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The reputation of Hamlet as one of Shakespeare's greatest plays often times overlooks one of the greatest achievements of the play. While many scholars acknowledge the play as the birth of the modern man, few seem to place as much significance on the language of the play as they do elements such as theme and character. This appears to be oversight, given the fact that the play is one of the single greatest examples of creative use of language in not only Shakespeare's works, but perhaps all works in the English language. This article examines Hamlet from a linguistic perspective to enhance our appreciation of Shakespeare's genius.

This article examines the implications of Cartesian Dualism on Immanuel Kant, David Hume, and their influential works, including Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. The article examines Hume's enquiry, it's take on the "gap" in Ontology, and Immanuel Kant's revolutionary take on Hume's philosophy that resulted in a shift in modern philosophy. This article contains pictures, links to similar articles, copies of books and ebooks, and even ebook readers.

This article examines Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy. It looks at philosophy Descartes used in his first philosophy to develop the concept of the mind that would lead to Cartesian Dualism. The ramification of Descartes meditations and Descartes metaphysics has been significant in the history of philosophy as well as Western Culture in general. This article has pictures, links to other articles on similar topics, and books and ebook readers available as well.

This article examines one of American Literature's classics, Charlotte Temple by Susanna Rowson. It was one of America's first best sellers and remains a favorite among American literary hardcover classics. The article contains contemporary and original critical reactions. It also has pictures and links as well as electronic versions of the novel and ebook readers as well as other academic resources available.

This is part one in a new series of articles all of which are designed to inform and guide anyone who might want to know a little bit more about the rich tradition of art, letters and philosophy we have inherited from those who came before us. As human beings, our connection to the past is one of the greatest resources we have which imparts perpetual significance to the works discussed in this article, no matter how old they are.

This article examines the Apology, one of Plato's central dialogues. In it, Socrates is on trial for his life, yet rather than win the trial and defeat his accusers, Socrates takes a curious defense. This article explores Socrates' defense from a philosophical perspective in order to understand what Socrates could have meant by it and why he made it. It includes interesting photos and links to books related to the discussion.

This article discusses the similarities between Gilgamesh and the Biblical Flood account found in the Book of Genesis. Rather than taking one of the traditional positions on the relationship between the two texts, this article attempts to change our attitude about how we react when discussing the Bible in connection with other works in order to foster a healthier and more open environment for discussion of ancient texts and criticism.

At 7 pm on Thursday, July 23, 2009, Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures continues its Summer Shorts series at the WYEP Community Broadcast Center on the South Side with "Iran Unveiled," a program featuring two Iranian women authors, Anahita Firouz and Moniro Ravanipour. The program is offered in collaboration with Pittsburgh City of Asylum.

Looking for an expert opinion on who constitutes the list of Pittsburgh's best poets, I decided to go to experienced veterans of the Burgh's ever-expanding circle of versesayers, Kris Collins and Scott Silsbe, who manage Caliban Book Shop on South Craig Street by day and satiate their poetic cravings by night, penning their own published (and soon-to-be published work) while running The New Yinzer online literary magazine and hosting poetry readings around town.

Học mà chơi - Chơi mà học. Những bài hát tiếng anh không chỉ đem lại cho bạn nguồn cảm hứng mà còn đem đến những kiến thức rất hay, thú vị, dễ tiếp cận. Học tiếng anh qua bài hát cũng là một cách đơn giản để bạn thành thạo anh ngữ nhanh chóng. Hôm nay, bạn hãy cùng Aroma nghe và học tiếng anh qua bài hát có phụ đề - One more night nhé.

this is really brilliant ones you know what a critics favourite topics are. You will never miss out on an article if he/she wrote something on a particular topic.

This article examines America, Americans history and the relationship between it and indigenous tribes and native American peoples like the Lakota, a member of which is John Lame Deer who wrote Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions a novel about American Indian religion and Native American rituals from the point of a genuine Lakota Cowboy. The book looks at religion and beliefs as does this article. It also has pictures, links to academic article on similar topics and to copies of the book, ebooks, and ebook readers for college students like the kindle.

The Earnshaw family live Wuthering Heights.One day Mr.Earnshaw returns from a trip to town with a little savage named Heathcliff.The Earnshaw children welcome differently.If the son,Hindley,hate,Catherine,daughter,quickly feels tender feelings tow... Read again this story Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte via Instapaper http://ift.tt/1AUzhFM December 21, 2014 at 08:57PM http://classicalnovels.blogspot.com/2014/12/wuthering-heights-by-emily-bronte.html Read again this story Wuthering Heights by...

The Earnshaw family live Wuthering Heights.One day Mr.Earnshaw returns from a trip to town with a little savage named Heathcliff.The Earnshaw children welcome differently.If the son,Hindley,hate,Catherine,daughter,quickly feels tender feelings tow... Read again this story Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte via Instapaper http://ift.tt/1AUzhFM December 21, 2014 at 08:57PM http://classicalnovels.blogspot.com/2014/12/wuthering-heights-by-emily-bronte.html Read again this story Wuthering Heights by...

The ten novels on this list all substantiate the belief that books are the most elastic, introspective, human and entertaining form of media that exist. Not movies, not music, not art, not the...

Given the status of the Bible in the western literary tradition as one of the most appropriated and alluded to of all ancient and religious texts, it is not unusual that William Blake writes so extensively about it. While a great body of Blake's mature works, including the longer works "Milton" and "Jerusalem," deal with biblical themes, his early central work, 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," gives insight not only into themes that would later occupy Blake's longer works, but also into the unique status of the Bible in western literature

An examination of the first appropriation in Wester Literature and how it set the tone for the way the rest of us would appropriate. Focuses on Virgl, Homer, and the relationship between the Aeneid and Homer's Epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. This relationship between these texts is important because it laid the groundwork for how and why other writers in the Western Literary Tradition would also appropriate previous works.

An etymological study of a word or term is one that traces its development and usage throughout the past. These studies are often interesting because language always develops and changes for reasons. This article is a basic etymological study of the English adjective "strapping". It traces its path throughout time and examines the reasons why the meanings behind the word have changed.

Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most prolific if not best American writers of the second half of the twentieth century, first earned a reputation for himself as a science-fictionist with his early works, The Sirens of Titan and Cat's Cradle. This reputation, however much it vastly underestimates and misunderstands Vonnegut's work and its significance to the modern era, has been difficult for Vonnegut to escape. It does, however, provide insight into the aspects of the modern situation that Vonnegut sees as central and meaningful. Bluebeard, which trades a more traditionally Vonnegut mad scientist for a retired, eccentric expressionist painter, the same painter from Breakfast of Champions, tackles the issues which have traditionally blurred Vonnegut's role in the literary and popular fiction traditions. This article explores these issues within Vonnegut's version of the fairytale, Bluebeard.