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Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Literary Analysis: Women in Shakespearean tragedy
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Women in Tragedy The women in Hamlet and King Lear seem incapable of acting in such a way as to produce any good results. The active women bring destruction by their manipulation and usurpation, and the good women are inactive victims. While women can have a part in causing tragic events and circumstances, and can even be the... More..

Other Why humans need pain
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I have been in pain for over four years. I'm not talking about occasional aches and pains and sore muscles. I'm talking about crippling abdominal pain every single day for over four years. This pain has altered my life. It keeps me from doing normal, every day things that everyone should be capable of doing. I am not able to ... More..

Food & Drink > Baking Baking: Tips and advice
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I grew up with a wonderful and talented mother who baked all our bread from scratch, and she taught me at a young age how to do it. Now I am carrying on the tradition, baking all my family's bread from scratch as well. Over the years, I've come up with a few tips and tricks for rising fool-proof bread, or anything that rises ... More..

Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Literary analysis: Richard III, by William Shakespeare
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As a character, Richard is defined by his thirst for vengeance and power, and by his uncanny ability to manipulate the minds of the very people he has most deeply wounded. All of these characteristics are completely dependent upon opposition; Richard cannot be defined apart from his relationships to the people he is plotting ... More..

Travel > Asia Travel experiences: Traveling in Myanmar, Burma
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MyanmarLooking out the window of the beat-up white Toyota, I was overwhelmed by the brown-ness of everything. I didn't know a world existed with so little color. The ground was brown, the huts were brown, the ox-carts were brown, even the people were brown. The sky was a hazy gray-blue, heavy with the impending storm of the m... More..

Arts & Humanities > Literary Themes & Ideas Literary Analysis: The dichotomy of legitimacy and illegitimacy
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King LearThe dichotomy of bastardy and legitimacy is very interesting in King Lear, and key to the analysis of the play. The obvious thread to discuss around this opposition is the conflict and rivalry between Edmund and Edgar, the two sons of Gloucester.In the beginning of the play, Edmund draws sympathy from readers. He see... More..

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Sunsets
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All day, it seemedordinary. Mundane. Nothing exciting happened. It was windy, cloudy, and a little dreary. Not a bad day, but certainly not extraordinary. The trees were nearly bare and everything was brown and gray. I felt ordinary that day. I did not feel extraordinary or special or especially loved I felt mediocre, existin... More..

Arts & Humanities > Horror, Mystery & Suspense Book reviews: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Jekyll and Hyde Society's Greatest FearsJekyll and Hyde is a compelling horror story because it lays bare that which middle- and upper-class society prefers to turn a blind eye to the fact that corruption and evil pervade all socio-economic classes. It is much more comfortable for the upper classes of society to believe that ... More..

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