The English period of Renaissance led to the breaking of the medieval knowledge and philosophy, infusing a new spirit of freedom, introducing a note of patriotism and national glorification, and also accompanying a revolt against the authority of the Pope. ... Resultant to which, he turns to Jerome's Vulgate, a fourth century translation of the Bible, "When all is done, divinity is best, Jerome's Bible, Faustus, view it well " (I.i.38), in order to complete the four areas of study that constitute the quadrivium. ... Perhaps the most noteworthy of which was the Latin translation in...

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For these wealthy people, an evening at Glyndebourne is a social rite, a rare chance to behave like a true English eccentric, ("Smiles of a Summer Night"). ... Performances of Shakespeare's plays are not isolated, unrelated occurrences. ... I will start with a general analysis of the topic related to Shakespeare's text. ... Indeed, Shakespeare's text suggests that the magical creatures of A Midsummer Night's Dream could be explained as physical allegories of nature. ... Shakespeare's Puck himself acknowledges that he is the cause of little domestic accidents...

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