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  • Geoffrey Chaucer and His Effect on the English Language

    Geoffrey Chaucer and His Effect on the English Language

    Geoffrey Chaucer and his effect on the English Language Geoffrey Chaucer has been called the Father of the English language. He did for the English narrative what Shakespeare later did for drama. He was the first writer to use lines of poetry that had an appeal to those interested in nature and books. His writing was very modern for his time, even more modern than the writings of others after he died, but he stayed

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    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Jack
  • Sissy Jupe: More Than Just a Number

    Sissy Jupe: More Than Just a Number

    Sissy Jupe: More Than Just A Number In Charles DickensТ novel Hard Times, he uses the characters to present the reader with many messages. One of these messages presented is that the Gradgrind system of education is faulty. Dickens is critical of an education system that only regards things that can be weighed or measured as being worthy. Thus, intangibles like imagination, emotion, and compassion are not considered worthy. The Gradgrind system of education can

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    Essay Length: 1,791 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Jack
  • History of Romantic Poetry

    History of Romantic Poetry

    History of Romantic Poetry In earlier days of poetry there were three types of poetry that were alike in some ways but different on views. Eighteenth century poets and Romantic poets focused mainly on nature and incorporated God some of the time. But in the works from the Puritans, their main focal point was also on nature, but it always came second to God. These different movements in poetry came about through the works of

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    Essay Length: 539 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Monika
  • Imaginative Journeys

    Imaginative Journeys

    Imaginative Journeys. Imaginative journeys can be taken through the imagination or psyche of an individual as they explore, reflect and fuse together the seemingly intangible with reality. Imaginative journeys may draw on previous experiences and understandings but move beyond these limited perceptions into more speculative or fantastical realms. Another way of viewing an imaginative journey is its capacity to draw responders into a fictional, speculative setting. Imaginative journeys which will be elaborated below are represented

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    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Monika
  • Irony, Symbolism, and Foreshadowing S Literary Elements

    Irony, Symbolism, and Foreshadowing S Literary Elements

    Irony, Symbolism, and Foreshadowing s Literary Elements. Among Kate Chopin's most impressive works is the short story entitled "The Story of an Hour". This work best displays the importance of literary elements on the overall unified affect. Through the use of irony, symbolism, foreshadowing and paradox, the reader can grasp a better understanding of the main focus of the story. These literary elements are essential in the artistic style of the story. The story opens

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    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Monika
  • Isolation in Society by American Literature

    Isolation in Society by American Literature

    Isolation In Society By American Literature. The individual and his role in society, based on American Literature, is portrayed through many different characters, all sharing the same feelings of isolation. The feeling of isolation, in reference to Huckleberry Finn , is a choice that Huck Finn brings on himself. Throughout rebellion towards his father, Huck tries to find his true self by isolating himself from societies views and beliefs. In the novel Great Gatsby ,

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    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Mike
  • History of English Royal Family (eleanor of Aquitaine)

    History of English Royal Family (eleanor of Aquitaine)

    Eleanor of Aquitaine The Troubadour's Daughter Eleanor of Aquitaine was born around 1122. Her grandfather, William IX, was the wealthy and powerful duke of Aquitaine. He was also a musician and poet, acknowledged as history's first troubadour. William IX didn't just sing about love. By the time he was twenty he had married and divorced his first wife, Ermengarde. His second wife was Philippa (or Maud) of Toulouse, the widowed queen of Aragon. They had

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    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Max
  • General Information About Australia

    General Information About Australia

    General Information about Australia Australia is situated in the south-west of the Pacific Ocean. The area of this country is 7,7 million square kilometres. The population of the country is about 20 million people. The capital is Canberra. The population of Canberra is about 300 thousand people. Official language is English. Australia is the largest island in the world and it is the smallest continent. The Commonwealth of Australia is a self-governing federal state. It

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    Essay Length: 1,738 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Max
  • The Gods of Ancient Egypt

