The Northern Lights

Much of the text is dated or archaic and is initially unknown to the typical student. Yet upon thorough study, the student will gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of Shakespeare's words and the English language.Despite the difficulty that dated text presents, the passions and emotions described by Shakespeare touch the hearts of his readers and audience, students included. Vivid imagery and poetic descriptions are presented effectively and have a great impact on the audience. Readers are provided with the opportunity to step into the lives of his characters; to feel their emotions and understand their motivations, a rewarding experience for the student.Although Shakespeare's wrote his plays more than 350 years ago, the relevance of their themes and subjects still exists.

Despite the fact that Shakespeare’s plays were written hundreds of years ago they still retain their relevance today, surprising students with their uncanny ability to relate to the hearts of all, both then and now.

In Jennifer Donnelly’s A Northern Light hope is portrayed as the guiding light in Mattie Gokey’s life. Hope takes Mattie on a roller coaster of emotions good and bad. Donnelly interpreted this by showing conflict, figurative language, and mood. Even though tragedy hit Gokey household Mattie persevered and held onto the hope of going to New York City to attend Barnard college.

William Shakespeare, arguably the greatest language in the English language and England’s national poet, has written numerous histories, tragedies, comedies and poems. Throughout his plays, his use of dramatic irony, immaculate word choice and wording, and his vast imagination has made him a successful playwright even in his time. Shakespeare’s scripts for his theatrical company, needed to pertain to the needs and fascinations of the Elizabethan audience. It is safe to assume that all his sonnets, poetic speeches, electrifying action and soliloquies in his play were created for the delicate and quickly appreciative of language Elizabethans of his time. A particular example out of the many soliloquies

Shakespeare’s compassion gives him the unique capabilities to convince and engage his readers. “I am too sore enpiercèd with his shaft To soar with his light feathers, and so bound,

Students enjoy reading books that are relatable, interesting, and easy to understand. A Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly, should be removed from the tenth grade Summer reading list because it is confusing, unrelatable to teens and not what most students expect it to be.

Aylin Mares James McGee AP Literature and Composition 15 January 2016 Lit Notes based on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet The supernatural forces on earth- In the introduction of the play there is an appearance of a ghost. The state of the ghost sets a tone in Hamlet in a sense of dread and despair. The existence of the ghost declares the murder of the previous king and encourages Hamlet to take revenge.

Despite the numerous physical contrasts between the forest and Athens in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the two settings symbolically are very similar. Coupling the two locations allows the play to question the idea of actuality versus dreams. Throughout the play, Shakespeare juxtaposes Theseus’ Court with nature to parallel reality and fantasy, and resolve the obvious differences between the two in order to illustrate that elements of reality are present in fantasy. The two settings, at first glance, are strikingly divergent. Athens represents reason and wisdom, which is representative of reality.

Have you ever experienced the feeling of complete shock and astonishment? When something you have learned all your life has started to be questioned by people around the world? This is exactly what happened to the many that studied and admired Shakespeare’s works, who were stunned to hear that their beloved poet may not have been who the world believed he was. People, known commonly as “Anti-Stratfordians”, began to doubt his credibility and started introducing new candidates who fit the profile of the esteemed William Shakespeare. Their claims however, never came to real fruition, with an insufficient amount of concrete evidence to cast enough genuine doubt on the man widely accepted to be William Shakespeare. Their opposition, known as “Stratfordians”

In the 18th century, a new form of art, called Romanticism developed in Europe, and reached its peak in the 19th century. One of the significant artists of the Romanticism art period was Frederick Edwin Church, a painter from New York, who portrayed landscapes. One of his remarkable works is his oil, canvas piece, Aurora Borealis, in which he portrays the Northern Lights.

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Shakespeare’s plays are known for being theatrical masterpieces. As impressive as they are, you don’t have to look far to find that his works often don’t mirror reality. His characters are surrounded by corruption, murder and treason, not topics the average reader experiences. But, we sacrifice personal connection with the text for much larger overarching themes of the human experience. A pleasant respite from this pattern, is Hamlet.

Welcome to Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes. Here, we are Minnesota nice. Minnesota is filled with a large diversity of people. It is home to the tall-tale Paul Bunyan and borders the great lake, Lake Superior. What is there to do here in Minnesota one may ask? Well, the list is endless it ranges from a relaxing day of fishing at up north right off of the Lake Superior, water tubing down the river with friends and enjoying the scenery, to watching live performances at the Orpheum Theatre.

In the 17th century, the northern lights were given their scientific name – Aurora Borealis. The credit for the name has been given to a French mathematician, Gassend, even though he did not use it before 1649. Galileo Galilei and his student Guiducci were already using the name Aurora Borealis in 1616 and after that several times in 1622 when describing the famous northern lights, which occurred during the previous year. Where to see them? At either poles best places to see the Auroras are in Norway, Alaska, and northern Scandinavia,

Lear's entry into the play is similar to Gloucester's such that, through close analysis of the dialogue between the King and his daughters, the reader gains awful knowledge of the arrogance and ignorance that will soon become his downfall . The drama of his opening speech is at all points excessive; the reader discerns a man that is long accustomed to being listened to and indulged in every way. In a moral