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…— A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she followed my poor father’s body Like Niobe, all tears, why, she— O god, a beast that wants discourse of reason Would have mourned longer—married with my uncle, My father’s brother, but no more…

…was not necessary for the child's development and was often not related to any of the child's needs but of those from the parents. Therefore the children tended to be a little unbalanced. One child of a survivor said "My father married before the war. His wife and his…

…for the sick and touching the open scars, smallpox was transmitted from person to person and in many instances in history, did so with such ease that the disease spread around the globe. There is little evidence of the origin of smallpox, but it is believed…

…of these songs were Puff the magic dragon; I get by with a little help from my friends and Lucy in the sky with diamonds. These songs were put on the "do not play list" and lost broadcast privileges (Winfield p. 14). To take matters one step further president Nixon…

…love for her to not sneak around. He paints the scenario as a mystery to make it seem more desirable, when it is just really his own insecurities that are keeping him from her. Prufrock says that he is “not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be” so he cannot…

…: a hangman. All the hidden superstition bubbles to the surface. “Instinctively they withdrew further and further from the grim gentleman in their midst, who some of them seemed to take for the Prince of Darkness himself, till they formed a remote circle, an empty…

…“Does Arjuna Have A Free Choice?" Arjuna is one of the two main characters in the classic Hindu religious text, the Bhagavadgita, (or just Gita). The text takes the form of a dialogue between Arjuna, a warrior prince and Krishna…

…of life.” (109-110) The culture is also important to Siddhartha. When the novel opens, Siddhartha is a Brahmin. Brahmins were at the top of the social caste system. They were princes and other figures of authority. Although they had access to all…

…in behavior. In his fourth and most famous soliloquy, Hamlet once again debates suicide. This behavior is a little inconsistent with his plan to trap Claudius, but when there is grieving and depression, much is chaotic. While thinking about suicide, he once…

…In 1564, a man was born by the name of William Shakespeare. He was born to a poor family, was given little education, and had no interaction with sophisticated society. Thirty-eight plays and over 150 sonnets are not attributed to this ignorant man…