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- 641: Joan Of Arc 2
- ... May 1429, Joan led the troops to a miraculous victory over the English. She continued fighting the enemy in other locations along the Loire. Fear of her troops was so formidable that when she approached Lord Talbot's army at Patay, most of the English troops and Commander Sir John Fastolfe fled the battlefield. Fastolfe was later stripped of his Order of the Garter for this act of cowardice. Although Lord Talbot stood his ground, he lost the battle and was captured along with a hundred English noblemen and lost 1800 of his soldiers. Charles VII was crowned king of France on July 17, 1429 in ...
- 642: William Shakespeare
- ... presented different plays week after week. The companies were commercial organizations that depended on admission from their audience. Scholars know that Shakespeare belonged to one of the most popular acting companies in London called The Lord Chamberlain's Men. Shakespeare was a leading member of the group from 1594 for the rest of his career. By 1594, at least six of Shakespeare's plays had been produced. During Shakespeare's life ... Both were impressed with Shakespeare which made his name known. There is evidence that he was a member of a traveling theater group, and a schoolmaster. In 1594, he became an actor and playwright for Lord Chamberlain's Men. In 1599, he became a part owner of the prosperous Globe Theater. He also was a part owner of the Blackfriars Theater as of 1609. Shakespeare retired to Stratford in 1613 where ...
- 643: Oscar Wilde
- ... s plays were produced. Salome was a drama about obsessive passion written in 1891. It was produced in Paris in 1894, made into an opera by German composer Richard Strauss and translated into English by Lord Alfred Douglas. The play was declared blasphemous because it concerned the death of John the Baptist. In February 1892, Oscar opened the play Lady Windermere’s Fan. It dealt with a blackmailing divorcée driven to ... for which he is most famous for and wrote during the worst period of his life and concerned two fashionable young gentlemen and their eventually successful courtship. In 1891 he began an intimate relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, also known as Bosie. Bosie was very demanding and often violent but Oscar worshiped him. Bosie’s father the Marquess of Queensbury looked down on their relationship and he did everything in his ...
- 644: Othello
- ... to Othello for him, he left her presence. Iago and Othello were standing off in the distance observing them. When Othello asks him if it was indeed Cassio that he saw, Iago replies: "Cassio, my lord! No, sure, I cannot think it, That he would steal away so guilty-like, Seeing you coming" (III.iii.37-39). He uses that scene to convince Othello that Cassio looked mighty guilty when he ... that the tree was good for food, that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from it's fruit and ate . . . Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." (Gen. 3: 6,13). The appearance of the fruit, to the eyes of ...
- 645: Pulp Fiction
- ... specifically Ezekiel 25:17, the passage about destroying the evil members of the society that try to harm others for no reason. Part of that passage was "..and you will know my name is the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon thee." This quote shows that Winnfield sees what he is doing as heroic, or maybe angelic, and by carrying out his duties, he is following the word of the Lord. As Winnfield shot the boy, Brett, an orange-golden glow enveloped the screen, representing Brett's soul leaving his body. This whole part of the movie is to warn the evil-doers of the world ...
- 646: God Guided Evolution
- ... into the Cro-Magnon and the Neanderthal. “Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor.” Cain then proceeded to kill Abel out of jealousy. These entire events can help to ...
- 647: Reductive Psychology
- ... compassion). It can also be on purpose (punch someone) or a body response without our intention. In this case, it is called a reflex (leg up after the hammer of the doctor). Free agency: The Lord gave to man his free agency in the pre-existence. This great gift of agency, that is the privilege given to man to make his own choice, has never been revoked, and it never will ... come through the free will without coercion and by individual merit in order that righteous rewards may be given and proper punishment be meted out to the transgressor. Therefore, when the great day of the Lord shall come, the wicked who have merited banishment from a righteous government will be consumed, or the privilege of continuance on the earth will be denied. (ANSWERS TO GOSPEL QUESTIONS - VOL 2, by Joseph Fielding ...
- 648: Much Ado About Nothing: Love And Marriage
- ... grown throughout the previous acts and scenes. We can tell from this small passage that Beatrice and Benedick have a love/hate relationship which may have come from past relationship let downs… Beatrice: indeed my lord, he lent it me awhile, and I gave him use for it, a double heart for his single one. Marry, once before he won it off me with false dice, therefore your grace may well ... idea in the passage provided and many other parts of the play… Beatrice: just, if he send me no husband; for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening. Lord, I could not endure a husband with a beard on his face I had rather lie in the woollen… Benedick: the savage bull may; but if the ever sensible Benedick bear it, pluck off the ...
- 649: Amazing Quran
- ... the same way a psychologist treats his mythomania patient. There is a verse in the Qur'an which states: "Oh mankind, there has come to you an admonition [i.e., the Qur'an] from your Lord and a healing for what is in the hearts - and guidance and mercy for the believers." At first glance, this statement appears vague, but the meaning of this verse is clear when one views it ... Allah, [assessing the truth] by twos and singly, and then reflect.....' In conclusion I ask you to consider with care the following: "And they say, 'Why are not signs sent down to him from his Lord?' Say, 'Indeed, the signs are with Allah, and I am but a clear warner.' But is sufficient for them that We have sent down to you the Book [i.e. Qur'an] which is rehearsed ...
- 650: Lady Macbeth: A Wife in Support of Her Husband
- ... which is not visible to the others. Realizing that her husband might say something connecting him with the murders of Duncan and Banquo, Lady Macbeth makes excuses for his behavior. She says to them, "My lord is often thus,/ And hath been from his youth. Pray you, keep seat./ The fit is momentary;" (III.iv.53-55). She hides her husband's insanity, and later commands the lords at the dinner ... esteem. She says, "Why do you keep alone, … Things without all remedy/ Should be without regard: what's done is done" (III.ii.11-12). She continues to comfort him by further saying, "Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks;/ Be bright and jovial" (III.ii.27-28). She is concerned with his declining mental state and continually tries to aid him through her support. The death of Lady ...
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