    The Gods of Ancient Egypt

    Ancestor of all life and the divine in the Egyptian religion is considered a god Atum. According to legend, he emerged from chaos. He then created the first divine pair of god and goddess Shu Tefnut. Shu - god, embodying the space between heaven and earth, separating heaven and earth. Tefnut - Women's addition Shu. This pair gave birth to the god and goddess Nut Hebe. Geb - is the god of the earth, or

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    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Max
  • Theory of Metal Passivation

    Theory of Metal Passivation

    Metal surface contacting with solution of electrolyte in some definite condition transformed to so called passive state. Study of this phenomena on the border of metal – electrolyte plays an important role, as they define the process of destruction of metal. And it is thermodynamically favourable for metal to dissolve as a result of these process. Such phenomenon was first observed by M. Faraday. This is one of the main factor of stability of metal

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    Submitted: December 9, 2008 By: Mike
  • Modern English Literature

    Modern English Literature

    INTRODUCTION The interest, raised recently towards English language, the development of international relations on different levels has reasoned the desire to learn as much as possible about the country where this language originated as well as about its culture. The literature is that magic key that opens the door of cognition of many sphere of human knowledge. It helps us to learn some interesting facts about t history, to know more about people's life in

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    Submitted: December 9, 2008 By: Mike
  • Life and Creative Way of Frederick Chopin

    Life and Creative Way of Frederick Chopin

    Childhood and young years Friderik Chopin was born near Warsaw in the name Zhelyazova Volya. Contested by three dates of his birth. Official metric found in Brohovskom parish church, said about the same as letters and family traditions. Until now, we do not know whether it was a sunny day 1 March, 1810, or a dull day 1 March, 1809, or, finally, 22 Feb, 1810. The father of the composer - Nikolai Chopin - a

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    Submitted: December 9, 2008 By: Mike
  • Life Path of Ludwig Van Beethoven

    Life Path of Ludwig Van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN - one of the greatest events of world culture. On the philosophical depth of democratic orientation, the courage to innovate Beethoven is unparalleled in the music of past centuries in Europe. In works by Beethoven etched a great awakening of people, heroic, dramatic revolutionary era ... Family. Children and youth YEARS Ludwig van Beethoven was born in December 1770 in Germany in the city of Bonn. Beethoven's father and grandfather were musicians. Grandfather -

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    Submitted: December 9, 2008 By: Mike
  • A Critical Analysis of Hamlet

    A Critical Analysis of Hamlet

    Why is Shakespeare considered to be one of the greatest playwrights of his time? Shakespeare lived in the Elizabethan era and had to write for an Elizabethan audience and theater. By today's standards, this was no picnic in the park. Under those circumstances, he wrote some of the greatest works in history. These works, still popular today, prove him to be a consummate dramatist. Shakespeare knew how to craft dramatic scenes full of external and

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    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Fatih
  • Analysis of Hamlet's Emotional Character

    Analysis of Hamlet's Emotional Character

    Disillusionment. Depression. Despair. These are the burning emotions churning in young Hamlet's soul as he attempts to come to terms with his father's death and his mother's incestuous, illicit marriage. While Hamlet tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered idealism, he consciously embarks on a quest to seek the truth hidden in Elsinore; this, in stark contrast to Claudius' fervent attempts to obscure the truth of murder. Deception versus truth; illusion versus reality.

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    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Fatih
  • Analysis of Hamlet's First Soliloquy

    Analysis of Hamlet's First Soliloquy

    Hamlet's first soliloquy in Act I, scene ii, lines 133-164 is a passionate and startling passage that strongly contrasts to the artificial dialogue and actions that he portrays to his uncle Claudius throughout the remainder of the play. This soliloquy serves to reveal Hamlet's melancholia and the reasons for his dispair in an outpouring of anger, disgust, sorrow, and grief through which he explains how everything in his life seems futile and miserable. He mourns

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    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Fatih
  • Appearance Vs. Reality in Hamet

