At First Sight

was baptised on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616 he was 52 when he died. Shakespeare should be taught in the ninth grade curriculum because he is relatable/ relevant, he has global influence, and he is the greatest writer of all time. First, shakespeare is relatable/ relevant. “Shakespeare understood the human condition like nobody else.” he understands what people go through such as love and war. “But shakespeare is beautiful shakespeare is life glimpsed through the cut glass of…

Literature aids in the understanding of ideas, beliefs and ideologies from a context different to our own. William Shakespeare’s dramatic tragedy, Macbeth, published in 1606, follows the tale of a once noble man named Macbeth, who, influenced by his hamartia, became the catalyst for disrupting the natural balance of the universe. Macbeth is a text which relates to the contextual beliefs and ideologies of the Early Modern Period and whilst the text endorses those beliefs it also challenges the…

Jay Patel Mr. Foster English 102 9 October 2015 Life and Death: Hamlet’s Perspective Before William Shakespeare’s time, other playwrights created plays that were about life and death. The multiple deaths of characters in a play were apparently very entertaining to watch even though it was not funny at all. William Shakespeare was a renowned playwright that really connected to the audience’s heart. His well-known plays have mostly been about sorrow and death. For example, Romeo and Juliet. They…

Shakespeare wrote The Tempest to intrigue his audience and to draw them into a story about a magician who controlled a fairy who could wreak havoc upon unsuspecting humans. This story grabbed the audience’s attention right from the start. He pulled them into the land of the magician, he had them watch how the magician treated the inhabitants of the island to which he was banished and, in doing so, made his audience more aware of imperialism and colonialism. He forced them to struggle with the…

Laura Keyes History Dr. White October 14, 2015 All the Worlds a Cinema: a comparative look at Shakespeare’s plays and their film counterparts. Shakespeare has been done so many different ways, by many different people. Some do modern adaptations, set in different towns, even completely changing the words, and those are just on the stage. There has also been many film adaptations. Some are good, such as Mel Gibson’s 1990 adaptation of Hamlet, and some are not as good, such as Baz…

the narrator was a “little girl”, she was sent to the “Shubenacadie School” to learn how to speak English and act civilize in European eyes (Joe 3-4). The Shubenacadie School state that their purpose is to “Take the Indian out of the Indian”. The first settlers would take…

In this chapter of Aboriginal Health in Canada, Waldram et al. (2006) discuss and review the literature that pertains to the pattern of health and disease among Aboriginal people from the end of World War II to the early twenty-first century (p. 73). The chapter discusses infectious and chronic diseases, as well as intentional and unintentional injuries and how the rate of incidence among Aboriginal peoples differs from non-Aboriginal peoples (p.73). The authors also attempt to describe, using…

Residential schools established after the 1880s. Christian churches and Canadian government originally conceived the residential schools. In all residential schools, everything was structured, and children had to follow all rules without regret. We watched a few videos, and the survivor that we chose to research about is Luille Mattess who attended Legac Residential School when she was six years old. We chose Luille because we both thought that she was the one who was telling the story with…

The Crusades were a series of wars fought between Christians and Muslims over the holy land of Jerusalem. There were many crusades, but the first three are the most remembered. The outcomes of these wars were varied. The Christians won the first, the Muslims won the second, and the third was ended in a peace treaty. In the First Crusade, the Byzantines were being harmed by the Turks. The Byzantines called for the help of the Catholic Church. For Pope Urban II to get supporters to go to war, he…

An important part of the play is of course the play in the play itself. Shakespeare has put plays in his plays many times, however it is a bit different in A Midsummer Night`s Dream as the process of creating the play is shown. This not only is important to the play itself, but to Shakespeare`s work in general, providing a brief glimpse of Shakespeare`s opinions on the process and how other playwrights may handle a certain situation. As has already been said, the players in A Midsummer Night`s…