In the first scene, where Bolingbroke accuses Mowbray of killing Gloucester, Richard plays a major part in the action and at first look, gives the fascade of being a man of action because of his handling of the Mowbray-Bolingbroke situation. ... However, in Act 1 scene 3, Richard's order for Mowbray and Bolingbroke's lives to answer their blame was only to fuel Richard's own desire to be the centre of attention; it was his showman quality that leads him to do this, not his ability to take action when a situation that required good leadership skills arose. ... "Our lands, our li...

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• Grade Level: High School

Unlike Shakespeare's great villains, such as Iago in Othello and Richard III in Richard III, Macbeth is never comfortable in his role as a criminal. ... Act 3 Scenes 1 In the royal palace at Forrest, Banquo paces and thinks about the coronation of Macbeth and the prophecies of the weird sisters. ... The brothers have fled from Scotland and may be plotting against his crown. Act I, scene iii On the heath near the battlefield, thunder rolls and the three witches appear. ... At last he shakes himself from his reverie and the group departs for Forres. ...

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Richard M. ... His parents named him Richard after the Richard the Lionhearted. ... This wouldn't normally mean a lot but during this time there was a lot of fear of a World War III because of the Cold War in Russia. ... As president, Richard Nixon moved to isolate himself from the administrative operations of the White House. ... Rather than questioning whether it was a good idea to seal himself off from his cabinet and Congress as well as from the public at large, Nixon seemed to enjoy it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It also explains what happens in an act beforehand because the scenes switch around from place to place, and it can get confusing. ... At the end of the prologue to Act II, the Chorus informs the audience that the scene is about to shift from London to Southampton, and then later to France. The Chorus in Act III explains for the lapse in time that has taken place. ... In act III, help out with the plot using imagery to help the audience to picture events taking place. The prologue to act IV sets the scene up for the battle. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Most of what is known about Shakespeare comes from church and legal documents. ... Anne, the daughter of Richard Hathaway, was twenty six and pregnant at the time of her marriage to William. William and Anne resided Shottery about one mile from the city of Stratford. ... Led by actor Richard Burbage, The Lord Chamberlain's Men was a well-known, albeit new, theatre company in London. ... The group averaged two plays per year and Burbage played the starring roles such as Richard III, Hamlet, Othello and Lear. ...

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In the article by Ralph Farmmolino, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, the fraternity Phi Kappa Sigma was being punished for having a printed t-shirt with "a beach scene with two Mexican caricatures, one in sombrero and serape, holding what appear to be beer bottles " as the image. ... Lawrence III, a professor of law at the Stanford University Law School; and finally Richard Delgado and David H. ... This argument states that society would be better off if no anti-racial laws are put into play because like a valve, it is better to let steam off every now and then to prevent tension from bui...

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Almost every aspect of this country today, would not be the same if it was not for the African American leaders that stood up in their communities during the mid 1900's and preached words of a United States that was free from oppression against people of color. ... Children that came from white families and were white themselves would attend school with only white children. ... Rosa Parks was an elderly woman on her way home from work. ... According to the bus company records, about 90 percent African Americans who usually rode the buses to and from work joined the boycott and found other...

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• Grade Level: High School

Richard Yates, Sr., one of the amazed people who heard the speech, said this. ... Most of America liked Lincoln as a change from all the politicians they were used to. ... Booth learned from Harry Ford that later that night President Lincoln and General Ulysses S. ... with many shouts of applause from the audience. ... During Act III Scene II of Our American Cousin, John Wilkes Booth made his way up to the President's Box. ...

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• Grade Level: High School