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William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 129"
Shakespeare's "Sonnet 129" paints a bleak picture of love and desire, leaving the reader with a view of lust that contradicts the usual expectations of a sonnet.
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Sir Philip Sidney's "Sonnet 71"
Sidney's "Sonnet 71" from the "Astrophil and Stella" sequence tells an optimistic story of the power of love as a positive force in the world.
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The Legacy of William Poel
William Poel proved to be a controversial figure during his lifetime because of his radical ideas and refusal to conform to the established practices of his day.
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William Poel's Explorations of Hamlet
William Poel's interest in Shakespeare's texts coincided with the publication by William Griggs of facsimile copies of the First and Second Quartos of Hamlet in 1880.
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The Turning-Point of the Battle of Thermopylae
Days of fighting in the pass of Thermopylae had shown the Spartans seemingly unbeatable. But the historian Herodotus tells of the treachery that finally defeated them.
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The Origins of Victorian Theatrical Spectacle
The English theatre of the Victorian age remains notorious in the annals of theatre history for its excesses in production, but this extravagance has historical roots.
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William Blake's The Divine Image
In Blake's collections "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience," two different versions of the poem convey a message of cruelty and pain brought on by experience.
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HBO's Rasputin by Director Uli Edel
The 1996 HBO film Rasputin takes on one of the most controversial and puzzling figures of Russian history, and in telling his story, reveals post-Cold War anxieties.
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Tennyson's Ulysses
In Alfred Tennyson's poem "Ulysses," the poet departs briefly from his picture of the brave, aging war hero, and reveals a man who proves a coward in the face of ruling.
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The Taming of the Shrew at the Tobacco Factory
The 2008 production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol fell flat, focusing too much on male characters and forgetting the women's importance.
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