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    Jake Beidler Mrs. Voshell Honors English 10 5 May 2017 The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, more like The Tragedy of Brutus The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is one of the better known, yet lesser understood theater installments by William Shakespeare in the Sixteenth Century. The play was first performed September 21, 1599 in the Globe Theatre in London, England. In the play there are many different and unique characters, some complex, some simple. Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, better known as Brutus,

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    prison that shackles all the basic impulses with which, he believes, men are endowed "Man is by instinct a lover, a hunter, a fighter" (Williams). In the warehouse, Tom does not find any satisfaction at all "I’d rather somebody picked up a crowbar and battered out my brains than go back mornings!" (Williams) let alone amiable, intimate friendship or companionship. Even more stifling to his poetic creativity is his home where Amanda, prompted by her motherly solicitude and her fear for the family’s

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    Does one’s feelings reflect upon the actions that he or she commits while one’s mind is overwhelmed with emotions? In Hamlet: The Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, Hamlet’s fourth soliloquy, “To be or not to be…” speech, is generally one of the most famous of those written for theatre. This speech, even a few hundred years later, is commonly known by individuals even if he or she does not know the play, Hamlet: The Prince of Denmark, itself. Throughout this essay, the soliloquy will be brought

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    Equality as a Running Theme in American Thinking American philosophy is littered with differences in opinion, on matters of knowledge, our purposes as humans, and the ways we perceive the world around us. As I examine the works of thinkers like the enlightenment-driven Jefferson, the transcendentalists Emerson and Thoreau, and racially thinking philosophers like DuBois and Douglas, it becomes clear that an important basis of some of our greatest thought in America is the notion that all humans are

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    In William James’ 1902 book “The Varieties of Religious Experience” he opens with depicting the approach of his review. He clarifies that it would be of little advantage to construct the examination with respect to regular people who have bound religious encounters and emulate customs which have been passed on to them. Rather, he centers the review around 'religious virtuosos '. In addition, as he clarifies in his second address, the attention must be on individual religious experience instead of

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    Enlightenment period. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a popular poet of the Romantic Period and was considered to be one of the founders of the Romantic Period. He was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian. Him and his friend William Wordsworth kicked off the Romantic Period by publishing a book of poems called Lyrical Ballads in 1798. Coleridge had an interesting and difficult

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    of their time- William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. On August 30th 1797, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born (“Biography of MWS,” 2009). Ten days after Mary’s birth, her mother died of placental infection. Because of the absence of a mother figure in her life, Mary was incredibly close to her father. In fact, Anne Mellor even goes to say that “she worshipped” him (Mellor 6). Ever since the death of his wife William Godwin was looking for a mother for his children. In 1801, William Godwin married

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    Researchers Cooper and Dendy takes note of that, William Shakespeare and William Blake are of no mental examination inside their works. Shakespeare utilizes his psychological to pass on his creative ability and smothers them to his abstract works. Blake in any case, is noted as trusting in various sorts of reasonable methods for achieving his pieces that fall under the meaning of "franticness". In Alexander Gilchrest 's novel, "Existence of William Blake", he talks upon Blake 's characteristics and

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    Teagan McGuire Mrs. Massey English 3/ 1 Period 10 April 2017 Mary Shelley Mary Shelley is a great famous writer that many people look up to. Her writing touched many people across the world and is still touching people today. Most people know of her through the great work of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley was a great woman that inspired many in today’s society and whose success as a young writer is unprecedented. Mary Shelley was born August 30, 1797 Somers Town, London, United Kingdom (Johnson)

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    Richard Wright and William Faulkner both examine the psychologies of excluded members of society. While in Native Son, Wright studies someone oppressed and downtrodden beneath society, Faulkner looks at a family of outsiders cast far away from a common community in As I Lay Dying. For both, a central question becomes the function of their characters’ minds in relation to one another, and to reality. Through different approaches, both Wright and Faulkner conduct modernist explorations of the social

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