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78Shakespeare in the Movies- 10 Things I Hate About You and She's the Man
In response to the trend of transferring classic literature and dramatizations to the cinema, some directors have further attempted to make literature more accessible to America’s youth by transforming canonical works to the big screen using...
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77On the Fifth Day of Christmas
Dec 20, 2006 (updated 12/27/10) Unlike the four collie birds in the previous stanza who just had their name changed to a different, and non-existent, species of bird, the five rings in this stanza have, in singers' and illustrators' minds, changed...
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77On the Fourth Day of Christmas
In the discussion dealing with the Partridge in a Pear Tree in the first stanza of the song it was pointed out that the gift of a partridge in a pear tree may have come about because of a mix-up between French and English. The Four Calling Birds...
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81Shakespeare's Women
did Shakespeare really pen such plays with a misogynistic agenda in mind, or is our modern view of the plays more than just mere flattery of a man (and a stage in the growth of society) long dead?
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78On the Eighth Day of Christmas
The eight maids a-milking addresses two of the major themes of fifteenth and sixteenth century English celebrations and parties during the Christmas holidays – food and romance. What is a feast or party without food? Especially foods that are...
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78Shakespeare's Twelfth Night - An Envelope of Sacrifice, or An Embodiment of Self Indulgence?
It would not stir one out of countenance to presume that characters from William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night show exuberant, yet divergent, presentations of love. This can be discerned within the love triangle of Viola, Olivia and Orsino. On the...
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74The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas is a popular carol that dates back to the Middle Ages. Being much older than other popular Christmas carols, this one appears to have evolved rather than being composed and written at one time. In fact the words to...
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65How To Use a Mandoline (Vegetable Slicer)
William Shakespeare, in the opening of his great comedic entertainment, "Twelfth Night", declared, "If music be the food of love, play on!" I think it can also be said, "If food be the music of love, taste on!"... By Cory Zacharia
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73Viola's voice in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Vioa's Critique of Society In the brief passage in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Act 2, sc. 4, lines 104-122, Viola delivers a critique of society by showing that societal expectations serve as barriers to reality. Within the bounds of what society...
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72On the Ninth Day of Christmas
The nine ladies dancing evokes images of music and dancing which were a big part of the celebrations at this period of history in England. The term ladies probably refers to noble ladies as in a Lord and his Lady or a lady in waiting (high born...
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