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budget and standardized testing issues, and very little room is left for the arts, a subject that often loses in the battle for precious time and resources. Appel (2006) evokes the spirit of the arts through Leonardo da Vinci, the “original” Renaissance man – artist, mathematician, inventor, astronomer, and leader - who drew inspiration from everything around him, including the arts. During his time, the arts were a required part of any educational curriculum, whether formal or informal. A means

Despite adversity in his family and his father's military career, Victor Hugo was known as an author, poet, and playwright. According to Algernon Swinburne, along with other English critics, Hugo was "the greatest writer whom the world has ever seen since Shakespeare." In his extraordinary writing, Hugo would use his life experiences as a child and into adulthood and turn them into magnificent stories. During his life, Hugo wrote sixteen poems and verses, thirteen novels, ten plays, two essays, one

Spanish Armada. For the first time in decades the people of England felt safe and sure of their monarch, who also happened to be a lover of the arts. The London theatre scene experienced an event similar to the Golden Age of film after the end of the Great War. Instead of the rise of the silver screen, we see the beginnings of true English playwrights. Shakespeare’s arrival in London could not have been more perfectly timed. Acting troupes were frequently among the Queen’s court mingling among nobles

Georgian Design and the Beginnings of America The American Georgian style ruled American design from about 1714 to 1830. The Georgian style was inspired by English and European styles of the time, relied on classical elements, and took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance. Georgian design was located mainly along the eastern seaboard, where “the old styles gradually gave way to the Georgian, and there came for the first time a large degree of uniformity to American architecture” (Wertenbaker

existence and activities are unknown, but countless stories speculate that Shakespeare poached deer from the estate of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote near Stratford and earned a living as a schoolmaster or a soldier until his name emerged in the London theatre records (Bloom). He spent most of his time in London as an actor before he became a playwright, performing many of his own plays, as well as other playwrights, and is credited with revolutionizing the theater. In 1596, Shakespeare applied for his

The Six Major Periods of Western Civilization Most of the occurrences in history have shaped the present society significantly. In fact, most of the advancements of current time are traceable to early periods of civilization. There are certain events that have a particular impact on what the present society celebrates today. The purpose of this essay is to investigate six major periods in the Western Civilization and how they have changed world history. These periods include Mesopotamia, ancient

American International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Available online at http://www.iasir.net ISSN (Print): 2328-3734, ISSN (Online): 2328-3696, ISSN (CD-ROM): 2328-3688 AIJRHASS is a refereed, indexed, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary and open access journal published by International Association of Scientific Innovation and Research (IASIR), USA (An Association Unifying the Sciences, Engineering, and Applied Research) The Marginalized Groups in Indian

Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and Plautus' Menaechmi and Amphitruo One of Shakespeare's earliest plays (its first recorded performance in December 1594), The Comedy of Errors has frequently been dismissed as pure farce, unrepresentative of the playwright's later efforts. While Errors may very well contain farcical elements, it is a complex, layered work that draws upon and reinterprets Plautine comedy. Shakespeare combines aspects of these Latin plays with biblical source material, chiefly

The Mysterious Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon in 1564. William Shakespeare is known to be the best English playwright. He authored some 37 or more plays, epic poems and 154 sonnets, He retired to his hometown sometime around 1612, where he died. Shakespeare worked the English language and he made up words but his death was a mystery. His words are the most quoted words other than the Bible. Shakespeare did not have college background but most scholars believe

conflict between their passion and responsibilities. Tragedies, such as Shakespeare’s tragedies, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear, often utilize this theme as a component of the tragic hero’s flaw. The genre of tragedy originated in Ancient Greek theatre. The works of Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles were the roots and foundation of the genre of tragedy. Oresteia and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are considered to be the first tragedies written. A close second are Medea and The Trojan Women