    Appearance Vs. Reality in Hamet

    Appearance vs. reality in ShakespeareТs Hamlet is a jaded yet common theme. This play is teeming with characters that play their roles behind a veil of duplicity. They often appear to be one way when they really are something entirely different. The most evident player in this game is our beloved Hamlet. He mourns so deeply the death of his father and hatred for his motherТs ignorance that he appears to be quite insane, when

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    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Fatih
  • Death and Corruption in Hamlet

    Death and Corruption in Hamlet

    Death And Corruption In Hamlet Harold Blume said it best when he said, "Hamlet is deaths ambassador to us." Throughout Hamlet, we have the images of death, decay, rottenness, and corruption pressed upon us. The imagery corresponds with the plot of the play perfectly, all culminating with the gravedigger scene. The corruption images illuminate the actions of the people in Claudius' court, beginning with Claudius' own actions. The beginning of the play lets us know

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    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Mikki
  • Romeo and Juliet - Do You Believe in Fate?

    Romeo and Juliet - Do You Believe in Fate?

    Do You Believe In Fate? Do you believe in fate? To answer the question, you must first have a correct idea of what fate is. A definition of fate would be the power that is supposed to settle ahead of time how things will happen. Could there be such a power that rules our lives, and if so, why? Romeo and Juliet, the two young lovers in William Shakespeare' s Romeo and Juliet, ended up

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    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Mikki
  • Romeo and Juliet - Fate, Traits, and Choices

    Romeo and Juliet - Fate, Traits, and Choices

    Romeo And Juliet - Fate, Traits, and Choices Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a story of two young lovers. These two hearts, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet belong to feuding families. The family feud causes them to keep their love a secret and therefore only Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Friar Lawrence know of their love. Romeo and Juliet are able to look past the feud and let themselves fall in

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    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Mikki
  • Romeo and Juliet - Examples of Love

    Romeo and Juliet - Examples of Love

    Romeo And Juliet - Examples of Love Love has existed in many forms throughout time. There is no better example than in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In this tale, when love is most apparent, the most crucial events occur to develop this "tragedy." The evident forms of love are love for friends, "love" for enemies, and love between lovers. First, love for friends was, and is, a necessity for the characters. Romeo had been

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    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Mikki
  • Romeo and Juliet - Mercutio

    Romeo and Juliet - Mercutio

    At the time Mercutio makes his famous "Queen Mab" speech in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, he and Romeo, together with a group of their friends and kinsmen, are on the way to a party given by their family's arch-enemy, Lord Capulet. Their plan is to crash the party so that Romeo may have the opportunity to see his current love, Rosaline, whom they know has been invited to the Capulet's masque that evening. Romeo, whom

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    Essay Length: 1,388 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Steve
  • Romeo and Juliet Character Profiles

    Romeo and Juliet Character Profiles

    Romeo - He is the only child of the Montagues. Romeo is quiet and mourning about his love for Rosaline in the beginning. After discovering Juliet, he becomes more vibrant and passionate. He is willing to do anything, including die, in order to be with his love. Romeo is impulsive, wanting to get married right away and not thinking about the consequences. Juliet - She is an innocent thirteen-year-old girl, the only daughter of the

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    Essay Length: 602 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Steve
  • Romeo and Juliet Analytical Essay

    Romeo and Juliet Analytical Essay

    Romeo and Juliet Analytical Essay Romeo and Juliet is a very famous tale of two young lovers who encounter tragedy from their love. No strong love has been more influential, prominent and emotional than the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The fact that Romeo and Juliet were young lovers adds to the tragedy and the irony of the whole play. The audience shows pity to the couple, but to what extent is this tragedy their

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    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Steve
  • Romeo and Juliet Analysis

    Romeo and Juliet Analysis

    The tragedy that befalls the main characters, is a direct result of the battle between the two families." Since Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end. Some events have to lead to their deaths, and someone makes these events happen. The two families who started it all and cause death of "a pair of star-crossed lovers". The Capulets and Montagues would be most responsible for the

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    Submitted: December 11, 2008 By: Steve

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