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…, in the past few days Scotland was struck with a great misfortune when King Duncan was gruesomely murdered in his sleep while on his visit to Macbeth. And I have reason to believe that Macbeth is the one responsible for King Duncan's murder because he had the motive…

…of the King and the princess                  Think yourself lucky to be let off with banishment.                  I have tried all the time to calm them down; but you                  Would not give up your ridiculous tirades…

…of the King and the princess                  Think yourself lucky to be let off with banishment.                  I have tried all the time to calm them down; but you                  Would not give up your ridiculous tirades…

…CRITICAL ESSAY In her novel, "I'm the king of the castle", Susan Hill conveys the themes of imprisonment and escape through a number of key incidents, symbolism and using the relationship between characters. Being trapped can to some people be a very…

…In the play King Lear, Shakespeare presents the reader with many negative views of society, and of human nature. One of the few bright spots in the play is Kent, a very loyal and honest man. Through Kent and his actions, Shakespeare shows the reader…

…<Tab/>Out of all the characters in King Lear the most exciting character had to be The Fool. The fool keeps appearing and disappearing making the play interesting. The fool is an essential character to the evolution of Lear's character…

…In many literary works, history is a core theme. Such is the case in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and Thomas King's "Totem". Both stories' themes stress the importance of being critical of history. Each story, however, takes a different approach…

…plot. I liked the end because it never really finished, it left the ending up to the reader. This seems to be a common theme in a lot of Stephen King's stories. He likes to leave the reader in suspense, and keep them wondering. Here There Be Tygers…

…John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandyand Aquitaine, and count of Anjou, to the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls,barons, justiciars, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all hisbailiffs and liege…

…In the soliloquy from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part II, King Henry is prodigiously vexed by his inability to sleep. In addressing sleep itself, with the use of an apostrophe, he hopes to persuade it to fall upon him by asking various rhetorical questions…