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Shakespeare’s, A Merchant of Venice at England’s Agecroft Hall in Virginia
Agecroft Hall, one of the world’s oldest examples of original Tudor architecture, was once part of a larger estate that was established in Lancashire, England in about 1292. This was around
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 – “Marriage of True Minds”
Article by Murray Ellison In a previous 2/15/2016 blog, I wrote about the importance of starter lines to engage readers and draw them into the images of a poem. Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Sonnet XCIV and Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching
The majority of William Shakespeare’s poems were written in the form of a Sonnet, which is “a 14-line poem with a variable rhyme scheme, originating in Italy and brought to England”
Shakespeare’s Sonnet XVIII – “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) has often been considered as the greatest writer in the English language. His major works include 38 plays and 154 sonnets and they have been translated into
The Sun Also Rises: Hemingway’s Post-Modern Tragicomedy – Part II
Reviewed from Part I Lady Bullfighter In my wrap-up class of The Sun Also Rises , I asked my students if they thought that the book was either a tragedy or