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willing to and actually killed his own brother in cold blood, even though he never had a stake at the throne. Hamlet, on the other hand, had a stake to the throne because he was the heir to the late king. Similarly to the story of the tortoise and the hare, Claudius and Hamlet took action at two different paces. Claudius’s pace for taking action was much faster than Hamlet’s. He immediately married the queen after his brother’s death, thus putting his bid in to become king. Once he was king, he…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was greatly influenced by the Romantic Era and the science practiced during this time period. Occurring in the late 1700’s and the first half of the 1800’s, the Romantic Era was very diverse and robust in terms of interest in science and development of new theories and concepts. Romantic science emphasized a positive interaction between science and nature and criticized earlier Enlightenment efforts that exploited nature while searching for knowledge. Questioning the…

having sensual links, this does not mean she is the persona. Sappho’s work has been criticised by many scholars, one of which being Nazianzen. Sappho's books were burned by Christians in the year 380 A.D. at the instigation of Pope Gregory Nazianzen (Hare, 2011). Another book burning…

2.4 Summary of Identified Gaps: The literature shows no consensus regarding what is considered as effective from the HE Islamic studies course design perspective. Though the western universities have implemented a number of best practices with regards to HE course design in general, it has been highlighted that very limited attention has been given to the structure of Islamic studies courses and the assumptions that underlie such studies (Morris et al., 2013). Research has also identified that…

1. Introduction At 1.8 million words, the Mahabharatha is one of the largest epics – roughly 10 times the size of the Iliad and Odyssey combined. At some level, this represents “big data”. Text is generally considered “unstructured” and therefore tough to analyze. But the growing field of text analytics and text visualisation tell us that there’s a lot more structure to plain text than one might think. Mahabharata is the longest epic in the world written around 300 BC, it was narrated by…

Finding my way as an American It was during the Iran revolution, when my dad sent me and my brothers to America for education opportunity and to escape all the religious uprisings. The government and people in Iran were overthrowing the shah at the time and were trying to replace the dynasty with an Islamic Republic. My dad wanted me out of there as soon as possible, In order to stay safe and receive a good education. It was so sad to see my home country die out and put so many innocents that…

their inner hunting dog when he says, “I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips / Straining upon the start. The game’s afoot” (3.1.34-35). Whereas tigers kill to survive, greyhounds hunt for sport. Henry wants the soldiers to view the battle as a hare coursing, except the prize here is not wild game, it is the town of Harfleur. Similar to a hunting dog searching for wild rabbits, the soldiers need to have a nose for victory. Henry, in dehumanizing his men, is enabling the soldiers to act…

Nelson Mandela Robert B. Ray who was an English teacher at university of Florida analyzed American movie and discovered three categories of heroes which includes official hero, outlaw hero and reluctant hero that he wrote in his essay “Thematic Paradigm”. All of these categories are different respectively according to their way of life, their goals and behavior; the first one most of them are politician or lawyers, they work for the society and they are not violent; outlaw heroes are…

INTRO- The death penalty is an issue that has caused heated debate in the United States. As American citizens, we are granted by our founding fathers with basic rights and freedoms such as the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When someone flagrantly takes a life of an innocent person in our society, then we feel a responsibility to make sure that person is not able to commit such an act again. Currently, there are 30 States that have the death penalty, and 20 States,…

As deaf as a post, I was intensely focused on reading the amazing book, BFG. The magical book about a young innocent 8-year old boy around my age was fascinating. I was so immensely engrossed in this extraordinary story by Dahl that I did not notice that, as quick as a rabbit, the typically unremarkable television had begun to strangely hobble over to me on old wooden legs. It was not until it harshly bumped into me with its black box, grey screen, old-fashion appearance, and light brown legs…