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Shakespeare's characters and the universality of human emotion

William Shakespeare has long been considered one of the greatest writers -- perhaps the greatest -- in English or indeed possibly any language.

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T.S. Eliot's theory of tradition and individual talent

Eliot makes in "Tradition and the Individual Talent" is the supposed lack of tradition in English writing.

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Shakespeare's sonnet in Romeo and Juliet's first meeting

There is a very good reason Shakespeare is considered one of the best writers in English and perhaps any other language as well.

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Challenging stereotypes: the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study

One often hears that immigrants do not expect to have to learn English as part of their assimilation into American society, nor do they foster the same in their children. Many believe that immigrants come to the United States in order to live on welfare, and foster this sentiment in their children.

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Catherine and Heathcliff's transcendent passion in Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights is one of the most mesmerizing novels in the English Literature. The intensity of the story obviously comes from the extremely powerful and almost unnatural bond between the two main protagonists in the story, Catherine and Heathcliff.

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Inigo Jones and Ben Jonson's court masque collaborations

Inigo Jones (1573-1652) was the first and perhaps the greatest of English Renaissance architects who left a profound influence on the course of British art and architecture.

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Price comparisons for common products from 1986 to 2007

Christopher Wren, one of the greatest of English architects, who walked one day unrecognized among the men who were at work upon the building of St. Paul's cathedral in London which he had designed.

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The Great Escape: British POWs and World War II survival

Great Escape is another classic World War II film that depicts the English side of the war. It represents the air power side of the war as well, which also helped turn the tide of the war and keep the Nazis off British soil.

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The knight's character and moral complexity in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales is a masterpiece of literature that is a reflection of English society during the 14th century. What happened was the author (Geoffrey Chaucer) wrote the work from the viewpoint of the 27 different individuals.

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Teaching gifted first graders in a mixed-ability classroom

Professional Background -- BA in Elementary Education, MA in English. 15-year veteran, taught English at the Middle School level, and both 3rd and 1st grade at the Elementary level. Additional curriculum certification in literacy.

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