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3 days ago · Holy Sonnet X: Death Be Not Proud. Death, be not proud, though some have callèd thee. Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which yet thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee much more, must flow.
5 days ago · Wit dramatizes the last days of a renowned professor of English, who is dying of ovarian cancer. As the play opens, Vivian Bearing, a noted scholar specializing in the study of Metaphysical poet...
5 days ago · The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus, who lived from 341 to 270 BCE, is well known for his teachings on the nature of pleasure, pain, and the fear of death. Central to his philosophy is the claim that death should not be feared, as it is "nothing to us." According to Epicurus, since death is the cessation of all sensation and experience, it ...
1 day ago · Not that reason or sanity necessarily has much to do with a diseased consciousness’ justifications of atrocity, for after all it was J.D. Salinger’s poignant account of lost innocence in The Catcher in the Rye that somehow inspired Mark David Chapman to assassinate John Lennon outside of the Dakota on a cool New York afternoon in 1980. That was only twelve years after Lennon’s own lyrics on “The White Album” were “interpreted” by Charles Manson as instructions for murder.
2 days ago · Werther meets and falls in love with Charlotte (or Lotte), a beautiful young woman who has been left in charge of her younger siblings after their parents‘ death. Charlotte is already engaged to ...
3 days ago · Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so, For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow, Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee, Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee doe goe,
1 day ago · Capital punishment, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. The term ‘death penalty’ is sometimes used interchangeably with ‘capital punishment,’ though imposition of the penalty is not always followed by execution. Learn more about capital punishment.
