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    Japes isn’t sure she will further the black movement as much as Bernie. They guess only time will tell. Classee reminds Japes of the servers that he worked with in Grub-land. She is sincere and thoughtful. She was curious on Japes thoughts about Bill Cosby, as she had partied many times at his home in her youth. Japes knew a young girl from the City of Mountains that Cos dated some forty years ago so he thinks Bill’s behavior is a little suspect. One of Japes greatest cultural rewards has been his friendship

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    respected entertainers in showbiz just like Bill Cosby. However, we have to point out the difference that Cosby was found guilty by the law. Cosby was everyone’s favorite dad and his highly successful television show always offered viewers a wholesome and feel-good vibe. Cosby was the poster boy for the American citizen. He even called out black performers for cursing during their shows and using content that he did not approve of. That who Cosby was before Pandora’s Box was opened.

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    Bill Cosby is a well-known celebrity for his works on “The Cosby Show”, “I Spy”, and his voice over works on “Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids” and “Little Bill”. For most of his career Cosby was known for his acting, comedy, father figure, and a friendly loveable personality. However, Cosby was recently accused of drugging and sexually assaulting over fifty women. When he was finally put on trial the judge declared a mistrial. But at the end of the day we have a man famous for his good father character

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    relatable, yet seemingly just actions. William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” tells the story of Macbeth, a lord who showed his bravery in battle and whom many look up to as a role model. However, it is through his ambition and need for power that his morals are put into question, and result in his downfall. Although tragic, Macbeths rise and fall is similar to many influential people of modern society. One notable example is actor and comedian Bill Cosby. A man many grew up with, and felt was

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    The Development of William Mossop’s Character in Hobson’s Choice William Mossop started off as a lodger lodging with Ada Figgins. He was shy and had no ambitions working at Hobson’s shoe shop at the bottom of the chain. At the end of the play he was ambitious, married and the joint owner of Hobsons shop. The audience sympathises with Willie the first time he appears on stage because he ‘only comes half way up the trap door’. This is because of his social standing and he feels that he is

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    Memory and Memory loss in Death of a Salesman and Soucouyant The Death of a Salesman and Soucouyant both broach the topic of memory, in opposite but complementary ways. Where ‘Death’ is about falsifying positive memories, and Soucouyant is about ‘forgetting to forget’. Where adeles memories are a trauma, and very much tried to forget, willies memories are a solace to him, and a way for him to cope with his failures. Both detail an unchronological slip of a figure into mental illness, and both end

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    Poems are the best to express thoughts to readers, many writers choose to write poems to speak their feelings which plain ordinary texts will not do. Three poems have special ideas about marriage, they are: “Marriage” by William Carlos Williams, “Marriea Love” by Kuan Tao-Sheng, and an untitled one by Apache Song. All three of them have a central idea of marriage; two people are one individual after marriage, one cannot separate from the other one. These poems are short but they carry deep morals

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    of these poets impacted by these movements was William Carlos Williams. His rapidly changing work changed for the better and caused him to become an influential literary figure. A literary experimenter and innovator, William Carlos Williams, was a busy and hardworking poet. William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, NJ on September 17, 1883. He was introduced to literature and the arts, especially Shakespeare, at a fairly young age. Williams became a doctor and fulfilled his passion every

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    William Carlos Williams was from Rutherford, New Jersey, born in 1883. By trade, he was both a doctor and writer. Williams published poetry, novels, and essays in small magazines. Williams started as an imagist movement poet, “which emphasized simplicity, clarity of expression, and precision through the use of exacting visual images” (poets.org). He later began to write more about the life of everyday people. His poem, “The Widow’s Lament in Springtime” follows this writing style. The poem

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    Pieter Brueghel was a 16th century Netherlandish Renaissance painter who completed “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” in 1558. His painting was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus. William Carlos Williams, a Puerto-Rican American poet, wrote a poem inspired by Brueghel’s work in 1960 similarly titled “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus”. There is a common theme displayed in both works which both execute and establish this theme with different visual and literary connotations

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