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    The facts with which I shall present today are quite contrary to my good friend the Senator of Massachusetts‚ Mr. Sumner. May I quote William Shakespeare’s Hamlet; “We know what we are‚ but know not what we may be.” With that being said‚ the concept of reconstruction is fraught with great difficulty. We simply must begin with disorganized and discordant elements‚ despite the embarrassment of the fact that we differ among ourselves over the mode‚ manner‚ and means of reconstruction. We all agree that

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    Dude AKA William Shakespeare     Nobody knows Shakespeare’s true birthday.   During his life‚ Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets (a play every 1.5 years of his career).   Shakespeare performed before Queen Elizabeth I and later before James I who was an enthusiastic patron of his work.   The motto of the Globe Theatre was all the world’s a stage.   The Bard coined the phrase‚ “the beast with two backs” meaning intercourse in his play Othello.           Shakespeare is considered

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    Jonathan A *Teacher’s Name* ENG1D1-09 2 April 2013 The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Sight Passage Analysis – Prince of Morocco’s speech (Shakespeare 2.7.37-59) The Moroccan Prince makes his decision on which casket to choose‚ he clearly revises his decisions. Explaining why he does not choose the other two and why he chose the one he wanted for a reason which is ironic. The speech starts off with saying what the inscription is on the golden casket‚ ‘Who chooseth me shall gain

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    Romeo and Juliet Research Paper William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is now a major term of romantic tragedy over two feuding families between Capulet and Montague. Based on William Shakespeare’s work‚ there are two different versions of this story. While Franco Zeffirelli’s version conveys an old fashioned style of Romeo and Juliet‚ on the other hand‚ Baz Luhrmann’s version demonstrates a modernized version having characteristics of fancy clothes‚ loud music‚ and modern atmosphere. Comparing

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    Summer ’s Day?" written by William Shakespeare. The other also has the same title‚ "Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer ’s Day?" written by Howard Moss. In fact‚ the two poems have not only the same titles but also similar stories. In other words‚ Moss ’s poem is a parody of Shakespeare ’s poem. By the way‚ how are they different and also similar? The First Impression of Two Poems When I first read both Shakespeare ’s poem and Moss ’s poem‚ I could not understand Shakespeare ’s thought. What I feel about

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    Counter Argument Is Shakespeare trying to say that women have more power than men? No because in both plays Shakespeare’s portrays women as people who are weaker and inferior to their counterparts. Quote: “No‚ my good lord‚ as you did command‚ I did repel his fetters and denied his access to me.” Act 2 scenes 1 Interpretation: Ophelia is telling Polonius that she did what he told her to. She is going to stop talking to Hamlet because her dad believes that Hamlet only wants to use her.

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    Rhetorical Analysis Essay Have you ever read "Why read Shakespeare?" This persuasive argument‚ written by Michael Mack‚ will really change the way you thinks about Shakespeare; even if Shakespeare isn’t for you. Mack produced an effective argument proving that reading Shakespeare is not as complex as it seems and it teaches you lessons you will need throughout the rest of your life - which therefor is worth the effort - through his uses of rhetorical devices and his claim. The rhetorical device

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    accordance to the majority of Shakespeare’s tragedies‚ the characters in King Lear are well developed and portray evident personalities. Their characteristics and actions are so extreme that they closely mirror those of animals. In particular‚ Shakespeare uses animal imagery in King Lear to illustrate the vulnerability‚ cruelty‚ and perceptivity of critical characters. Animal imagery in King Lear is used to effectively emphasize the vulnerability of Kent and Gloucester. When Kent is sentenced to

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    How William Shakespeare makes act 1 scene 5 dramatically effective. The Tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet was written by the world famous William Shakespeare in 1595 ‚it is an all time famous love story .In this essay I will be focusing on how William Shakespeare make act 1 scene 5 dramatically effective. William Shakespeare has based many plays in Verona‚ Italy and Romeo and Juliet was one of them ‚ he was a well known author and his plays were very famous .He was influenced by group troubles

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    “A lot of parents will do anything for their kids except let them be themselves”(banksy)In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet he uses dramatic irony to toy with the audiences emotions or to make them cringe only to wonder why a character reacted to something the way they did. Dramatic irony is a literary technique‚ by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. --- In the beginning of the play the narrator says

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