Though not in the first class of Shakespeare's production, it stands next to them, and is perhaps the finest of his historical plays, that is, those in which he made poetry the organ of history, and assumed a certain tone of character and sentiment, in conformity to known facts, instead of trusting to his observations of general nature or to the unlimited indulgence of his own fancy. ... When we examine "Antony and Cleopatra" the background of the play (the translation of Plutarc's work) is easily noticed for the plot of the play also remains close to North's history although ...

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Upon reaching Boston Harbor, both characters were thrust into reality once their one connection was shot and killed and their prized silver spoons were stolen, leaving the characters with nothing but each other. ... One would not understand the great measure the race for free land in Oklahoma was without viewing the final 30 minutes of Far and Away. ... The characters are forced to depend on each other through the bulk of the movie, first to receive passage to America, then for survival. ... The great race in Oklahoma is symbolism for freedom for both characters, f...

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• Grade Level: High School

(Hampson XXXii) Conrad's depiction of his characters best emulates this materialism. ... The same can be said of Marlow's experience in Heart of Darkness although Conrad uses several tactics to avoid his experiences being directly linked with the experience of his main character. Joseph Conrad takes several measures to dispel similarities between his African experiences and the experiences of Marlow in order to exonerate himself from the consequences of his political statement. ... Conrad had to be very careful not to be directly linked to the opinions expressed by his main charact...

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Let us begin with Marlow, the first character in Heart of Darkness with whom we truly become acquainted. ... New insight is soon to come though, and Lawrence Graver depicts it well in "Marlow's Evolving Awareness": "At first he moves quickly through the company offices in Brussels, his exuberance checked only by a slowly-developing suspicion of the lunacy of his employers," whom he goes on to describe as "startling grotesques who staff the company offices [. . .] two knitting phantoms, the witch-like secretary 'full of desolation and sympathy,' the clerk who quotes Plato w...

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The highlight of the column was an offbeat Harlem character called Jesse B. ... He became prosperous, although he always had to work hard for his measure of prosperity and sometimes called himself, with good cause, a "literary sharecropper."" ... (www.nytimes.com) Not Without Laughter really has no story at all; only characters. One of the most interesting aspects of the novel is the excellent contrast in characters that it affords. ... Every character in the novel, with the exception of Mr. ...

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"Romeo is banished- "there is no end, no limit, measure, bound, in that word's death; no words can that woe sound."" ... Then why did the friar behave out of character and leave the tomb when he heard the call of the watch. ...

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• Grade Level: High School