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For my book review I read the book Shakespeare And The Problem Of Meaning written by Norman Rabkin. This book was published in 1981 by the University of Chicago Press. In this book Rabkin looks at several Shakespeare plays including The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, and The Tempest as well as many others. Rabkin uses these to support his argument that the plays do mean something more than can be conveyed by description alone. He shows that there are many complex paradoxical elements present in…

Brutus: Tragic Hero or Antagonist? Friends and coworkers alike should be people one is able to rely on. In the times of ancient Rome, however, these luxuries are hard to come by. Julius Caesar’s friends and fellow government officials, people he should be able to trust, assassinate him at a Senate meeting on the Ides of March. However, Caesar is not the character in the play to be betrayed and manipulated. His good friend, Brutus, also struggles with not being able to trust the people Brutus…

Introduction Kendrick Lamar released his highly anticipated album, To Pimp A Butterfly, in mid-March 2015. The jazz-poetic album contains numerous top-chart singles in addition to going Platinum. Furthermore, Lamar recorded the collection over the span of three years, beginning in 2012 after the murder of Trayvon Martin. Having heard the news of this crime against a young member of the African-American community, Lamar turned to the pen, producing the track “The Blacker the Berry.” The song…

A Night in the Back Yard by GAF (Great Aunt Fluff) 5/28/2014 I have this great big house! There are four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The wooden floors are so shiny. They even glow like a delicate light in the dark. The house is quite pretty, I must say so myself. I work very hard to keep it up. It’s very colorful and cozy inside and out. There is a patio on the roof and a swimming pool…

Dyshere Logan Tammy Geidel AP English Languish and Composition 3 July 2014 A Summary of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Julius Caesar was a great man in the eyes of the roman people. The play opens when Caesar has just returned from a great battle. Caesar is walking around the streets of Rome high off of the fame and power he has gained. The common people of Rome praise Caesar as if he was a god. This puts an uneasy feeling to those who seek power as well. As Caesar is…

To begin the novel, the main character Huckleberry Finn or otherwise known as “Huck Finn” introduces himself and explains that Tom Sawyer is his best friend. Judge Thatcher has taken Huck’s money and has invested it with a dollar of interest per day and now lives with Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson, Huck’s tutor. He lives with these two women because his mother died when he was younger and his father is a drunk, who cannot take care of himself properly. The two women in his life try…