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- 9791: T.S. Eliot
- ... servant depart in peace, according to thy word; for my eyes have seen thy salvation
.. Simeon too was a witness. He was not present at the birthplace but he witnessed the presentation of the eight-day-old Christ-child as he was brought by his parents to the temple in Jerusalem for the rite of circumcision. Simeon did more than just see the child, for it is written in Luke Ch ...
- 9792: T.S. Eliot
- ... constitutional monarchy and established House of Lords. Its is however fruitless to go further into Eliots views of American politics as they rarely entered his writings. With the exception of a low view of Franklin D. Roosevelt and sympathy for the Aristocracy in the south, he rarely said much of the comings and goings of American politicians. In fact it has been said the Eliot was one of the last "pre ...
- 9793: Thomas Jefferson
- ... Jefferson was chosen to the practice of law in Virginia. Jefferson's main source of income was his land. Thats because most lawyers didnt make enough money back then. On New Year's Day, 1772, Jefferson married Martha Wayles Skelton, a 24-year-old widow. Patty (Thats Jefferson called her) shared her husband's love of music and played the harpsichord and piano. The marriage was happy, except ...
- 9794: The Role of Prejudice In The Merchant of Venice
- ... serious threat to the native population, such that the Venetian government needed to confine the Jews to a specific district.This district was called geto nuovo (New Foundry) and was the ancestor of the modern-day ghetto.In this way, Venetians could still accept Jewish money, but control their influence upon their way of life. Antonio, though a main character in The Merchant of Venice remains a rather ambiguous figure.Although ...
- 9795: Shakespeare's Use of Trickery and Disguise In His Plays
- ... Don John's initial plot to prevent the marriage of Claudio and Hero fails measurably, so he hatches another, more complex plot to destroy the couple. Don John feigns reconciliation with Don Pedro on the day before Claudio and Hero's wedding is to take place. After Don John wins back the trust of his brother, he reveals that he believes that Hero has not been true to Claudio. To prove ...
- 9796: Romeo and Juliet: Romeo - A Tragic Hero
- ... and deeply when he forgets about his feelings for Rosaline and concentrates on Juliet. Juliet too realizes that Romeo's love for her was too fast when she said : "It is too rash, too undvis'd, too sudden."( Act 2, Scene 2, Lines 117- 118). Having a tragic flaw could be foreshadowing of the fall of the tragic hero. Rome being the play's tragic hero makes a series of poor ...
- 9797: Thurgood Marshall
- ... young Thurgood in the years yet to come. Thurgood was always top of his game and graduating from an all black high school in Baltimore at 16 and graduating from Howard Law School in Washington D.C. first of his class, proved it. During his time at Howard, Thurgood met and eventually married his first wife, Vivian Burey. After finishing up law school in 1933, Thurgood moved to New York City ...
- 9798: The Taming of the Shrew: Katherine
- ... and they do not start off on the best of terms. But Petruchio decides they should get married anyway and he sets a date. Petruchio then leaves to get ready for the wedding . The wedding day arrives and Petruchio arrives at the wedding in ridiculous clothing and drunk. During the ceremony he hits the priest. During their own reception Petruchio demands that they shall leave, now the taming begins. Now the ...
- 9799: Suffering In Shakespeare's Plays
- ... He splits the land in two leaving her with nothing. to his dismay, Lear discovers that life with his two other daughters is no joy. He is outraged by their cruel behavior, a "Sharp-tooth'd unkindness" (King Lear, II, iv). Lear is thrown out by his two daughters to rage against natures harsh elements. "To be thrown from being king of Brittain to a fugitive in the open, pelted by ...
- 9800: The Merchant of Venice: Shylock - Victim or Villain
- ... thousand ducats?" Or Shall I bend low and in a bondman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this: "Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last, You spurned me such a day, another time You called me dog, and for these courtesies I'll lend you lend you thus much moneys" (I. iii. 104-127)? Why would Shakespeare give his villain such an elaborate speech, and why ...
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