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    and pushed boundaries into never before thought of areas, this essay will show how Renaissance drama was subversive and created the world we live in today. The two plays I will be focusing on are: William Shakespeare 's 'Twelfth Night ' and Thomas Middleton 's 'Women beware Women '. Both share similar themes yet go about them very differently to one another. 'Twelfth Night ' (or 'What You Will ') was written in 1601, near the middle of Shakespeare 's career, and a mere 15 years before his death

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    became royalty. Although a film written strictly from one’s imagination, Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, could very well be thought of as another one of those classic Disney princesses. Just an average girl who had a normal life is now in line for the throne. Some may say she was willing to do anything to make her childhood dreams reality, while others

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    the Water Bridge, provides a safe crossing of the river and has a fine view of the castle. After crossing the river we follow the Teesdale Way to the remains of the Tees Viaduct. This was built in 1861 to carry the railway to Kirby Stephen and Middleton-in-Teesdale. The viaduct had six tall piers, four of which stood in the river. The line closed in 1965 and the viaduct was demolished in 1972. Plans were put forward, in 2002, to erect a rope suspension bridge between the two remaining piers. If

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    Teesdale’s industrial heritage is just as enticing as its scenery, and this walk has a good mixture of the two. The woodland around Hudeshope Beck sustains a rich variety of wildlife and makes a superb finish to the walk. Middleton-in-Teesdale, revered as the capital of Upper Teesdale, lies in the very heart of the most beautiful and enchanting scenery that one can imagine. The village was founded c.1031, when King Cnut granted it, as part of a much larger estate, to the monks of St Cuthbert at

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    expression of ambivalence toward women. No other poet of the Romantic period seems to have been influenced so deeply by a woman than Keats. It is his love for Fanny Brawne that inspires him to write much of his poetry after December of 1818. John Middleton Murry writes in the same year, “If the crude equation be taken with enough imaginative margins, we may say that Madeline is Fanny and Keats Porphyro” and The Eve of St. Agnes was the first poem in which Keats was inspired by his love for Fanny Brawne”

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    Thomas Ham looked out the rainy window. The cars and trucks passed by. He saw the gray buildings. He was scared. Why? When he got home his mom’s boyfriend was probably. His dad died from saving Tom from a fire. There was no money. They were forced to move to New York City in a small apartment. The yellow bus slowly came to a stop. Tom got off of the bus. Pressed the button to call up to his mom, “Hi, mom” “Hey, you can come up. The key is under the rug,” his mom said. He walked through the passageway

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    piece of paper in the 1770s. Rather, they were formed by dozens of men and women over previous centuries. These courageous men and women dared to imagine a world in which all men were equal, with the right to freely speak and be heard. Two such men, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, were among the most influential social and political thinkers of the 16th, 17th, and 18thcenturies. Hobbes and Locke “[Attempted] to formulate forms of government that had intellectual integrity and gave legitimacy to the political

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    many authors, most importantly Thomas Jefferson created the infamous 1,458 worded document. The intentions of the document and of Thomas Jefferson was to persuade people to side with the rebellion and disassociate from Great Britain publicly. Jefferson also wanted to explain under what circumstances the governed could justly overthrow the government, as well as what rights every man should have in the colonies. Through the use of numerous paragraphs in the document, Thomas Jefferson appealed to the commoners

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    John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were two English philosophers who greatly impacted the government we know today. Locke was a largely influential Enlightenment thinker and even possessed the nick name of “Father of Liberalism”. Hobbes was not as highly praised, but he was still important as he was considered one of the founders of modern political philosophy. While their way of thinking was quite the opposite of each other, the foundation of what they believed on was the same. They both believed that

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    politician of the 18th and 19th centuries. Wilberforce advocated for the rights of animals as well as the rights of human beings. Wilberforce was introduced to the abolition movement in 1787 by other British politicians, including, Thomas Clarkson, Grainville Sharp, Charles Middleton and Hannah More.1 Soon after, Wilberforce became one of the leading activist for the abolishment of slavery. The movie has many historically accurate scenes, as well as, some scenes that aren't quite as historically accurate

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