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    Romeo found another to love, by choosing to go to the party. At this party Juliet meets Romeo, but does not know his name. Later that night they meet and agree to marry each other but first they will need the Friar’s approval. Romeo takes care of the approval. Romeo and Juliet marry in secret. As their marriage happens, Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, sends a letter daring Romeo to fight. With no response Tybalt searches for Romeo. Tybalt and…

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    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…

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    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…

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    Is Hamlet Relevant Today

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    from the Elizabethan era. This is due to the fact that the play touches on many topics that are still relevant today. For instance, one of the most prevalent themes in this is the idea of mental health and inner turmoil. This idea can be scene in the first Act in which Hamlet states how he wishes “ that this too, too sullied flesh would melt,/ Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew,/ Or that the Everlasting had not fixed/ His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!” (1.2.129-32) This line shows how Hamlet…

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    Pope Urban II’s request against the Muslims in the Holy Land. The first Crusade reached its goal capturing the people of Jerusalem in 1099 and the Christians set up many Latin Christian states to regain control over their land. Justice as practitioners of faith, developments in secular Europe, and Papal encouragement to fight Muslims were three major factors behind the crusades. The first major factor talked about who caused the first blood that ignited the many years of warfare…

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    The narrators in Beth Cuthand’s “Four Songs for the Fifth Generation” both relate to cultural shock due to the great depressions that development that brought similar drastic changes in the 1930s. First Nation family moved to a town after receiving voting rights in the 1960s, which led to experiencing racism from non-natives. Canada has many emotional past history stories because of new cultural and identity that causes distress among the two narrators family moving away from their original…

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    The Shrew, and other plays. But does he still have place in the society after many years later? He certainly still does since many students are required to learn about his life and carrier. And his influence in the entertainment industry and the language and how people in the modern days use it. Relationships dynamics In the modernized version of taming of the shrew (10 Things I Hate About You), there are sisterly rival between Bianca and Kate. Sibling rivalry is also seen in The Lion King…

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    From 1095 to the end of the Middle Ages, the call to the Holy Land echoed across Europe as enthusiastic preachers lectured crowds upon wooden platforms, exercising all the tricks of the orator’s trade by coaxing, threatening, and promising in order to rouse up revenge upon there enemy. Preaching was the most effective way to reach the illiterate masses. Although the clergy and nobles of Europe were used to receiving letters begging aid for the Holy Land, for the most part the emotions and hopes…

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    Louis Riel: A Hero

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    Louis Riel is possibly the most significant and definitely the most controversial Metis leader throughout all of Canada’s history. He was a leader, a rebel, the father of Manitoba, a politician, a defender of the Metis people and their culture, and so much more. Louis Riel was a Metis man born on October 22, 1844 in the Red River Settlement, and died on November 16, 1885 in Regina. Throughout his complex life, Riel accomplished much, despite his failures, and never broke faith or loyalty to his…

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    proposed an emergency meeting regarding the issue of Aboriginal child welfare in an effort to to find strategies to merge Indigenous children back into Indigenous communities. The goal of the meeting is to unite stakeholders (such as Indigenous leaders- First Nations, Metis and Inuit) and child and family services agencies in order to create cohesive resolutions as a team. - The over-representation of Indigenous children within the child welfare system is due to the intergenerational remnants of…

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