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…and her son. Beautiful, elegant, and intensely emotional, Gertrude exudes an exuberant yet refined sensuality throughout the early scenes of the film. Does she linger a little too long on the lips of Hamlet, or is this merely a joyous display of affection…

…The epic of Beowulf is considered by many to be the most important work of “Old English” literature, and it is well deserved of the distinction. The epic tells the story of a hero, a Scandinavian prince named Beowulf, who rids the Danes of the monster…

…The epic of Beowulf is considered by many to be the most important work of “Old English” literature, and it is, in my opinion, well deserved of the distinction. The epic tells the story of a hero, a Scandinavian prince named Beowulf, who rids the Danes…

…For centuries, scholars have been debating the issue on whether Hamlet - the prince of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet - was mad. This question is not as easy as it sounds to answer; this is due to the fact that there are numerous arguments…

…Catherine was born on May 2, 1729, in Settin Pomerania. Her birth name was Sophia Augusta. Her father was Christan Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst. The family of Anhalt-Zebst was one of the poorest and most obscure of all the German princely families. Her…

…lighting and the use of shadows. Noir films are often considered dark or “gloomy.” Low-key lighting is characterized in this way: Low-key lighting features a relatively bright key light compared with little fill light. This produces lots of shadows. In low…

…OF INNER CONFLICT.” YET THIS LACK OF RESTRAINT ON HIS EMOTIONS AND THEREFORE HIS ACTIONS, LEAD HAMLET INTO ACUTELY UNPREDICTABLE MOOD SWINGS AS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH OPHELIA BEGINS TO DRAMATICALLY SPAWN SUCH ALTERATIONS IN THE PRINCE’S DEMEANOR. FOR EXAMPLE…

…. Shakyamuni, known in his youth as Siddhartha Gautama, was a prince who became aware of and profoundly troubled by the problems of human suffering. According to religious scriptures Siddhartha renounced his prince hood at the age of 19 and pursued the life…

…of his late father and his mother's hasty marriage, "So excellent a king/ so loving to my mother/ And yet, within a month/ (Let me not think on't; frailty thy name is woman!),/ A little month, or ere those shoes were old/ With which she followed my poor…

…was allowed to remain there; and, in July 1074, probably at Alfonso's instigation, he married the king's niece Jimena, dau! ghter of the Count de Oviedo. He thus became allied by marriage to the ancient royal dynasty of Leon. Very little is known about Jimena…