That is the perfect embodiment of injustice being inflicted on human being with a mix of sheer hypocrisy. ... One can unearth many significant differences as how people's conception of comprehending context that has totally changed over time in comparison to modern day. ... Conversely in the modern time we will judge his integrity and characterize him as being subservient and very much self-centered who is just looking to benefit himself and make him look like the wise person in the big picture. ...

• Word Count: 759
• Approx Pages: 3
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Laertes on the surface is protecting his sister from a romantic relationship with a brooding prince, however some modern audiences have interpreted this dialogue as Laertes not wanting his sister Ophelia to fall into the arms of Hamlet so he can have her to himself. ... "Lawrence's use of "intimate"" suggests more than just motherly love, however this would only have been interpreted as such by a more modern audience. ...

• Word Count: 3412
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The poem To his Coy Mistress' written by Andrew Marvell is a perfect example of this, and clearly shows the opinion of love from his time period, although it is not possible to tell if it was the most common idea. ... Whoso List to hunt' is a love poem in a very traditional sense, full of melancholic longing, which I believe may appear slightly adolescent to a modern reader. ...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate