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    issued to a local parish priest‚ might be obtained. Whitgift’s register for the date November 27‚ 1582 indicates the issuance of a license for marriage between William Shaxpere and Anne Whateley of Temple Grafton. At the time‚ Shakespeare would have been 18 years old. I reproduce the register entry below in facsimile‚ from Joseph William Gray‚ Shakespeare’s Marriage‚ Chapman & Hall‚ 1905; followed by the context and literal translation from Cartae Shakespeareanae. Note that this is the entry from

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    William Faulkner‚ a well known poet from the 20th century first caught fame in the literary world due to his writings such as “The Sound and the Fury” and “As I lay dying”. This was majorly due to his use of complex sentence structure and detailed story telling through the infamous writing style known as stream of consciousness. Although Faulkner primarily used this style in his more lengthy works‚ he often strayed from it while writing his less known short stories such as “Barn Burning” to create

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    Ever wondered what would happen if a group of young boys were to be stranded on an island together without adult supervision? Then this is the book made just for you. Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an excellently written‚ descriptive‚ novel that illustrates the savagery and chaos that ensues when order is lost-even amongst what most considers the most innocent part of society. Lord of The Flies depicts young schoolboys stranded on an island who try to make the most out of their carefree

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    curse of Macbeth haunts the theaters. It waits for someone to say the unspoken word. It seems as if there isn’t one production of “Macbeth” that doesn’t have a disaster occur. But what if there was a way to reverse the curse? Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare. Many people believe that if you say “Macbeth” inside a theatre‚ it releases a curse on you and the production (“Schumm”). There are many theories as to why there is a curse; one theory is that Shakespeare included actual black magic spells

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    Manipulation in William Shakespeare’s “Othello” In William Shakespeare’s play “Othello”‚ almost every character‚ and even the audience‚ is manipulated at least once. Iago‚ the villain‚ is responsible for most of this betrayal. He is a master at the art of deception. He gains the trust of the other characters by posing as a concerned friend. When they confide in him‚ he uses their weakness against them. He treats each character differently‚ telling them what they want to hear. He is so cunning that

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    William Bonin‚ also known as “The Freeway Killer”‚ is classified as a serial killer. One way to describe him as a serial killer is as a homosexual rapist. Due to Bonin’s parents both being complete alcoholics‚ he was raised by his grandfather. He was raped by his own father at a very young age. This was a major contribution to why he later did the same to innocent teens. Bonin was a resident of the state of California‚ and has raped and murdered 14 teenagers. He was sentenced to death and died of

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    Throughout Twelfth Night‚ William Shakespeare portrayed a story of unreciprocated love‚ misunderstanding‚ and a happy ending that ties all the loose ends together. However‚ he also offered a detailed depiction of many relationships‚ particularly those involving Orsino‚ Olivia‚ Viola‚ Cesario‚ and Sebastian. By examining the dynamics between these characters as well as a few others through the lens offered throughout this play‚ it becomes quite clear that certain relationships are consistently stronger

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    A Selected Annotated Bibliography on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Ackerman Jr.‚ Alan L. “ Visualizing Hamlet’s Ghost: The Spirit of Modern Subjectivity.” Theatre Journal; March2001‚ Vol. 53 Issue 1‚ p119‚ 26p EBSCOhost. (5 February 2004) Other artists represent the dramatic structures‚ terms‚ images and characters from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet by portraying the exact emotion of the play. They act out a good representation of the spiritual experience in visual

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    William Shakespeare was one of the most influential playwrights of his time. He was born in 1564 on April 23 in Stratford-upon-Avon. Being the son of a prominent businessman‚ he attended the local grammar school where he learned the basics of reading and writing. Shakespeare loved reading. He soon learned how to translate several languages so that he could read other author’s books‚ among these were Latin and Roman style books. He married his‚ 8 year older‚ wife‚ Anne Hathaway‚ on November 28 of

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    "He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling" (Golding‚ 54). William Golding depicts a scene of utter rejoice and of foul behavior. A group of boys stranded on an island‚ are forced to leave the arbitrary laws that dictate modern society. Lost in a place without rules‚ without a government‚ or adults to run it‚ the young boys manifest a society of their own. Struggling between the need for civilization and the thrill of savagery‚ two young boys are revealed as the social outcasts

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