” Matthew Henson was born on August 8‚ 1866‚ in a cabin near Nanjemoy‚ Charles County‚ Maryland. His parents Lemuel and Caroline were freeborn black sharecroppers. Matthew Henson mother died when he was two years old. His father remarried a widowed neighbor‚ Nellie. Seven years later Matthew Henson father dies and Nellie took after
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subject of love. Shakespeare’s main theme in the poem is none other but to emphasize the deeper meaning of love‚ love is much more important and meaningful than just the attraction of an individual’s external appearance; love should come from the heart. In the poem itself‚ Shakespeare was able to portray this theme through comparing a women who is not physically perfect to beautiful matters. Regardless of his mistress’s not so attractive appearance Shakespeare is still captivated by her‚ "And yet
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Macbeth SE. Themes Man’s conscious descention into evil in the name of personal ambition can lead to massive disorder. (and the corruptive influence personal ambition has). Chain of Being being constantly disrupted. -The king is killed. He is the highest in the hierarchy in the chain of being of man. When the king is killed‚ the weather and animals go crazy. indication that its bad. - Lady Macbeth wants to be a man. This is completely against the Chain of Being. The woman has
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powerful. Puritans believed that plays meant you were trying to be someone else which by their tradition was a sin. Shakespeare knew that their custom was different from the one he wrote his previous plays. Therefore Shakespeare wrote his plays to suit their customs. Why do Shakespeare’s plays sound like the King James
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Forbidden Planet is probably the best science fiction movie made in the 1950s and for good reason. William Shakespeare’s The Tempest inspired the entire basis for the story and characters. Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright from the 16th century‚ and generally regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. It is no wonder that the inspiration for the movie Forbidden Planet remains fresh and exciting to watch as it was over 60 years ago. Forbidden Planet is a story about an
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Age and youth By William Shakespeare The poem "age and youth"‚ by William Shakespeare (born April 26th 1564 died April 23rd 1616) is one of his profound poems which was published in 1588. It is apart of a collection of numerous poems in "The Passionate Pilgrim"‚ Age and Youth being numeral XII. These various poems centre on the ideas of the early and late stages in life. More notably however his one sided perception on the two topics. "Youth" is cast as being the more favourable and several
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IS SHAKESPEARE STILL RELEVANT TODAY? NAME: Danielle LLoyd In secondary schools today we force our children to study Shakespeare from first form through to till fifth form and for those fortunate few also in sixth form. Ironically it is only the famous works that make it unto the syllabus. Plays like Merchant of Venice‚ King Lear‚ Henry the fifth‚ A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream and Macbeth are some of the few Shakespearean works we are exposed to‚ unless we go find others and read. Interestingly
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E MACBETH – William Shakespeare 1 (i) “Shakespeare’s Macbeth invites us to look into the world of a man driven on by ruthless ambition and tortured by regret.” Write a response to this view of the play‚ Macbeth‚ supporting the points you make by reference to the text. Mark ex 60 by reference to the criteria for assessment using the following breakdown of marks. P18 C18 L 18 M 6 60 marks A+ B C D E- 100% 60 – 51 42 33 24 23 – 0 30% 18 – 16 13 10 8 7 – 0 10% 6 – 5 4
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